So far the only things we’ve talked about recording are line-level and digital signals, so now let’s expand our repertoire to include signals from pickups. This significantly increases the range of instruments we can record, taking in electric guitars and basses, electric pianos/clavinets, and any acoustic instruments that have pickup systems fitted (most commonly acoustic guitars and other stringed instruments).
3.1 RECORDING PICKUP SIGNALS
Electric guitars and electromechanical keyboards typically use magnetic pickups to convert the physical vibrations of metal components in the instrument directly into electrical signals. These signals are then rendered audible by a connected amplifier and loudspeakers, ...
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