Ribbon Microphones - Cascade Microphones FAT HEAD

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FAT HEAD Shown with black body and silver anodized grill.

Legendary symmetrical ribbon design is incorporated into the FAT HEAD

Unlike most ribbon motors designed today with an offset ribbon the new Cascade FAT HEAD houses a hand-tuned ribbon element that incorporates the legendary symmetrical ribbon design. This design offers a true figure 8 pattern. The corrugated aluminum membrane itself is positioned in the center from front to back, thus producing a balanced audio input signal to both sides of the ribbon assembly. This design is very useful when executing a mid-side or Blumlein recording set-up and also great for live stage use. The FAT HEAD warm full-bodied signature and increased sensitivity is what you would expect and demand from a professional ribbon microphone and the FAT HEAD delivers. The FAT HEAD is suited for guitar cabinets, drum over-heads, vocal, piano, horns, strings and much more.

I've been thoroughly enjoying my Fathead, and have been using it like crazy on many projects in my studio lately. I've been through a lot of ribbons over the past few years, and none have remained, except for the Cascade. One of the best mics I've ever owned. I have clients now requesting, and choosing this mic over many other 'fancy' ones as well. Thought I'd send a clip of the mic in action in the real world. This is a tune by Eric Scott on his upcoming release 'Red'. The Fathead was used on all vocal tracks, as a drum 'room' mic, and to record the songbells (think glockenspiel) as well. The mic really helped us capture that old school motowny/stax vibe we were trying to re-create. Thanks for making such a killer mic!

Scott Smith