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All mp3 samples are very near CD quality. The best soundquality is achived if the files are saved to disc (right click and "Save Target As") and then burned to CD.

Guitar - Pure Guitar System (0.68 MB) Played by fingerstylist Carl Tosten on a Gibson small body rosewood steel string guitar. The pickup was mounted with the removable tape option. Recorded in a motel room on a Korg digital recorder. Mp3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software.

Quantum Trinity - Steelstring acoustic guitar (2.3 MB) Played by Dietri on a Tacoma DM18 steelstring acoustic guitar with the Trinity System and the Quantum Blender preamp. This tune is called "Norwestern Woods", from Dietri's second CD "Northwest Passages". Recorded and mp3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software.

Quantum Trinity - Steelstring acoustic guitar (1.9 MB) Played by Dietri on a Tacoma DM18 steelstring acoustic guitar with the Trinity Pickup and Mic and the Quantum Blender preamp. This tune is called "Odell", from Dietri's second CD "Northwest Passages". Recorded and mp3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software.

PowerMix Trinity - Steelstring acoustic guitar (2.1 MB) This tune is called Summer Song, written and played fingerstyle artist Bryan Roberts on a Taylor 514-CE steelstring acoustic guitar with the PowerMix Trinity system. 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.

PowerMix Trinity - Steelstring acoustic guitar (1.4 MB) Played by Dietri on a CA Bluegrass Performer steelstring acoustic guitar with graphite top and neck and composite body via the PowerMixTrinity System. 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.

Comparison of Pure-Undersaddle-Trinity and PowerMix Systems (2.7 MB) 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.

Guitar - Neumann KM 84 vs. K&K Trinity System (1.19 MB) 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.

Pure Classic on Two Guitars - Fingerstyle and Flatpicking (1.07 MB) Played 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.

Double Helix Classic - Fingerstyle by Rick Foster (0.9 MB) Song: Yellow Bird. Played by classic guitarrist Rick Foster. This recording is copied from an audio cassette master. Mp3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software.

Pure Classic Guitar Solo Pick with Band (0.62 MB) 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.

Pure Archtop and Humbucker Chord Blues (1.37 MB) Played fingerstyle by Dietri on a Hofner archtop with a Gibson humbucker pickup and the K&K 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.

Pure Archtop and Humbucker Solo with Band (1.01 MB) Solo played with fingers by Dietri on a Hofner archtop. A Gibson Humbucker Pickup and the K&K Pure Archtop pickup are mixed. Recorded, mixed and mp3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software.

Macaferri Guitar - Pure FloatingBridge and Trinity Microphone (1.00 MB) Played by Dietri on a Hoyer Joscho Stefan using a Pure FloatingBridge pickup and the Trinity Mic into a Quantum Blender. Recorded and mp3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software.

Violin - Violinissimo (0.8 MB) 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.

Oud - Twin Spot Classic (0.67 MB) Played by Dietri on a standard Turkish 10 string oud. Twin Spot was mounted with double sided tape on the soundboard near the bridge. Recorded and mp3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software.

Dobro (1.35 MB) 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 K&K Pure Preamp. Mp3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software.

Vibraphone Pickup and Midi System (1.42 MB) 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.

Kalimba - Hot Spot (0.61 MB) Recorded and mp3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software.

Log Drum - Big Shot (0.51 MB) Recorded and mp3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software.

CXM 5 Saxophone Mic (0.75 MB) Played by Bobby Read (Bruce Hornsby band). Recorded in his digital home studio. Mp3 converted on Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 software.