One of the nice accidental benefits I've received from my on going efforts into Hauptwerk is the incremental build up of my rig: single keyboard, 2nd keyboard, keydesk, MIDI AGO pedal conversion, audio interface, Launchpad, swell pedal MIDI conversion (x2), multi-channel audio, surround sound & sample sets, etc. This has kept the fire going so to speak which nurtures my mechanical & DIY side. So the my passion continues verses having had a MIDI ready console, HW Advanced, and multi-channel audio all on day one.
For a while it seems I was adding a pair of (identical) studio monitors every 2 months courtesy of Craig's List. I have maxed out my MOTU interface with 12 channels. Ok, to be honest, I do have my eye on the headphone jack to accommodate 2 more channels! I currently have 2 full range speakers with 15" woofers, an array of 8 studio monitors (4 stereo pairs), and a pair of passive studio monitors for surround sound or a few 'distant' stops for fun. I'm extremely happy with the sound.
Is there anyone here on the forum that has added speaker pairs over time until they reached that magic number? Was there a noticeable difference/improvement when the extra pairs were being added say from 10 to 12? I guess the deeper question is, when do you start to get into diminishing returns with regards to the number of speakers? Of course in dealing with pipe organ ranks and notes being played, there probably is never a diminishing return for speaker count
A quick side note - The Paramount Organ Works "Multi-Channel routing guide" states that using the "Cyclic within octaves, octaves and ranks cycled" algorithm, 4 stereo pairs will perform the sames as 16. In my current state of SAS (Speaker Acquisition Syndrome) I'm not believing that too much.
Comments?
Danny B.
For a while it seems I was adding a pair of (identical) studio monitors every 2 months courtesy of Craig's List. I have maxed out my MOTU interface with 12 channels. Ok, to be honest, I do have my eye on the headphone jack to accommodate 2 more channels! I currently have 2 full range speakers with 15" woofers, an array of 8 studio monitors (4 stereo pairs), and a pair of passive studio monitors for surround sound or a few 'distant' stops for fun. I'm extremely happy with the sound.
Is there anyone here on the forum that has added speaker pairs over time until they reached that magic number? Was there a noticeable difference/improvement when the extra pairs were being added say from 10 to 12? I guess the deeper question is, when do you start to get into diminishing returns with regards to the number of speakers? Of course in dealing with pipe organ ranks and notes being played, there probably is never a diminishing return for speaker count
A quick side note - The Paramount Organ Works "Multi-Channel routing guide" states that using the "Cyclic within octaves, octaves and ranks cycled" algorithm, 4 stereo pairs will perform the sames as 16. In my current state of SAS (Speaker Acquisition Syndrome) I'm not believing that too much.
Comments?
Danny B.