<\/title>\n<\/head>\n<body>\nSchertler Piano Transducers: Good Vibrations<\/strong> \nBy Ed Enright \nPublished in Downbeat Magazine, April 2002 \n \nSchertler Audio Transducers of\nSwitzerland has put an end to the nightmare\nof miking pianos. Schertler’s DYN-P\npiano transducer mounts onto any piano’s\nsoundboard. It sounds infinitely better\nthan the piezo pickups typically used in\nlive situations and approaches the supersensitive\nquality of high-end studio mics.\n \n \nThe transducer itself works kind of like\nstethoscope, picking up the acoustic\nvibrations of the instrument’s body via\ndirect contact. As a result, you get a very\nnatural sound with virtually no feedback or\nbleeding, no matter where you are in the\nstudio or on stage. This gives musicians\nand engineers a surprising amount of freedom.\nYou can put the piano as close as\nyou want to the rhythm section or horn\nplayers and still achieve total signal separation.\nYou can even keep the lid completely\nopen if you choose so your fellow\nmusicians can hear you acoustically on\nstage-just make sure the piano isn’t\nbleeding into somebody else’s microphone\nfor a change.\n \n \nIn essence, the DYN-P is a no-brainer.\nThe only real “work” required is to secure\nthe pickup properly (using a small amount\nof provided putty) and to locate the best\nplacement on the soundboard. You’ll need\nto do a little experimentation, trying various\npositions until you locate a hot or\nsweet spot that gives you the balance\nyou’re looking for. The DYN-P works best\nwhen mounted close to the soundboard’s\nwalls or borders. A grand piano version,\nthe DYN-GP, uses two pickups to achieve\na stereo effect that’s even richer.\n \n \nThe DYN-P\/GP has a flat frequency\nresponse and requires little or no equalization\n(the owner’s manual notes that\nsome gentle parametric tweaking can add\ntransparency to the sound). The pickup\noperates on low impedence, reducing the\npotential for hum and interference. And it\nplugs directly into any mixer, amp or PA\nwith balanced XLR inputs.\n \n \nThe DYN-GP sounded great on a\nfriend’s well-maintained grand, responding\nflawlessly to a wide range of dynamics.\nBut, because it’s so sensitive, it can\nreveal the flaws of a piano itself. On my\nold console, for example, the sound was\nslightly clangy, seemingly the result of\nhammer noise and poor string quality.\n \n \nThe DYN-P\/GP should be kept clean and\nhandled with extreme care (a welldesigned\ncarrying case helps protect it).\nAfter all, once you try it, you’ll come to rely\non it like your best friend.\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Schertler Piano Transducers: Good Vibrations By Ed Enright Published in Downbeat Magazine, April 2002 Schertler Audio Transducers of Switzerland has put an end to the nightmare of miking pianos. Schertler’s DYN-P piano transducer mounts onto any piano’s soundboard. It sounds infinitely better than the piezo pickups typically used in live situations and approaches the supersensitive […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-site-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

{"id":63,"date":"2004-03-05T14:01:41","date_gmt":"2004-03-05T14:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/?p=63"},"modified":"2004-03-05T14:01:41","modified_gmt":"2004-03-05T14:01:41","slug":"dynp_review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/dynp_review\/","title":{"rendered":"DYN-P Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<\/title>\n<\/head>\n<body>\nSchertler Piano Transducers: Good Vibrations<\/strong> \nBy Ed Enright \nPublished in Downbeat Magazine, April 2002 \n \nSchertler Audio Transducers of\nSwitzerland has put an end to the nightmare\nof miking pianos. Schertler’s DYN-P\npiano transducer mounts onto any piano’s\nsoundboard. It sounds infinitely better\nthan the piezo pickups typically used in\nlive situations and approaches the supersensitive\nquality of high-end studio mics.\n \n \nThe transducer itself works kind of like\nstethoscope, picking up the acoustic\nvibrations of the instrument’s body via\ndirect contact. As a result, you get a very\nnatural sound with virtually no feedback or\nbleeding, no matter where you are in the\nstudio or on stage. This gives musicians\nand engineers a surprising amount of freedom.\nYou can put the piano as close as\nyou want to the rhythm section or horn\nplayers and still achieve total signal separation.\nYou can even keep the lid completely\nopen if you choose so your fellow\nmusicians can hear you acoustically on\nstage-just make sure the piano isn’t\nbleeding into somebody else’s microphone\nfor a change.\n \n \nIn essence, the DYN-P is a no-brainer.\nThe only real “work” required is to secure\nthe pickup properly (using a small amount\nof provided putty) and to locate the best\nplacement on the soundboard. You’ll need\nto do a little experimentation, trying various\npositions until you locate a hot or\nsweet spot that gives you the balance\nyou’re looking for. The DYN-P works best\nwhen mounted close to the soundboard’s\nwalls or borders. A grand piano version,\nthe DYN-GP, uses two pickups to achieve\na stereo effect that’s even richer.\n \n \nThe DYN-P\/GP has a flat frequency\nresponse and requires little or no equalization\n(the owner’s manual notes that\nsome gentle parametric tweaking can add\ntransparency to the sound). The pickup\noperates on low impedence, reducing the\npotential for hum and interference. And it\nplugs directly into any mixer, amp or PA\nwith balanced XLR inputs.\n \n \nThe DYN-GP sounded great on a\nfriend’s well-maintained grand, responding\nflawlessly to a wide range of dynamics.\nBut, because it’s so sensitive, it can\nreveal the flaws of a piano itself. On my\nold console, for example, the sound was\nslightly clangy, seemingly the result of\nhammer noise and poor string quality.\n \n \nThe DYN-P\/GP should be kept clean and\nhandled with extreme care (a welldesigned\ncarrying case helps protect it).\nAfter all, once you try it, you’ll come to rely\non it like your best friend.\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Schertler Piano Transducers: Good Vibrations By Ed Enright Published in Downbeat Magazine, April 2002 Schertler Audio Transducers of Switzerland has put an end to the nightmare of miking pianos. Schertler’s DYN-P piano transducer mounts onto any piano’s soundboard. It sounds infinitely better than the piezo pickups typically used in live situations and approaches the supersensitive […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-site-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}