Not at all mate
I enjoy reading through your very detailed posts. I lot of the information does admittedly go over my head but that's only due to my severe lack of knowledge and no fault of yours.
If I am getting the picture correctly, the TST models would be an addition that would fit in between the recommended large BKs and exiters, if you had the funds and were going for a well rounded arrangement.
That leads me onto a thought that's crossing my mind regarding isolated pedal decks. If I were limited to a single unit for that section, would a large BK still be the way to go?
My imagining that the mid/high bass strength of a TST under a pedal deck would be a flaw?
The thought that keeps crossing my mind is that with a pedal section being such a relatively small area, a large BK could be overkill 'thumpwise' if I were just passing tactile into my heels. Bear in mind, I have no idea what to expect and how I am currently thinking it will feel is all pure imagination on my part.
Thanks for the kind words and your patience or insanity of plowing through this thread.
The simple honest answer is that the best tactile will come if you can utilize the full 1Hz - 200Hz.
The best way to do that is with a large BK and then the exciters or pairing the BK with a TST model.
A TST 209 or 239 will still work well with a BK and as you use the TST more for the mid-high bass then it doesn't need the low end as the BK already will be good for up to whatever crossover you want to use it.
Its very easy on the amp to use the DSP to compare different crossovers and EQ, the beauty is it lets the user get the settings that suit
them and their installations.
Okay so now the part to pay attention too.
Why use the exciters if the TST may be larger more powerful and also very good for smoother detail and the high bass frequencies.
With the exciters, you can install 2-4-6-8 of these to a seat and for the body regions. That means you can position specific effect layers to any of those channels. This lets you get better coverage of a specific effect or it lets you place more effects into the seat and maintain the detail better as its not a single unit trying to generate them all.
How many times do people use the phrase "less is more" regards tactile?
Mr Latte agrees,
but this is the solution to that problem.
We still keep a unit for 1-3 effects at most
(and not all operating at the same time) but with the multiple exciters.
NOW we can use a combination of more effect layers or different effects without it over-taxing that units' operational detailing and performance.
Sometimes this problem is down to the combinations of frequencies the unit is trying to generate at once and it cant output them all as defined if fewer layers or effects were used. So by this approach in the concept, I share we get around this problem.
It all still needs balancing the volumes to taste but it is possible. I even like to have settings to suit more emphasis for the engine but at times I prefer to tone those down and feel more the stereo effects and wheel-slip or effects that can aid driving.
Its so simple, yet so brilliant as it gives the user the control to determine how each unit is used.
Some people already have bought and use:
1x Large BK
1x TST
4x Exciters (or more)
My advice would be to work towards at least 6 exciters on a seat, then a large BK with either a TST or using two large BK.
Some users may not feel they need or want stereo with the large units (don't forget, we still can do it with the exciters).
Personally I like to split my RPM and SPEED so its good having two large units for this as these are the most constant effects but both can have effects generated for them that use REALLY low bass for awesome immersion. You can't get on the cheap units but also it comes back to being able to benefit from having the full 1Hz-200Hz bass range so that you can achieve a wider range of feel in effects as well as richer or more detailed sensations.
