Hi
I have been experimenting with integrating Hauptwerk with the small (14 rank) pipe organ at the church where I work. I am now beginning to prepare a budget proposal to the church to permanently install a Hauptwerk setup as an integral part of their pipe organ.
In my testing I have been using two dry sample sets: Velosovo and Caen, and using selected ranks to augment the real pipe ranks fairly successfully. The room is a A-frame type nave that seat about 350 people, and fairly dry; a little reverberation when empty, but hardly any on Sunday mornings. The pipe organ sits in the center of the chancel and speaks over the heads of the congregation. Most Sundays we have about 250 parishioners at the traditional service. I have 4 Behringer Truth 2031A speakers placed on the back wall of the swell chambers. The organ console connects to my MacBook via a 4 channel audio interface, which I am recommending be replaced by an 8 channel interface when a subwoofer is added to the system. Right now I disable the 32' Hauptwerk stops in order to avoid damaging the Behringer speakers.
My question is what kind of subwoofer do I need that can balance this system -- preferably a powered subwoofer, but something that can handle sustained low pedal tones, not just sudden thunderclap type effects. Budget is always a factor, but I understand this may be the most expensive part of the system.
Thanks for your input.
Nicholas Good, CAGO, MM
Topeka, KS
I have been experimenting with integrating Hauptwerk with the small (14 rank) pipe organ at the church where I work. I am now beginning to prepare a budget proposal to the church to permanently install a Hauptwerk setup as an integral part of their pipe organ.
In my testing I have been using two dry sample sets: Velosovo and Caen, and using selected ranks to augment the real pipe ranks fairly successfully. The room is a A-frame type nave that seat about 350 people, and fairly dry; a little reverberation when empty, but hardly any on Sunday mornings. The pipe organ sits in the center of the chancel and speaks over the heads of the congregation. Most Sundays we have about 250 parishioners at the traditional service. I have 4 Behringer Truth 2031A speakers placed on the back wall of the swell chambers. The organ console connects to my MacBook via a 4 channel audio interface, which I am recommending be replaced by an 8 channel interface when a subwoofer is added to the system. Right now I disable the 32' Hauptwerk stops in order to avoid damaging the Behringer speakers.
My question is what kind of subwoofer do I need that can balance this system -- preferably a powered subwoofer, but something that can handle sustained low pedal tones, not just sudden thunderclap type effects. Budget is always a factor, but I understand this may be the most expensive part of the system.
Thanks for your input.
Nicholas Good, CAGO, MM
Topeka, KS