On Nov 23, 2007 9:09 AM, Sebastian Tschöpel <tschoseb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:> > having a battery doesn't mean a thing in regards to preamps, it means> > it has an active rather than a passive pickup>> But isn't the difference between an active and a passive pickup, that> the active one uses the electrical energy to run a preamp (or an EQ as well)> --> "Active" as in "active signal modifying" ?Yes, but actual pickups used in active scheme have much smaller coilsthan passive ones.So active pickup is not a usual passive pickup + preamp. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup_(music)#Active_and_passive_pickups That's why:> But you're right when you said that the preamp of an active pickup isn't> the same than an> external preamp that amplifies up to a line-level for the mixer. Dmitry._______________________________________________Linux-audio-user mailing listLinux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
