Looking for a method to remote-rehearse with my church band
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2016 12:07 pm
Here's a new one...
I'm from Houston, been here forever it seems but moving soon to Austin. I plan on retaining my church music/keyboardist position even though I'll be living 2 hours away. My plan is to return early on Sunday mornings and play the services. Yes, this will involve weekly trips back and forth from Austin to Houston and back. Here's the part I'm trying to figure out: a way to remote-rehearse with my band on Wednesday nights without having to drive in. Some sort of Skype connection where I can send a mixed audio signal (piano/click tracks possibly/voice) from my Austin studio to their mixing board in Houston. The less latency the better!
I'm reading that Cubase 8.5 has a feature called VST Transit that may allow this but I need to research it further. I think Cubase also offers another plug-in (I forget the name) that offers live remote sessions.
Can the brain-trust here offer any solutions? Seems like both sides of the signal would need the same software package, unless I could just send a network audio signal. Or I could just put my cell phone up to my speaker and send a cell phone call for rehearsal! That would sound sucky for sure.
This all needs to start in late August so I have time but I need to be able to offer my sound team a feasible plan soon.
I'm open to all good ideas. Let 'em fly!
Greg
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I'm from Houston, been here forever it seems but moving soon to Austin. I plan on retaining my church music/keyboardist position even though I'll be living 2 hours away. My plan is to return early on Sunday mornings and play the services. Yes, this will involve weekly trips back and forth from Austin to Houston and back. Here's the part I'm trying to figure out: a way to remote-rehearse with my band on Wednesday nights without having to drive in. Some sort of Skype connection where I can send a mixed audio signal (piano/click tracks possibly/voice) from my Austin studio to their mixing board in Houston. The less latency the better!
I'm reading that Cubase 8.5 has a feature called VST Transit that may allow this but I need to research it further. I think Cubase also offers another plug-in (I forget the name) that offers live remote sessions.
Can the brain-trust here offer any solutions? Seems like both sides of the signal would need the same software package, unless I could just send a network audio signal. Or I could just put my cell phone up to my speaker and send a cell phone call for rehearsal! That would sound sucky for sure.
This all needs to start in late August so I have time but I need to be able to offer my sound team a feasible plan soon.
I'm open to all good ideas. Let 'em fly!
Greg
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