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Chapter 16 Vintage Clav 437
Use Vintage Clav Pickup parameters
The original D6 is equipped with two electromagnetic pickups, much like those found in electric
guitars—one below the strings (lower) and one above the strings (upper). In contrast to the
xed pickups of the original instrument, Vintage Clav pickups can be set to arbitrary positions
and angles.
Upper pickup
Lower pickup
Try moving pickup positions while repeatedly striking a note to hear the eect that the pickup
position has on the overall tone. Interesting, phaser-like eects can be achieved by automating
the pickup positions.
Settings with both pickups placed near the upper end of the strings and active Brilliant and
Treble lter switches result in a weak fundamental tone. Therefore, you will mostly hear the
overtones of the chosen model. These can be “out of tune,” particularly for models such as
Wood, which has strong inharmonic content. Move the pickups toward the center of the Pickup
Position display, halfway along the strings, and deactivate all lter switches to circumvent this
detuned eect.
You can cross-over the pickups in the Pickup Position display. This may lead to a “hole” (silent or
very quiet notes) in your keyboard range. This is due to phase cancelations between the pickups.
If you encounter this phenomenon, adjust the position of one or both pickups—until the quiet
or silent notes are playable.
Adjust a pickup angle
m Drag the “dot” at one end of a pickup to another position.
Reposition a pickup
m Drag the “dot” in the middle of the pickup to a new position along the strings.
Change the Vintage Clav pickup mode
m Click the AB and CD switches to change pickup modes.
The internal wiring of the two pickups changes with dierent switch positions, as does the sound
at the combined pickup output.