Orchestrion Volume

I'm very happy to have Skybound Emerald now, but it's so hard to hear on the player in my house or the inn room. I've fiddled around with my settings to balance BGM at full volume and turn other things down, but the player still seems low compared to the volume we get in Yak T'el. I can barely hear the start and end of the song. Is there a setting I'm missing somewhere?

Thank you for the advice!

Unfortunately there is no volume control for the Orchestrion, meaning it tends to be drowned out by furniture sound effects (like running water from fountains) so you might want to look into removing those if you're having trouble hearing Orchestrion playback. Because the audio from the Orchestrion is directional, emulating an actual hifi system, where exactly you place it in the room can also greatly affect how well it's heard (and how well you can hear it as you move your character/viewpoint around).

So it may require a bit of trial and error moving the Orchestrion and also adjusting other furniture/walls etc in the room to find the 'sweet spot' for maximum audio fidelity (they actually greatly improved the range and audio quality of the Orchestrion from when it was first added - then you basically had to be right next to it to hear it even remotely well).

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Unfortunately there is no volume control for the Orchestrion, meaning it tends to be drowned out by furniture sound effects (like running water from fountains) so you might want to look into removing those if you're having trouble hearing Orchestrion playback. Because the audio from the Orchestrion is directional, emulating an actual hifi system, where exactly you place it in the room can also greatly affect how well it's heard (and how well you can hear it as you move your character/viewpoint around).

So it may require a bit of trial and error moving the Orchestrion and also adjusting other furniture/walls etc in the room to find the 'sweet spot' for maximum audio fidelity (they actually greatly improved the range and audio quality of the Orchestrion from when it was first added - then you basically had to be right next to it to hear it even remotely well).

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This blew my mind, I never knew it functioned like that. Thank you for sharing and thank you to the devs for putting so much effort into the orchestrion.

Would it be possible to synchronize multiple orchestrian players on multiple floors like a surround sound system?

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Originally Posted by Gunz_Zbestest

Would it be possible to synchronize multiple orchestrian players on multiple floors like a surround sound system?

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That is not possible because the Orchestrion is a unique item that can only have a single one placed per estate or instanced room.