Dear advanced HW users,
I've read some posts and tutorials about multi-channel audio and sophisticated speaker arrangements, but I'm still not sure which way I should be heading. It all seems very complex.
I've been using only headphones and one pair of stereo speakers so far. As I'm not satisfied with the pure stereo sound (too focused), I'm planning to get a second pair of speakers, but I won't be able to afford 6 or 12, nor would I have enough space to use them in a meaningful way. Also, my sound card has only four channels, so four-channel output is all I can go for at the moment.
So I have those main speakers (let's call them speakers A), which are sitting left and right of my console. They are good at the bass end of the range but not very convincing when it comes to high frequencies.
The second pair (speakers B) could be mounted under the ceiling and would have to be lighter and smaller. At any rate, they would have to be different from speakers A because that model is no longer sold. I was thinking of a pair of small active monitors with 5' woofers.
Obviously, I could route the Great Organ and Pedal to speakers A and the Positiv (upper manual) to speakers B for spatial effect. I like that idea, but then I wouldn't be using speakers B at all when I play the Great Organ only. Also, the smaller speakers B might not be able to reproduce the lowest octave as good as speakers A, even if there is no 16' in the Positiv.
So I though about mixing the outputs: make the Great Organ and Pedal sound 70% through speakers A and 30% through B, and the Positiv vice versa. My questions are:
Best regards,
Daniel
I've read some posts and tutorials about multi-channel audio and sophisticated speaker arrangements, but I'm still not sure which way I should be heading. It all seems very complex.
I've been using only headphones and one pair of stereo speakers so far. As I'm not satisfied with the pure stereo sound (too focused), I'm planning to get a second pair of speakers, but I won't be able to afford 6 or 12, nor would I have enough space to use them in a meaningful way. Also, my sound card has only four channels, so four-channel output is all I can go for at the moment.
So I have those main speakers (let's call them speakers A), which are sitting left and right of my console. They are good at the bass end of the range but not very convincing when it comes to high frequencies.
The second pair (speakers B) could be mounted under the ceiling and would have to be lighter and smaller. At any rate, they would have to be different from speakers A because that model is no longer sold. I was thinking of a pair of small active monitors with 5' woofers.
Obviously, I could route the Great Organ and Pedal to speakers A and the Positiv (upper manual) to speakers B for spatial effect. I like that idea, but then I wouldn't be using speakers B at all when I play the Great Organ only. Also, the smaller speakers B might not be able to reproduce the lowest octave as good as speakers A, even if there is no 16' in the Positiv.
So I though about mixing the outputs: make the Great Organ and Pedal sound 70% through speakers A and 30% through B, and the Positiv vice versa. My questions are:
- Is this kind of mixing possible at all in Hauptwerk?
- Does the idea make sense to you, in terms of acoustics? Would it sound better than only one pair of speakers or a strict split between Great and Positiv?
Best regards,
Daniel
There's nothing special about it. You only have to hit the right note at the right time, then the instrument will play all on its own. -- Bach