Hello everyone,
I’m a keyboard player from northern Germany and I’m managing a project called Rockin Lohne, where 150 musicians perform 8 songs simultaneously.
Inspired by Rockin’1000, the main question is obvious:
How do you get everyone perfectly in sync? And if so – how exactly?
I hope this is the right place to share this format. As the project progresses, there will certainly be questions that might also be relevant for others.
Here is the current setup:
VST Live Pro 3 serves as the host for the entire show.
It runs on a 16” MacBook Pro with an M1 Pro processor, 16 GB RAM and 512 GB SSD.
Audio settings are 48 kHz with a 256 buffer.
Master keyboards:
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Komplete Kontrol S88 Mk2
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Arturia KeyLab 61 Mk3
Both are connected via a Swissonic USB hub.
A WING Rack is used as the audio interface.
Within the project, each song is structured with guide tracks and different parts.
The musicians receive click and guide separately and additionally use their private iPads with the VST Mods App, where click, chords, arrangement or lyrics can be selected.
The programmed light show is controlled via an LTC channel sent from VST Live.
For ForScore users, the long-term goal is to switch leadsheets via PC or HEX directly from VST Live.
As the main keyboard player, VST Live also switches my Arturia and Modartt sounds.
The global section is fully populated, and the individual song parts only switch MIDI assignments.
Automatic song switching at predefined cue points is also planned.
Ideally, the whole production will also be streamed or recorded via OBS, but that currently has lower priority.
I’ll be happy to keep you updated here and share experiences or questions regarding the implementation.
Best regards,
Joe
