mdyde wrote:It's correct that Hauptwerk doesn't currently have a user setting by which you could easily delay some pipework/speakers, although that is logged is an enhancement request. (Technically speaking, you could actually do it by creating an impulse response reverb file set which had just one single-sample-width peak in it after the desired delay, and applying it via the mixer. However, that would be moderately involved.)
Thank you all for an excellent discussion here.
I generally use three perspectives in my setup:
- a close perspective made up of 4 studio monitors: two at the console and two at a distance on a bookshelf. I usually divide up the driest perspectives of the sampleset between these - putting the solo/chamades/pedals at the more distant monitors for effect
- a mid perspective which is two large floor-standing speakers
- a rear perspective which is two more large floor-standing
Finally I have a large subwoofer getting a mix of all the above.
For stereo non-surround-sampled sets, I treat close and mid speakers effectively as one group and divide up the ranks in a spatial way that might mimic the effect sitting at the console, and usually route a separate copy of the audio through an impulse reponse reverb to those rear speakers.
I really enjoy the effect and it is definitely an upgrade over simple stereo.
As Julian asked, I am intrigued about the opportunity to add delay in the system (I tend to do this manually when I make my personal recordings - by separately recording the output at various points in the mixer, and re-combining in Cubase with appropriate delay between the tracks) and am thrilled to hear that it is in the enhancement queue - Martin's suggestion about creating an IR piques my interest and gives me something with which to fiddle until that enhancement makes it to production
This does indeed create the illusion of space as Julian thinks!
Shameless self plug here: this is an example of the Billerbeck set, with delay added in post-production. I am using three perspectives, with the delay in ms for each perspective prior to balancing of 0, 30, 70
https://youtu.be/TY7yEwV8pMcJerry