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Re: Loopers-Delight-d Digest V02 #702
am 16.10.2002 2:22 Uhr schrieb Engineering unter hans@ernieball.com:
> Carsten-
>
> I'd try the LDT series with rivets to make attaching the leads easier.
> I don't know which size would be better - I'd try all three, since they
> don't cost much.
>
> Alternatively, the SDT looks like a nice, tidy package. Also, it is
> self-shielding and has a shielded cable already attached. It is
> somewhat more expensive, however, at $25.
>
> I'm no expert on this stuff, but you will need to buffer the piezo's
> output signal (as you must with any piezo element) to get a good
> frequency response. You can build you own, or else use a commercially
> available buffer from Fishman, Barcus-Berry, Highlander, LR Baggs, or
> whoever makes piezo systems in your neighborhood. I like the looks of
> the Fishman Powerjack, at $50:
>
> http://www.msiusa.com/PART8-INT.pdf
>
> An active DI like a Countryman should also work, if you have one lying
> around.
>
> -Hans
>
>
>>>>>> Here's a link to some piezo film sensors. I suspect that these may
>>>>>> be the same type used by Pick-Up the World in their pickups.
>>>>>> Unfortunately, there's a $100 minimum order. That's the same price
>>>>>> as a single pickup from Pick-Up the World, but it will buy you a LOT
>>>>>> of pickups. They make great gifts.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.msiusa.com/piezo_download_listing.htm
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Hans
>>>>>
>>>> What is a piezo film-sensor? Is it just a normal ceramic-piezo or
>>> something
>>>> different? What about the sound and the sensetivity?
>>>> Thanks carsten
>>>>
>>>
>> I am still very interested in buying some of these sensors. But after
>having
>> visited several homepages i still which one (size, thickness etc.) is
>the
>> right one for my purposes(Pickup for acoustic instruments ranging from
>> doublebass to smaller stringinstruments similar to ukulele or
>mandoline).It
>> be because my english is not to good, that i really get lost on these
>> technical websites(I sometimes get lost even when reading the Loopers
>> Delight Messages especially the deeper philosophical stuff). Can someone
>> help me with this?
>> Thanks CW
>
Thanks a lot Hans I think that īs what i needed.
CW