OrganoPleno wrote:No problem. You use the sliders to adjust the BALANCE of Direct and Diffuse, NOT the Volume Level. Once you get the BALANCE the way you want it, THEN you adjust the TOTAL VOLUME elsewhere... specifically, by using the "Volume Trim" feature in Hauptwerk.
This is exactly the point. The beauty of the balance control is that you can set the front sound to your liking WITHOUT changing the overall volume. Otherwise we are mixing in the problem we run into with A/B audio comparisons where louder invariably sounds better, all else being equal. There's no math involved in deciding what balance between direct and diffuse sounds best.
If there is an issue with the volume attainable through your sound system then that should be addressed separately. Wow, I've never seen that be a problem.
I route diffuse channels to separate outputs and then use Reaper to mix the diffuse channels back into the same group of speakers that handle direct channels, albeit with any given pipe's diffuse audio on a different speaker than its direct audio. 1->2, 2->3, 3->1 if that makes sense. That of course also gives me complete control of the audio volumes though I don't see the need for that ability.