timbarnes wrote:It seems that a better solution might be to send low frequency pipes to the subwoofer and the wide range speakers, with some kind of crossover functionality, so for the lowest frequencies the subwoofer fills in, but the higher harmonics of the lower pipes are still reproduced by the wide range monitors.
Yes, this is the normal arrangement.
How to implement it depends on which version of HW you have,
With the advanced edition you can create a mix-down audio output which combines the signals from all the other channels and use this to drive the subwoofer. The manual (p167) covers this.
If you don't have the advanced edition, it will be necessary to combine the L and R main outputs and send them to the subwoofer. Most commercial subs I've seen do this quite happily themselves by accepting full range L and R inputs (often at speaker level as well as line level) and dealing with the mixing and crossover functions internally. For a home built sub, the mixing and filtering would have to be provided by the constructor.
Nick