WARM AUDIO / WA-FT

Inspired by classic ribbon microphones from the 50s, the Fen-tone is built with premium components including a custom ribbon made in Japan, neodymium magnets, and a Cinemag USA transformer, making it ideal for capturing guitars, drums, brass instruments, piano, and more.

■Ribbon Microphone
■Single

The Warm Audio/Fen-tone is an instrument ribbon microphone inspired by classic 1950s Danish designs, featuring modern components for powerful lows and rich midrange. It faithfully reproduces the sound profile of the most highly acclaimed miniature ribbon microphones.

The Fen-tone features high-quality components, including a custom ribbon made in Japan, a neodymium magnet, and a Cinemag USA-made transformer. Additionally, it features a built-in 26dB JFET inline preamp, allowing for use with lower-gain preamps. This ensures reliable capture of the popular ribbon tone often heard on guitars, overheads, horns, and more.

■Comment from Bryce Young, founder and president of Warm Audio:
""This type of microphone has been around for many years, and the tone has evolved over the years. We're proud to offer the most modern tone of any microphone at an accessible price. While many will recognize this microphone's body style, its origins lie in a 1950s design. While many B&O-style microphones have been upgraded for guitar tone, we've taken this further by replacing the former ""Talk,"" ""Music,"" and ""Orchestra"" mode switch with an in-line active preamp. We've also revived the trademark, honoring the history while leveraging Warm's premium components to deliver the guitar and instrument tone desired today.""

The Fen-tone reproduces the original's pencil-shaped design and ventilated sidewalls, allowing for smooth installation in tight recording environments. Meanwhile, the internals have been significantly improved. By combining modern, high-performance parts like a custom Japanese ribbon, rare neodymium magnets, and a custom transformer made by Cinemag USA, we've achieved the ribbon tone sought after in contemporary music.

The Fen-tone, with its Figure-8 (bidirectional) directivity, is ideal for high-sound pressure and detailed sound sources, such as electric guitar cabinets, overheads, and horns. Its excellent mid-range detail reproduction allows guitars to stand out even in a dense mix. It also features a warm, ""easy on the ears"" sound that softens harshness above 15kHz, delivering a powerful sound presence while suppressing harshness such as ""s"" sounds.

Further enhancing its value is the all-analog 26dB JFET inline preamp. This is especially important for users who want to connect ribbon microphones directly to audio interfaces or lower-quality preamps, preventing loss of volume, tone, and frequency. This active circuit is true bypass, preserving the purity of the passive ribbon circuit.

[Features]
■The Ultimate Ribbon Microphone for Instrument Recording
The Warm Audio Fen-tone™ is based on the classic ribbon microphone of the 1950s, with modern configuration, tone, and enhancements. The figure-8 (bidirectional) design captures rich detail even with high-sound-pressure sources, making it ideal for guitar cabinets, horns, drum overheads, piano, and more. The built-in Warm Lifter preamp adds 26dB of analog gain, allowing for safe use even with underpowered preamps.
■Tight lows, rich mids, and inclusive highs
Fen-tone captures powerful lows and rich mids while smoothly rolling off highs above 15kHz. Its warm, gentle tone suppresses excessive sibilance and harshness.
■Ideal for guitar recording, and more
Designed to handle high sound pressure levels, the preamp delivers clear mids even in dense mixes when recording instruments like guitar cabinets, horns, and overheads.
■Switchable analog 26dB in-line preamp
Equipped with a 5kΩ high-impedance JFET circuit called ""Warm Lifter,"" it prevents degradation in volume, sound quality, and bandwidth even when connected directly to an interface or low-gain preamp.
■Figure 8 directivity
Picks up noise from the front and back and suppresses side noise. Ideal for recording two acoustic instruments played face-to-face.
■Inspected and tested at our Austin, Texas headquarters
Quality is guaranteed through rigorous inspection and testing by engineers and musicians at Warm Audio headquarters.

[Technical Specifications]
Instrument ribbon microphone (with built-in 26dB in-line preamp)
CineMag USA-made transformer
Powerful neodymium magnet
99.1% aluminum, 1.8 micron-thick ribbon
Selectable 26dB in-line ""Warm Lifter"" preamp (phantom power required)
Directivity: Figure 8
Frequency Response: 30 Hz - 15 kHz (±3dB)
Maximum SPL: 148dB (<1% THD at 1kHz)
Output Impedance: Passive 300Ω / Active 150Ω
Sensitivity: Passive -47 dBv, Active -21 dBv (1V/Pa)
Dimensions: Length 6.7 inches | Width 1.5 inches | Weight approx. 0.67 lbs (approx. 300g)
Includes: Flight case, microphone clip, protective socks

[Typical Uses] 】
Electric guitar cabinets
Acoustic guitars
Drum overheads
Pianos
Wind instruments
String instruments