| 摘要 |
A saddle of a multi-stringed instrument includes a highly efficient means of coupling to sensors, vibrations from plucked musical instruments strings. The saddle includes a downwardly extending body portion for mechanically conveying string vibrations to transducers by way of cavities beneath a string saddle that define a vertically compliant area of sensitivity. The vertically compliant area beneath each respective string is mechanically responsive to vertical string motion. These areas couple the strings to transducers mounted within said cavities, and are selectively sensitive to vertical string vibrations from the top of the saddle, beneath the string. The uni-directional sensitivity does not respond to vibratory information from beneath the saddle and is only sensitive from its top or positive Z axis direction. This eliminates the introduction of micro-phonic noise from the body of the instrument in the amplified signal. Isolating the vertical component of the string vibration further maximizes fidelity, clarity of sound and responsiveness. The cavities housing the transducers are arranged in alternating phase relationships to avoid phase cancellation effects between the adjacent transducers. A string saddle kit for a multi-stringed instrument includes multiple string saddle segments each providing a highly efficient means of coupling to sensors, vibrations from plucked musical instruments strings. |
