On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 03:44:14 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 19:28:42 -0700, Bob van der Poel wrote: > > Can I mention the piezo pickups I installed in my accordion. Gawd > > they sounded awful :) (Accordion wasn't bad back then when I > > actually knew how to play one). > > Bob, > > an electromagnet/coil is fairly useless for recording an accordion. > Usage of coils isn't impossible, since the accordion does use air to > vibrate things made of metal that might be magnetic. JFTR even the > vibration of nylon strings can be recorded by coils, but there are > good reasons for avoiding this, since nylon has got no directly > electromagnetical impact and air neither has got ;). > > It's possible to record a solid body electrical guitar even by using a > dynamic microphone, but that unlikely will produce a nice sound ;). JFTR, IOW a piezo pickup is the better choice compared to a coil. Using the correct directionality by a capacitor mic, even for live usage might be the much better choice for recording an accordion ;). _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
