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    Looking for advice with digital organ audio

    Regarding the audio crossover issue I raised above, it appears that Hauptwerk has a quite capable mixer built into it, although it does not do any EQ. However, the mixer alone will allow you to create a mixdown of all the channels, and you can feed that to your subwoofer. The ideal solution...
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    Looking for advice with digital organ audio

    You have a good point here, although I disagree about using PA speakers. Organ music generates much more constant low bass energy than most other kinds of music, so you need a sub that can handle continuous output down very low. For example, I have a great recording of Bach's Toccata in F...
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    Looking for advice with digital organ audio

    As the OP mentioned, a real pipe organ is only going to be around 90-100 dBA in the room, and I find that I usually run my organ only around 85 dBA at its loudest. So per-speaker volume is not going to be all that great. It would be at most comparable to a typical home stereo system's output...
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    Looking for advice with digital organ audio

    Why a PA system? We don't need the SPL that PA systems are optimized for. Wouldn't home speakers tend to provide better sound quality, even if they can't get as loud? Now if you're referring to amps or audio interfaces, then yes, the pro stuff makes sense. Digital organs need lots of...
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    Looking for advice with digital organ audio

    I'm investigating adding Hauptwerk to my Allen digital organ and have a few thoughts and questions. First, I don't think there's any problem with mixing powered and passive speakers; it will only change what kind of cables you run and how many separate amplifiers you'll need. I expect you will...
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