Nashville's Big Bash

The Show

Jack Daniel's New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash returned to Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park as a free public event, broadcast nationally on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

A five-hour live country special from downtown Nashville, broadcast on CBS.

• Hosts:Keith Urban and Rachel Smith
• Venue:Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, Nashville TN
• Broadcast partner:CBS, with streaming on Paramount+
• Format:Five-hour live New Year's Eve special
• Attendance:Estimated 200,000+ on-site

RPG's Scope of Work

Broadcast music audio for the multi-stage outdoor New Year's Eve special.

• Broadcast audio production:Outdoor multi-stage broadcast music mix for live transmission and streaming
• Music mix:Stereo + 5.1 broadcast music mix from a single master
• Recording:Redundant Pro Tools HDX multitrack capture
• Mix infrastructure:Lawo mc² console platform with networked mic preamps

Technical Specs

The audio kit list

• Broadcast / mix console:Lawo mc² series console
• Multitrack recording:Redundant Pro Tools HDX rigs
• Microphone preamps:Networked Lawo preamps over IP audio backbone
• Master delivery:Stereo + 5.1 broadcast master
• Cross-venue sync:Locked feeds between stages and CBS broadcast chain

Results & Impact

What it added up to

• Reach:National CBS broadcast plus Paramount+ streaming
• Audience:200,000+ on-site at the Capitol Mall
• Production wins:Five hours of live broadcast delivered without on-air audio dropouts