The WA-47T’s nine polar patterns — cardioid, omni, and figure-8, plus six in-between patterns — give you ample flexibility when it comes to exploring different recording techniques. Cardioid, with its moderate side and near-total rear rejection, is useful for just about any studio task. Omni is great for capturing room ambience along with your source. Use a figure-8 technique to overdub a sax with natural slap or record two singers on one mic. With two WA-47Ts, you can implement stereo techniques such as spaced pair (A/B), XY (including Blumlein), ORTF array, and mid-side (M-S). And don’t forget those six in-between pickup patterns, which open up yet another world of possibilities!
A ’47 for the rest of us
What can you achieve with the WA-47T? Every studio needs at least one pair of high-quality large-diaphragm condenser mics, and the Warm Audio WA-47T is designed after a legendary one. You can use the WA-47T on anything — with world-class results. It’s simply stunning on vocals, acoustic guitars, upright bass, electric guitar and bass cabs, piano, drums and percussion, strings, brass, woodwinds, and any other source you’d care to throw at it. In fact, you could mic an entire symphony orchestra with nothing but three judiciously placed WA-47Ts set to omni. Considering its gentle price tag, it would be wise to double your value and get two for recording tracks in stereo. You haven’t lived until you’ve heard a grand piano spring to life when captured with a pair of ’47s. For drum room mics, use two WA-47Ts and nuke the stereo signal with a fast compressor. Positively explosive!
Quality components make the Warm difference
How does Warm Audio do it? They order parts and build in quantity, which keeps costs down and delivers solid value, but they do not cut corners on parts. The WA-47T is built with premium all-discrete components, such as a JJ Slovak 5751 vacuum tube, Wima and Solen French capacitors, a TAB-Funkenwerk USA output transformer, and a custom reproduction of the capsule used in the vintage ’47, designed with the same hole configuration and frequency response. A large part of any microphone’s sound is contributed by its capsule. The complexity of the k47 capsule used in the WA-47T requires a painstaking manufacturing process; such high quality is typically not found in affordable condenser mics. For Warm Audio, premium parts and meticulous design deliver a superior-sounding microphone — one that doesn’t cost a fortune. Stellar performance, top-shelf parts, and amazing value: that’s the Warm Audio formula — and the WA-47T nails it.