Ribbon Microphone - Cascade Microphones

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Customer Comment:

Hey guys. I am a recording engineer in Florence, AL. A friend let me borrow his fat head and said i would love it. I used it on sax and instantly i was blown away. I did an a/b with a RCA 44BX and everyone in the room chose your fat over the RCA. I will be purchasing a stereo pair of these within the next week.

Thank you for a great product.

Chris Bethea
www.chrisbethea.com
www.myspace.com/ovenrecording

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.

Testimonial

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

Producer/Engineer

Grammy Nominee Jim Van Cleve

http://www.jimvancleve.com

The FAT HEAD offers a unique Radian Grill Design

Blumlein Configuration

The basics of Blumlein recording

The Cascade FAT HEAD offers the natural and open sound associated with the finest ribbon microphones. You will find that when recording acoustic guitars, guitar cabinets, vocals, drum over-heads, and countless other types of instruments, the ribbon microphone will produce the warmth that is vital to today's digital recording environment. We firmly believe you will also agree that this microphone will make a great addition to your collection.

We inspect the audio and built quality of each and every Cascade microphone before it leaves our shop, once you try one...you'll be a believer.

FAT HEAD Shown with black body and silver anodized grill.

Cascade FAT HEAD - Fitted with Stock Transformer

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FAT HEAD - $159.00 - Stock Transformer - Ready to ship

Cascade FAT HEAD-L - Fitted with Swedish Made - Lundahl LL2912 Transformer

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FAT HEAD-L - $300.00 w/Lundahl Transformer - Ready to ship

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FAT HEAD-L Stereo Pair -$600.00 w/Lundahl Transformer - Ready to ship

Lundahl LL 2912 Data Sheet

Quality aspects of Lundahl Transformers

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FAT HEAD - $300.00 w/Cinemag Transformer - Ready to ship

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FAT HEAD - Stereo Pair - $600.00 w/Cinemag Trans. - Ready to ship

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Frequency Response and Polar Pattern

Frequency Response and Polar Pattern w/ Stock Transformer

Frequency Response and Polar Pattern w/ Lundahl Transformer

Specifications:

Type: Ribbon (velocity) Microphone

Ribbon type & Dimensions: 99% Pure aluminum, 2.5 micron, 1 3/4" (L) X 3/16" (W)

Polar pattern: Figure 8 Symmetrical design

Sensitivity: -56 db +/- 2 dB (0 dB=1V/Pa)

Frequency response: 30 to -18,000 Hz (+/- 3dB)

Output Impedance: <=200 Ohms

Recommended load impedance: >1000 Ohms

Max.SPL (1% THD @1000 Hz): 165 dB

Connector: 3-Pin male XLR

Size: Diameter: 3” (O.D. grill), overall length 6 1/2”, 7/8" (O.D. body)

Includes:

FAT HEAD Ribbon Microphone
Premium suspension shockmount
Wood box with heavy-duty latch and hinges
Aluminum case
Micro-fiber cleaning cloth

Recommended Preamp

Toft Audio Designs EC-1 EQ/Preamp Click here to order

Bill Alfred Quartet

Cascade Microphones used on MP3:

FAT HEAD on Trombone

DR-2 On Acoustic Bass

X-15 on Piano

Note: The drums were recorded with other manufactures microphones.

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Lundahl LL2912 installation

Operating the Cascade X-15

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