I have always wondered about this. I remember recording DI's with my Black Winter, the peaks and valleys look very standard for any pickup I've ever attempted to record DI's from.
Actives are a different thing. Especially EMG's. Those have got that brickwall limiting effect caused by the preamp's power supply. As soon as you raise them to 18V, you can clearly see the waveforms become more dynamic with more of a difference between the highest peaks and the rest of the playing.
But with passives? I have never done this experiment myself, personally. But I have always felt that the dynamics I gain from using PAF-types are negated (though I don't know to what extent) by the fact that I have to raise the gain for them not sound undergained.
And this is what I mean... once you match the gain levels for both... is it really the case?
Anyone have some info regarding this so that I can understand what makes a low output pickup more dynamic? Maybe some graphs? Waveforms? Some video with similar information?
I understand how inductance affects the frequency response... but the dynamics? Please explain.
Actives are a different thing. Especially EMG's. Those have got that brickwall limiting effect caused by the preamp's power supply. As soon as you raise them to 18V, you can clearly see the waveforms become more dynamic with more of a difference between the highest peaks and the rest of the playing.
But with passives? I have never done this experiment myself, personally. But I have always felt that the dynamics I gain from using PAF-types are negated (though I don't know to what extent) by the fact that I have to raise the gain for them not sound undergained.
And this is what I mean... once you match the gain levels for both... is it really the case?
Anyone have some info regarding this so that I can understand what makes a low output pickup more dynamic? Maybe some graphs? Waveforms? Some video with similar information?
I understand how inductance affects the frequency response... but the dynamics? Please explain.
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