I have been away for awhile. First time user was version 3. I just bought an Allen Organ MDS Theater III Deluxe Plus. I am going to modify it to replicate the Masterworks 331 Theater Organ. So I need to add more stops to the stop rail which means disassembling it and taking it to a wood shop to lengthen the bolsters to accommodate more stops, about 100 more.
To my questions:
I have 4 Mackie HR824 studio monitor speakers, a Focusrite Scarlett 616, four in and four out audio interface and a KRK Rokit 10 sub woofer. I will not be using more speakers or channels, or should I?
I will use channel 1-2 for beefier ranks and those two channels will run thru the subwoofer inputs first to pick up all of the base of the lower register pipes 'assigned to those two channels', and from the subwoofer to two of my monitors.
The other 2 channels will run straight from the Focusrite to the remaining two monitors and I will channel strings, woodwinds and traps thru those speakers assuming they dont need a lot of bass support from a subwoofer.
If anyone out there is an expert on this, I have some questions.
1: Do I need to buy another subwoofer and run all 4 channels thru the two subwoofers? Each subwoofer only has 2 ins and outs. Someone suggested I use splitters to run all 4 channels thru one subwoofer but then I minimize my ability to separate channels down from 4 channels to 2.
If I set up my way, which ranks should I run thru the subwoofer and which thru the other monitors?
For example, If I run clarinet away from the subwoofer, do I lose a lot of bass on the lower register pipes when I assign bass clarinet to my pedalboard?
Get my point? Some ranks are sort of in a gray area as to whether or not they need subwoofer support for the lower registers of ranks. Anyone have opinions on which ranks need subwoofer support and which do not?
Final question, I saw on You Tube one organist had 4 speakers for general sounds but had two more for 'acoustics' as he called them. I am guessing he meant to create a spatial component to his sound room and spread the reverb out. Is there a special component or channel on Hauptwerk to dedicate acoustics for those speakers way in the back of a room? I am guessing we dont want direct sound from the pipes out of those rear speakers, just reverb. In that case I would need 6 speakers and an audio interface with 6 outputs.
Yes?
Sure could use help with these questions.
Panjere
To my questions:
I have 4 Mackie HR824 studio monitor speakers, a Focusrite Scarlett 616, four in and four out audio interface and a KRK Rokit 10 sub woofer. I will not be using more speakers or channels, or should I?
I will use channel 1-2 for beefier ranks and those two channels will run thru the subwoofer inputs first to pick up all of the base of the lower register pipes 'assigned to those two channels', and from the subwoofer to two of my monitors.
The other 2 channels will run straight from the Focusrite to the remaining two monitors and I will channel strings, woodwinds and traps thru those speakers assuming they dont need a lot of bass support from a subwoofer.
If anyone out there is an expert on this, I have some questions.
1: Do I need to buy another subwoofer and run all 4 channels thru the two subwoofers? Each subwoofer only has 2 ins and outs. Someone suggested I use splitters to run all 4 channels thru one subwoofer but then I minimize my ability to separate channels down from 4 channels to 2.
If I set up my way, which ranks should I run thru the subwoofer and which thru the other monitors?
For example, If I run clarinet away from the subwoofer, do I lose a lot of bass on the lower register pipes when I assign bass clarinet to my pedalboard?
Get my point? Some ranks are sort of in a gray area as to whether or not they need subwoofer support for the lower registers of ranks. Anyone have opinions on which ranks need subwoofer support and which do not?
Final question, I saw on You Tube one organist had 4 speakers for general sounds but had two more for 'acoustics' as he called them. I am guessing he meant to create a spatial component to his sound room and spread the reverb out. Is there a special component or channel on Hauptwerk to dedicate acoustics for those speakers way in the back of a room? I am guessing we dont want direct sound from the pipes out of those rear speakers, just reverb. In that case I would need 6 speakers and an audio interface with 6 outputs.
Yes?
Sure could use help with these questions.
Panjere