Hello
I’ve been looking around for reviews on the Mi-Si trio vio after i bought a KNA as a present for my girlfriend and discovered that it was awesome. The mi-si is apparently the same system with an added preamp.
My use is quite diverse, but my main arenas is playing with pickup and clipon blend in bands (often with a lot of pedals), but also attending jazz jams in which getting on and off stage quickly and getting on and off in «one turn» is important.
I thought the built in preamp of the mi-si would make it the ultimate jamming pickup as opposed to my Schertler Stat V - which is way to clumsy and also has the issue of attaching to the tailpiece - which is a weak point. The MiSi is std jack cable right from a solid mount and because it’s active it could probably go right into whatever with no issues.
I’ve only found a couple of reviews on the MiSi on thomann and also a demo from electric violin shop (but that guy has so bad tone that everything sounds the same no matter what pickup he demos)
I want to find out wether the MiSi has this brittle almost harmon mute-like tone that some bad piezo systems have.
Although i think the schertler is kind of compressed, a little distorting and has way more freq response in the low end than high, all of this is actually possible to manage with a simple 8 band eq, while i’ve heard some piezos that sound so thin and tin-rattly that no eqing can fix it. - also, a thin pickup does not blend well with a clipon, it makes it thinner instead of adding punch to the midrange
I would love to hear if anyone has tried both the misi and the schertler, or if you have anything to compare the misi to?
Thanks
I wish I knew... Good luck in your adventures.
My friend tried the MiSi on a few gigs and jams, and to my ears it doesn’t have that brittle, tinny piezo sound you’re worried about. It’s cleaner and more neutral than cheap piezos, and with a bit of EQ it blended well with a clip-on mic for quick on/off situations.
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