Linearity of notes

I’m looking for some help, my keyboards are good in the centre and top notes, but lower than mid c swamps everything, is there a balance setting for this.

I’m running Paramount 3/41,

Also the piano etc seems low volume,

Thank you

Colin

If you have Hauptwerk Advanced edition, Rank Voicing is under the Organ Settings menu. You can use the sliders to change amplitudes in dB of (multiple) selected ranks on individual notes, octave ranges, and the whole range. For example, you can multi-select all the ranks, then reduce amplitude of the bottom two octaves using the octave sliders to gradually reduce from middle B down to low C.

[mdyde]

Hello Colin,

Do you mean that you find the lower notes too loud? If so, you can adjust the levels of notes (and apply a basic EQ to them if desired) on the "Organ settings | Rank voicing ..." screen (Advanced Edition).

[I'll move this topic to the "Technical support" section of the forum once you've had a chance to read it.]

Edit: P.S. Mark and I replied at the same time.

Also, if you have a subwoofer, you may need to reduce its volume and lower its low-pass filter in case the sub is reinforcing your 8' and 4' octaves too much.

Thank you all, I must try adjusting tomorrow

[mdyde]

Thanks, Colin. [Topic moved here.]

Could be a room mode: any listening room excites specific bass frequencies and that's different per room. Boomy bass can/should be EQ'd.

Having looked at the settings it looks very difficult to understand, has anyone got a video of adjusting this please?

Thank you

Sorry, I can't do a video.

In the Rank voicing screen, learn by trying and then use the Reset button to undo your attempts.

Select one or more ranks.

Select the default parameter, which is the amplitude in decibels, expressed as an increase or decrease relative to the pipe's default amplitude.

Look at the row of boxed numbers along the bottom. They should all be 0.0 (dB) to start out. The notes are grouped in octaves from left (bass) to right (treble), laid out like a 61 note keyboard.

Try dragging a slider up or down and see the affect on those numbers:

The MSTR slider moves all of the notes' levels equally. This can change the level of one rank or a group of ranks.

The QUICK sliders are the easiest way to change your bass-treble balance. They only affect one octave at a time, applying a slope to the notes' values. You can see the resulting slope on the display.

The QUICK slider to the left of each octave changes the whole octave gradually, with more change on the lower notes of the octave, so the higher notes of the octave change the least.

The QUICK slider to the right of each octave changes the higher notes of the octave the most and the lower notes the least.

Use the QUICK sliders to shape each octave the way you want, for example, reduce the bottom octave by -6 dB at left to -3dB at right, then the tenor octave by -3 dB at left to 0 dB at right. This leaves adjacent notes close in levels.

The per-note sliders affect just one note.

[mdyde]

Hello Colin,

To add to Mark's reply, the "Voicing facilities ..." chapter in the main Hauptwerk user guide (on the Help menu in Hauptwerk) also covers voicing:

- Pages 267-271 in the current Hauptwerk v8.0 version.
- Pages 256-260 in the Hauptwerk v7 version.