Cascade Microphones FAT HEAD Ribbon Microphone Stereo Pair

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!

Grammy Nominee Jim Van Cleve

The FAT HEAD offers a unique Radian Grill Design