Schatten HD-2 Hammered Dulcimer Pickup
Adheres To The Soundboard...
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Due to the size and
construction of hammered dulcimers, we felt that the best balance and
accuracy of sound reproduction could only be achieved by using two
separate transducer sensing units.
As we did with our piano
pickup system, we've taken our incredibly responsive "dual element
system" and applied it to our hammered dulcimer pickup to give you
unsurpassed response and faithful, natural sound quality.
The HD2 pickup system mounts quickly and easily to the
underside of the hammered dulcimer with supplied double sided tape.
Each transducer unit
contains 2 separate piezos working in tandem to enhance sound quality
and reduce the possibility of feedback. The units are strongly built
and measure approximately 2 3/4" in length, 1 1/2" in width, and 1/2"
in thickness.
Each transducer is prewired to a 10 foot shielded
Mogami cable with a heavy duty 1/4" output plug for stereo
configurations. For Mono applications, a 1/4" 'Y' adapter is
included.This pickup has been designed to operate properly and sound
terrific without the use of a preamp when plugged into any 'normal'
amp (guitar amp, bass amp, etc.).
If you require the added ability to be able to
plug directly into a P.A. or mixer then you may wish to add one of our
Preamp/DI units to your pickup system.
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Clean, clear sound reproduction.
This pickup has been designed to operate properly and sound good
without the use of a preamp when plugged into any 'normal' amp
(guitar amp, bass amp, etc.). As with any pickup, the sound can be
further enhanced and EQ'd with an outboard preamp. If you require
the added ability to be able to plug directly into a P.A. or mixer
on a regular or occasional basis, then you may wish to add one of
our Preamp/DI units to your pickup system.
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Terminology
Passive Pickup - A piezo pickup.
Impedance - To simplify things as much as posssible we'll say that impedance refers to the range in which an amplifying device can 'hear' a pickup plugged into it.
Preamp - A device specifically designed for use with piezo pickups that increases the signal strength and lowers the impedance of a passive pickup.
Active Pickup - A piezo pickup with an attached preamp.
Microphone Preamp - a device that may be built into P.A.systems and mixers that is designed to work with microphones. These units will not generally work with passive pickups.
'Normal' Electric Guitar Amps: A passive pickup has an impedance of approximately 2 mega ohms (2 million ohms) which virtually all 'normal' electric guitar amps can generally handle without issue.
'Acoustic' Amps: may or may not require the use of a preamp with a pickup and that will depend upon whether or not there is a special built in preamp section to that amp that specifically allows for the choice in plugging in either a passive (non-preamped) or active (preamped) pickup. This choice is quite often in the form of pushbutton on the amp's control panel. Many acoustic amps show a selection that may indicate the choice of 'high impedance' and 'low impedance'.
Low impedance in these instances usually indicates that in this range the amp will handle an impedance of 1000 ohms or less - which will allow active pickups with preamps to be used.
High impedance in these instances may indicate an allowable impedance into the 2 or 3 mega ohm range - which will allow passive pickups to be used. Or it may indicate a maximum input impedance allowed of 20,000 ohms or less - which will handle magnetic electric guitar pickups but not passive pickups. You should carefully read the technical specifications of your acoustic amp in order to see what it will do.
P.A. Systems, Mixers: all of these units will require the use of a preamp between themselves and a passive pickup. Microphone preamps built into P.A.'s and mixers are not designed for use with passive pickups and will not work properly.
Computers: Due to the vagaries and variables inherent in the sound cards found in computers, the only thing that we can advise is that a preamp will almost certainly be necessary.
