Hello,
I have been working on the design of the audio system, particular the speaker number, channels and placement. I am aware of the issue of putting certain notes through the same speaker causing distortion and creating the need to use more speakers for ranks of pipes to eliminate this issue.
I will be using multiple sample sets and their will be 2 consoles, one 5MP classical/orchestral and one 4MP theatre. For the purpose of trying to ascertain the proper speaker/channel arrangement, I will use the largest sample set that I know I will use. For the classical organ, I will be using the CLR FCCLA Sample Set and the largest sample set for the theatre organ that I know of right now is the Paramount 450. In doing research on this, I was made aware of the "Hauptwerk Algorithms".
I have not been able to find information on them and was hoping that someone here would know about them and could direct me to them so I could see what they entailed. The room is relatively small, being approximately 20' X 30'. The audio system will be shared by each organ as they will not be played together. I know that here will be some speakers that are specifically for one organ and not the other. My original thought was to have approximately 16 channels, but in learning about the distortion issues by combining certain notes together, this could increase dramatically to alleviate this issue.
I will be planning on multiple types and sizes of speakers to cover the range of frequencies that will be played from 32' stops at 16 Hz to 1' stops that will be in the 16KHz range. I will also be using specialty drivers and horns for large reeds and specialized speakers to better reproduce strings. I will be using convolution reverb, potentially with multiple delays to more effectively simulate a large stone church of approximately 1.5 - 2 seconds. Any more can get very muddy in the low ranges and also much less clear in the higher ranges.
I would be very interested in hearing from anyone who has built a large multiple channel setup, especially if done in a small room. I will be using wet samples (as best as I can tell, so a lot of the natural room reverb will already be in the recordings, but depending on how successful that is, I might try dry samples and adding my own reverb to it and experimenting on how that works with different configurations.
I would appreciate any help that you can provide.
Thank you and best wishes, Steven
I have been working on the design of the audio system, particular the speaker number, channels and placement. I am aware of the issue of putting certain notes through the same speaker causing distortion and creating the need to use more speakers for ranks of pipes to eliminate this issue.
I will be using multiple sample sets and their will be 2 consoles, one 5MP classical/orchestral and one 4MP theatre. For the purpose of trying to ascertain the proper speaker/channel arrangement, I will use the largest sample set that I know I will use. For the classical organ, I will be using the CLR FCCLA Sample Set and the largest sample set for the theatre organ that I know of right now is the Paramount 450. In doing research on this, I was made aware of the "Hauptwerk Algorithms".
I have not been able to find information on them and was hoping that someone here would know about them and could direct me to them so I could see what they entailed. The room is relatively small, being approximately 20' X 30'. The audio system will be shared by each organ as they will not be played together. I know that here will be some speakers that are specifically for one organ and not the other. My original thought was to have approximately 16 channels, but in learning about the distortion issues by combining certain notes together, this could increase dramatically to alleviate this issue.
I will be planning on multiple types and sizes of speakers to cover the range of frequencies that will be played from 32' stops at 16 Hz to 1' stops that will be in the 16KHz range. I will also be using specialty drivers and horns for large reeds and specialized speakers to better reproduce strings. I will be using convolution reverb, potentially with multiple delays to more effectively simulate a large stone church of approximately 1.5 - 2 seconds. Any more can get very muddy in the low ranges and also much less clear in the higher ranges.
I would be very interested in hearing from anyone who has built a large multiple channel setup, especially if done in a small room. I will be using wet samples (as best as I can tell, so a lot of the natural room reverb will already be in the recordings, but depending on how successful that is, I might try dry samples and adding my own reverb to it and experimenting on how that works with different configurations.
I would appreciate any help that you can provide.
Thank you and best wishes, Steven