MP3 sound samples featuring K&K pickup systems:

Listen to more sound samples on K&K's YouTube Channel, including links to user-uploaded videos featuring K&K pickups and microphones.

Pure 12-String, installed with removable tape option on a Gibson small body rosewood steel string guitar. Played by fingerstylist Carl Tosten, recorded on a Korg digital recorder and MP3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software. Right-click to download: Pure 12-String Sound Sample

Quantum Trinity installed in a Tacoma DM18 steel string guitar. This tune is called "Norwestern Woods," from Dietri's second CD "Northwest Passages." Recorded and MP3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software. Right-click to download: Northwestern Woods ft. Quantum Trinity

Quantum Trinity installed in a Tacoma DM18 steel string guitar. This tune is called "Odell," from Dietri's second CD "Northwest Passages." Recorded and MP3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software. Right-click to download: Odell ft. Quantum Trinity

PowerMix Trinity in a Taylor 514-CE steel string acoustic guitar. This tune is called "Summer Song," written and played by fingerstyle artist Bryan Roberts. Bryan used a B -F# -C# -F# -B - F# tuning. The recording has a touch of chorus and reverb and was converted to MP3 using Creative MediaSource Player. Right-click to download: Summer Song ft. PowerMix Trinity

PowerMix Trinity in a CA Bluegrass Performer steelstring acoustic guitar with graphite top and neck and composite body. It is mixed 100% Pure pickup, 50% mic, 50% FanTaStick undersaddle pickup. This is an excerpt of the tune "Northwest Passages," from Dietri's second CD "Northwest Passages." Recorded and MP3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software. Right-click to download: Northwest Passages ft. PowerMix Trinity

This clip compares the individual compoments of the PowerMix System. Played by Dietri on a Martin DM steelstring acoustic guitar with the PowerMix Trinity System. This is a demonstration of the 3 individual systems (mic-pure-undersaddle), the Trinity (pure-mic), the PowerMix Pure (pure- undersaddle) and the PowerMix Trinity (pure-undersaddle-mic). Recorded and MP3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software. Right-click to download: PowerMix Components

Trinity System vs. the Neumann KM 84 system, played by Cal Scott on a Gurian JR acoustic guitar. Both tracks are simultaneously recorded. No board EQ or compression was used. A small amount of lexicon PCM 90 reverb was added. MP3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software. Right-click to download: Trinity System vs. Neumann

Meridian Microphone System played by Dietri on a Martin DM steelstring acoustic guitar. Recorded with the standard Meridian Mic System via a Zeck mixing board into a computer. We used the "alternative mic position" (see manual), cut some bass and treble on the channel of the board and adjusted the midrange on the Meridian preamp to our liking. There was no further processing done to this track. Recorded and MP3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software. Right-click to download: Meridian MP3 Sample

Pure Classic on two guitars, fingerstyle and flatpicking, [layed by Dietri on Garcia (made in Spain) and Otto Schneider (made in Germany) classic guitars. The solo is flatpicked, the rest is fingerstyle. Recorded, mixed and MP3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software. Right-click to download: Pure Classic on Two Guitars

Pure Classic solo played by Dietri using a pick on a Garcia (made in Spain) classic guitar. Recorded, mixed, and MP3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software. Right-click to download: Pure Classic Solo

Pure Archtop and Humbucker chord blues, played fingerstyle by Dietri on a Hofner archtop with a Gibson humbucker pickup and the Pure Archtop pickup mixed. Pure Archtop is on the left and Gibson humbucker on the right channel. Recorded and MP3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software. Right-click to download: Pure Archtop and Humbucker Chord Blues

Pure Archtop and Humbucker solo with band, played with fingers by Dietri on a Hofner archtop. A Gibson Humbucker Pickup and the Pure Archtop pickup are mixed. Recorded, mixed and MP3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software. Right-click to download: Pure Archtop and Humbucker Solo

Pure Floating Bridge and Trinity Microphone in a Macaferri Guitar, played by Dietri on a Hoyer Joscho Stefan using a Pure Floating Bridge pickup and the Trinity Mic into a Quantum Blender. Recorded and MP3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software. Right-click to download: Macaferri Guitar MP3 Sample

Violinissimo, played by violin virtuoso Rudi Berger via a Pure Preamp into a computer-based audio recording system. MP3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software. Right-click to download: Violinissimo MP3 Sample

Twin Spot Classic in a standard Turkish 10 string oud. The Twin Spot was mounted with double sided tape on the soundboard near the bridge. Played by Dietri and recorded and MP3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software. Right-click to download: Oud MP3 Sample

Dobro played by Scott Smith (Naked Blue) on a steel body biscuit bridge National resonator guitar via the Pure Resonator BB. Recorded in his digital home studio using the Pure Preamp. MP3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software. Right-click to download: Dobro MP3 Sample

CXM5 Saxophone Mic, played by Bobby Read (Bruce Hornsby band). Recorded in his digital home studio. MP3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software. Right-click to download: Saxophone MP3 Sample

Big Shot in a log drum. Recorded and MP3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software. Right-click to download: Log Drum MP3 Sample

Hot Spot on a kalimba. Recorded and MP3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software. Right-click to download: Kalimba MP3 Sample

Vibraphone Pickup and Midi System played by David Friedman and Tom Vandergelt. Recorded in 1992 in Bremen Germany at Studio Thein. No mics were used. MP3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software. Right-click to download: Vibraphone MP3 Sample