23 Nov
2007
23 Nov
'07
8:17 a.m.
On Nov 23, 2007 9:09 AM, Sebastian Tschöpel <tschoseb(a)tu-cottbus.de> wrote:
Yes, but
actual pickups used in active scheme have much smaller coils
than passive ones.
So active pickup is not a usual passive pickup + preamp.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup_(music)#Active_and_passive_pickups
That's why:
having a
battery doesn't mean a thing in regards to preamps, it means
it has an active rather than a passive pickup
But isn't the difference between an active and a passive pickup, that
the active one uses the electrical energy to run a preamp (or an EQ as well)
--> "Active" as in "active signal modifying" ? But you're right when you said that the preamp of
an active pickup isn't
the same than an
external preamp that amplifies up to a line-level for the mixer.
Dmitry.