On Rodgers organs(and I am sure others), there are multiple output channels. For instance on a 330 the output channels are:
Swell Reeds and Celeste
Swell Flute
Swell Diapason
Great and Choir Flute
Great and Choir Diapason
Pedal
In the manual it gives several different options based on how many channels/speakers you are going to use.
Coming from a pipe organ background, I am trying to figure this out based on my understanding of a pipe organ. In a pipe organ, each sound is being created by an individual pipe. AFTER it is created, it of course is mixed in the air with any/all of the other pipes that are being played at that time. The sound of the pipe is determined by it's construction, scale, voicing and wind pressure. To accomidate varying room sizes, you can also change the scale or voicing of each rank of pipes or the pressure of the wind supply or all of the above. (Very basic description).
As for electronic organs, I have thought of 2 different possible theories for this, but I have no documentation to back up either one.
1 - Put simply, the larger the space, the more channels/speakers you use.
-OR-
2 - Dividing the channels allows for more control of the individual sound that each channel is putting out. This would perhaps allow the speakers to put out more "pure" sounds of a given type i.e. reeds or flute without having other sounds "mixed" in and possibly altering the "integrity of the seperate sounds.
So if you had a speaker that is only putting out the reed sounds you could choose a speaker that would be more suited for that purpose. The same for the flute or diapason. If this the case...and if so, does it actully work in practice?
I would appreciate more clarification on this.
Thank you,
Swell Reeds and Celeste
Swell Flute
Swell Diapason
Great and Choir Flute
Great and Choir Diapason
Pedal
In the manual it gives several different options based on how many channels/speakers you are going to use.
Coming from a pipe organ background, I am trying to figure this out based on my understanding of a pipe organ. In a pipe organ, each sound is being created by an individual pipe. AFTER it is created, it of course is mixed in the air with any/all of the other pipes that are being played at that time. The sound of the pipe is determined by it's construction, scale, voicing and wind pressure. To accomidate varying room sizes, you can also change the scale or voicing of each rank of pipes or the pressure of the wind supply or all of the above. (Very basic description).
As for electronic organs, I have thought of 2 different possible theories for this, but I have no documentation to back up either one.
1 - Put simply, the larger the space, the more channels/speakers you use.
-OR-
2 - Dividing the channels allows for more control of the individual sound that each channel is putting out. This would perhaps allow the speakers to put out more "pure" sounds of a given type i.e. reeds or flute without having other sounds "mixed" in and possibly altering the "integrity of the seperate sounds.
So if you had a speaker that is only putting out the reed sounds you could choose a speaker that would be more suited for that purpose. The same for the flute or diapason. If this the case...and if so, does it actully work in practice?
I would appreciate more clarification on this.
Thank you,
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