Description

Warm Audio WA12-500 MKII

Sound-shaping microphone preamp in API-500 cassette format.

When the mix sounds as clinically pure and flat as the wallpaper on the wall, it’s time for the Warm Audio WA12-500 MKII. Here we are back in a time when signals were alive and had character. Plain vocals and instruments get that certain « something », become deeply layered and exciting.

The WA12-500 MKII can sound lively, clean and lifelike thanks to the built-in X731 OpAmp, but can also go into mild saturation at higher gain levels. The harmonic distortion thus produced is an asset to any mix.

Features:

1-channel microphone and instrument preamp.
Requires 1 slot in 500 rack
71dB gain
Cinemag USA input and output transformers
Socketed discrete OpAmp: X731 (Vintage)
TONE switch – switching input impedance from 600 to 150 ohms
Microphone input: via patch panel
Front side Hi-Z input: 6.3mm jack
Balanced outputs: via patch panel
48V phantom power
-20dB pad
Phase invert switch
LED meter
Output level control for adjustable saturation effects