Pickups and special microphones for musical instruments
Good live music thrives on the fact that all instruments together form a balanced sound image. While guitars are either wired or connected by wireless connection and a drum kit is virtually stationary, instruments such as saxophone or accordion are always in motion. If these are picked up with a microphone on a tripod, there are often large fluctuations in volume and sound. Avoiding this and delivering an optimal sound is the task of our pickups and special microphones, which we present to you here.
K1X II
WP-1X
TA3000X
Pickups for clarinet, saxophone and other woodwind instruments
A pickup is an electro-acoustic transducer that converts mechanical vibrations into electrical signals. The best-known pickup is found in record players. Here, a needle scans the record groove. The resulting deflections are then converted into weak electrical signals, equalized and amplified.
With our Pickups for woodwind instruments such as clarinet and saxophone we also use the term “pickup”, but the sound is not picked up via the structure-borne sound, but via the extremely high sound pressure that prevails inside the instruments. The extremely high sound pressure in the clarinet causes a piezo diaphragm to vibrate and this vibration is converted into an electrical signal.
To amplify the sound pressure, an additional sleeve is soldered onto the saxophone, for example, into which the pickup is inserted. On the clarinet, on the other hand, a hole is drilled into the bulb in order to insert the sleeve of the pickup. If you want to play without a pickup, you must close the opening with the enclosed plug.
For all musicians who do not want to drill into their instrument body, there is a Miniature mouthpiece pickup. Thanks to its extremely small design, it can be fitted in (almost) all mouthpieces of woodwind instruments. There is no need to change instruments with this pickup.
Spezialmikrofone für Akkordeon und Steirische Harmonika
Unsere Spezialmikrofone für Akkordeon und Steirische Harmonika nehmen den Schall direkt am Instrument auf und verstärken diesen elektrisch. Durch die Nähe zur Schallquelle erhält man ein sehr sauberes, direktes Signal und es gibt so gut wie keine Probleme mit Rückkopplungen durch einen Bühnenmonitor oder andere Störquellen. Ungewünschter Körperschall durch Tastatur- oder Klappengeräusche wird durch unsere spezielle Körperschalldämpfung extrem minimiert.
Die Mikrofone, wie sie für Steirische Harmonikas oder Akkordeons zum Einsatz kommen, werden direkt durch Verschrauben, Spezialklebebänder oder mittels Magnethalterung am Instrument befestigt. Bei einem optionalen Einbau eines Bassmikrofons wird im Inneren des Akkordeons oder der Harmonika eine Verbindung hergestellt, wodurch das Bassmikrofon von außen unsichtbar bleibt.
Pickup for guitar and other stringed instruments
Pickups also play an important role in the recording of guitars and other stringed instruments. They love the limelight and therefore reveal their full potential on stage. Depending on the desired sound, they are placed on or behind the bridge. They are attached using a modeling clay, so that the instrument is not damaged when using a pickup. Our pickups are suitable for a wide variety of string and bowed instruments, such as guitars (concert guitar, classical guitar, acoustic guitar, western guitar), violin, ukulele, zither, harp, and many more. Our inconspicuous, small but extremely robust and high-quality pickups for guitars and other stringed instruments are particularly feedback-free. They pick up vibrations and absorb structure-borne noise, have various connection options and enable a natural sound experience.
