7/20/2013

Useful Information About Schertler Products

By Carmella Watts


Schertler is a company, founded in the early 1980s, that manufactures pickups for string instruments. They also produce guitars, tuners, and amplifiers. The company is located in Switzerland. A pickup is a type of microphone that is placed on a guitar or other musical instrument to amplify the sound of the instrument. This company has instigated great strides in musical instrument amplification technology.

Electric guitars, which most people are familiar with through rock-n-roll and country music, are built with a pickup that uses magnetic coil microphone. These popular guitar styles often use distortion as an audio effect. This is the sound that is identified with rock and metal styles. Rock guitarists often use effect boxes, foot pedals and other devices to modify their sound. Some common devices are the fuzz tone and wha wha pedal. There are many different effect devices manufactured and their sounds should be familiar to anyone who listens to popular music.

Acoustic instruments use piezoelectric transducers or contact microphones to amplify the volume of the instrument. This type of microphone is also known as a crystal microphone. Most of the time with a string instrument, like an acoustic guitar, violin, cello, or string base, musicians do not want any distortion or extreme effects. Instead, they want to be heard clearly and cleanly, emulating the acoustics of a classical concert hall. This calls for a completely different technology.

With traditional acoustic string instruments, distortion is not desired. Just the opposite, a clean and clear quality is wanted. The goal is to have the instrument sound natural, with only the loudness increased sufficiently so the audience can hear it. In order to produce this clean and clear musical sound, a new technology was needed.

Classical, jazz and folk musicians particularly appreciate the new technology because of the purity of sound that is produced. Their new devices work effectively in even the most challenging acoustical environments. The natural pure sound of the instruments are preserved, without distortion, while every member of the audience can hear every note.

Another part of the product line is wireless amplification. With wireless technology no cumbersome, tangled wires or cables are required. Instead, the signal is sent from a radio transmitter. Recently, the company has began making a line of acoustic guitars in collaboration with another musical instrument manufacturer. They also make accessories, amplifiers, and much more.

Their equipment has been used by critically acclaimed orchestras, chamber ensembles, folk, classical and jazz musicians both in the concert hall and in the recording studio. The natural, high quality sound produced by this cutting edge technology has set the new standard for pure and clean audio results.

Schertler publishes an informative and attractive web page where you can learn more about their complete product line. The complete product line catalog can be downloaded. You can find out where their products can be purchased. Both professional and amateur musicians alike will be impressed with the results of using their technology.




About the Author:



No comments:

Post a Comment