Warm Audio TB12 Tone Beast Microphone Preamplifier – Black
2,624.00 Excl. VAT
- Mic/Instrument Preamp with Variable Character
- Discrete 312 preamp design with CineMag transformers delivers stellar tone
- Choice of Melcor or Jensen op-amps for varying character
- Op-amps are socketed/swappable — add your own op-amps to the mix!
- Choice of steel or nickel output transformers for more tonal options
- Choice of tantalum or electrolytic capacitors for even more character variation
- Transformer bypass switch provides an ultra-clean character
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Tone Beast TB12
Dual-Voice American Mic Pre
Single-Channel, Console-Grade Mic Pre With User-Switchable Tone Control For Shaping Your Sound
Classic Clean To Vintage Saturation
The Tone Beast is a single-channel, console-grade mic pre with user-switchable tone control for shaping your sound. Like the original “clean-to-mean” 12-style preamps, the TB12 delivers the best of punchy, clear tones with the option to add the saturated, bold tones of famous, vintage mods. A sonic range favored by artists like Prince, Beck, Pearl Jam, Toto, The Eagles, R.E.M & many more.
Upgrade Your
Front-End – Upgrade Your Sound
The Tone Beast is a major upgrade that adds versatility to any audio interface front-end. More than just “more gain”, the TB12 adds rich harmonics and tone-shaping to any microphone or instrument running through the discrete analog circuitry. Combining professional analog tone, premium components, & tonal versatility, the TB12 delivers a major sonic upgrade to your recordings.
Like the original 12-series American preamps, the TB12 includes all the features that deliver a complete and professional recording experience.
The classic Warm Audio “tone” control alters the input transformer to add “air” or “sheen” to the top end – great for ribbons or “darker” mics.
The TB12 allows selection between two output transformer materials, delivering a more rolled-off tone (steel setting) for tighter mids, or a more flat tone (nickel setting) exposing more lows and highs.
The TB12 provides different op-amp flavors that are more vintage or clean-voiced. This is especially noticeable as the preamp is driven into higher gain and more saturation. Experience more clarity in the clean setting and more harmonics in vintage.
The switchable 80 Hz high pass filter makes it easy to remove unruly bass noise from sources before you even hit record.
| Weight | 3.93 kg |
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| Dimensions | 62.23 × 24.13 × 9.91 cm |
| Type: | Discrete 312 Preamp Design with Coupled CineMag Transformers |
| Input: | 1 x Front-Panel XLR Microphone Input 1 x Front-Panel 1/4″ / 6.35 mm Hi-Z Instrument Input 1 x Rear-Panel XLR Microphone Input 1 x Rear-Panel 1/4″ / 6.35 mm TRS Line Input |
| Output: | 1 x Rear-Panel Balanced XLR Line Putput 1 x Rear-Panel Balanced 1/4″ / 6.35 mm TRS Line Output |
| Gain: | 71 dB |
| Transformer: | Selectable Steel or 50% Nickel CineMag Output Transformers Selectable Transformer Bypass |
| Op Amp: | Selectable between 1731 and 918 Style; Socketed and Swappable with Your Choice of 2520 6-Pin Footprint Op Amps |
| Impedance: | Input Impedance: Switchable Between 150 and 600 Ohms (Labeled “Tone” on Front-Panel) |
| Capacitors: | Switchable between Tantalum and Electrolytic for Different Characters |
| High-Pass Filter: | 80 Hz |
| Polarity Reverse: | Yes |
| Phantom Power: | +48 V |
| Output Attenuation: | Yes; Allows for Saturation Flexibility of Both the Op Amps and Transformers |
| Insert: | 1 x 1/4″ / 6.35 mm Insert Send 1 x 1/4″ / 6.35 mm Insert Receive |
| Pad: | 20 dB |
| VU Meter: | LED |
