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Warm Audio WA-FT Fen-Tone Ribbon Microphone (Single)

WAR-FT - RRP $1,250.00
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The Warm Audio Fen-tone™ is inspired by a classic 50s ribbon mic built with upgraded, modern components to deliver iconic tones. Like the original B&O design, the Warm Audio Fen-tone recreates the compact, pencil-style design with ventilated sides that can easily be placed in crowded recording environments. Unlike the original, Fen-tone features modern upgrades including a custom Japanese ribbon, rare-earth Neodymium magnet, and CineMag USA transformer to deliver the iconic ribbon tones made popular in contemporary music on electric guitars, overheads, horns, and many more sources. Fen-tone adds an all-analog 26 dB JFET in-line preamp, allowing for active use - a critical feature for using ribbons directly with underpowered interface preamps. 

The Ultimate Ribbon Mic For Instrument Recording: The Warm Audio Fen-tone™ is a recreation of a classic 50s ribbon mic design with modern components, iconic tones, and feature upgrades. Delivering rich detail at high SPLs, the figure-8 Fen-tone is ideal for many instruments, especially guitar cabs, horns, drum overheads, pianos, and more. In addition to custom, premium components, Fen-tone includes an in-line Warm Lifter preamp to add 26dB of clean, analog gain to setups with inferior or underpowered preamps.

Tight Lows, Rich Mids, No Harsh Highs: Fen-tone captures powerful bass & rich midrange, true to the sound profile of the most sought-after small-format ribbon microphone. In addition to the bass and midrange emphasis, Fen-tone shows off its warm “forgiving” tone by taming top-end harshness above 15 kHz for smooth presence without exaggerated sibilance or harshness.

Tailor-Made For Guitar, & More: Fen-tone excels on loud sources that require detail while handling high SPLs, like electric guitar cabs, overheads, and horns. The upgraded components in Fen-tone deliver intricate midrange detail that helps guitars shine in dense mixes.

Selectable All-Analog 26 dB In-Line Warm Lifter Active Preamp: Fen-tone has a selectable, 26dB in-line discrete 5k Ohm high-impedance JFET Warm Lifter circuit onboard, making it easy to plug directly into audio interfaces or inferior preamps without volume, tone, and frequency loss.

Figure-8 Polar Pattern: Fen-tone has a figure-8 polar pattern which helps eliminate side-address noise when recording. That means that Fen-tone will pick up what is directly in front of it and behind it. This feature is great for recording two acoustic instrumentalists facing each other, playing into either side of the mic without picking up as much bleed as other microphone designs.

Hand-Inspected & Tested at Warm Audio HQ in Austin, Texas: Carefully inspected at Warm Audio Headquarters in Austin, Texas by trained engineers & musicians with a passion for helping you sound your best.

Tech Specs 

●     Instrument Ribbon Microphone With In-Line 26dB Preamp

●     Custom CineMag USA Transformer 

●     Powerful Rare-Earth Neodymium Magnet 

●     99.1% Aluminum, 1.8-Micron thick Ribbon

●     Selectable 26dB In-Line Warm Lifter Preamp (Phantom Power Required)

●     Polar Pattern: Figure-8

●     Frequency Response: 30 Hz-15 kHz (+/- 3db)

●     Max SPL: 148dB (1kHz≤1%T.H.D)

●     Output Impedance: 300 Ohms (Passive) 150 Ohms (Active) 

●     S/N Ratio: 87dB

●     Sensitivity (Passive): -47 dBv Re. 1v/pa | (Active): -21 dBv Re. 1v/pa

●     L: 6.7” | W: 1.5” | Weight: .67 lbs

●     Included Accessories: Heavy-Duty Flight Case, Mic Clip, & Protective Mic Sock

More Information
Brand Warm Audio
Got bluetooth? No
Microphone Type Ribbon
Pickup pattern Figure 8
Frequency Response 30 Hz-15 kHz (+/- 3db)
Application Various
What's in the box? Case
Built in effects? No
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