Nashville's Big Bash Vol. 5

The Show

The fifth annual Jack Daniel's New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash on CBS — a five-hour live country music special from downtown Nashville's Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park.

The fifth edition of Nashville's flagship NYE broadcast.

• Format:Five-hour live New Year's Eve country music special
• Venue:Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, Nashville TN
• Broadcast partner:CBS, with streaming on Paramount+
• Audience:Free, ticket-less public event drawing six-figure crowds

RPG's Scope of Work

Broadcast music audio for the multi-stage outdoor 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-stage routing:Locked feeds between stages and CBS broadcast chain

Results & Impact

What it added up to

• Reach:Live nationwide on CBS plus Paramount+ streaming
• Continuity:Fifth consecutive year of broadcast music audio for the show
• Production wins:Five hours of live broadcast delivered without on-air audio dropouts