Originally posted by AK
Хотя на самом деле мне даже больше интересно кто Мадонну звукорежед %) Какие там приблуды, сетапы и прочее? А вдруг кто знает...
Извините, может быть уже и неинтересно, но все же раз
AK интересовался, то вот такой расклад проскакивал про Мадонну (вчера как раз послушал ее (Madonna - Im Going To Tell You A Secret 2006) - просто молодец!:
Using Computers on Madonna's Re-Invention Tour
These days, the world's biggest pop artists use multiple computers to control a variety of outboard gear that powers their live shows. In many cases, the master music sequence will also send MIDI sequencing data to the video and lighting techs as well, keeping every element of the performance in perfect sync with the action on stage.
Mike McKnight, programmer and synthesist on Madonna's Re-Invention tour, described his gear setup and working methods in an interview on the Mark of the Unicorn Web site from September 2004. (The original interview can be found at
http://www.motu.com/newsitems/atnewsitem.2...9-01.8308068605.) Mike has been the programmer on many of Madonna's major concert tours and in this interview, he describes the mix of software and hardware that he used for the performances on the Re-Invention tour:
Three Apple Macintosh G5 tower computers running Digital Performer to run the main sequences for the entire show one runs the sequence and the other two are there for backup in case of a crash
Two MOTU 1296 audio interfaces and four MOTU HD192 audio interfaces connected to the G5s
Three MOTU Micro Express MIDI interfaces, one for each G5
One MOTU MIDI Timepiece AV that serves as the master for the G5s and enables seamless switching between the 3 G5 rigs if necessary
A custom-made 72 in/24 out switcher to switch between the audio for the three G5s
A Brainstorm Distripilyzer to send time code to the video and lighting controllers
One Apple Macintosh G4 laptop running Digital Performer hosting various virtual synths
One MOTU 828mkII interface connected to the G4 laptop
An additional MOTU MIDI Timepiece AV connected to the G4 laptop
Mike describes how he controlled Madonna's entire show running Digital Performer on the G5 Macs. Once he started the main sequence at the beginning of the show, the video and lights were activated and the sequence ran 45 minutes non-stop. Then there were seven or eight individual songs in the middle of the show, then another 30-minute-long non-stop sequence to close the show.
In addition to the extra backing tracks augmenting the live musicians, Mike actually had everybody's part for the entire show recorded in digital audio within Digital Performer running on his G5 setup. If the guitarist happened to get sick one night and couldn't do the show, Mike could just un-mute the guitar tracks when playing back the sequences in Performer and the parts would still be there during the concert.
Although not all parts were used simultaneously, even after trying to consolidate and compact the separate tracks, Mike still had 250 separate audio and MIDI tracks running in his main show sequence. Each of the three G5s ran a duplicate of the same main show sequence, to ensure that the show would not come crashing to an unexpected halt in the middle because of a computer error or hard disk crash. In the event of a crash on the main system, Mike could smoothly switch over to one of his backups with the audience hopefully none the wiser, although in practice he rarely had these kinds of computer problems with his setup.
However, this multiple-backup system also gave Mike more flexibility to compensate for the inevitable spontaneous changes that happen in live performance: "Madonna will sometimes forget that the whole show is on a strict timecode time line. She'll get excited and start talking to the crowd, and she won't come in singing when we're all expecting. When that happens, I instantly switch to my B system, get the A system back on track, and then switch back to the A system, while on my headset telling the video and lighting guys, 'Hey guys, time code is jumping back four bars, get ready!' When Madonna decides to add four bars to the intro, then we add four bars to the intro. That's just the way it has to be with a superstar. And this system gives me the flexibility to do these things on the fly, while at the same time feeding time code to the entire rest of the show."
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