Klarinet Archive - Posting 000066.txt from 2010/06

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] pickup for clarinet
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:08:50 -0400

The issue is not enough vibration- the issue is levels. If you have a box
that is made for a line level input, you need to boost the input level for
the box to work properly. It is all about gain staging and knowing the
levels that your rig will work with...

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Fifth Circle Audio
Long Beach, CA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: fred jacobowitz
> Subject: Re: [kl] pickup for clarinet
>
> Good question, actually. When when I send through a distortion pedal
> or box, the signal doesn't have enough vibration (as in the
> instrument actually vibrating) to get significant distortion. I think
> that's why string instruments, which mike on the bridge, work so
> well. I think the distortion box doesn't work well with acoustical
> sound, tho I don't know why that should be true.
>

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