[LAU] DIY 2string bass

Moshe Werner moshwe at gmail.com
Thu Jan 20 11:06:02 UTC 2011


It should work as far as I know. I would try it out as resistors aren't that
expensive.
You could also use a potentiometer instead of the resistor.
Good luck!
Moshe

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 12:16 AM, Renato <rennabh at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:41:07 +0200
> Moshe Werner <moshwe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi renato,
> >
> > only saw the question now, so sorry for the late reply.
> > The input voltage of soundcards depends on the headroom of the AD of
> > your soundcard. (e.g. Dynamic Range).
> > Pro and semi-pro cards often have a line level of +4dBu (1.227V RMS,
> > 3.472V Peak) plus a bit headroom.
> > Hope this helps.
> > Moshe
> >
>
> Yes, thanks. I might just try sticking in my USB function generator and
> go up with voltage untill the sound card clips...
>
> Also, I realized that putting a zener diode in parallel will just clip
> the signal at the diode voltage, so it won't solve the problem.
>
> A simple resistor in series with the piezo (of appropriate value)
> should work, shouldn't it?
>
> renato
>
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