The WA-44 is a faithful recreation of the most iconic studio ribbon microphone of all time. Just like the original RCA 44s, the WA-44 delivers powerful bass with a pronounced proximity effect, lush mids, and a tamed top end. Featuring custom, vintage-matched components in a premium build, the WA-44 is ideal for capturing rich tones on vocals, horns, drums, and more. This bundle includes the Warm Audio Warm Lifter, a premium inline active microphone preamp designed for low output dynamic and ribbon mics with 26dB of gain, and added high-pass filter + high-shelf boost.
Popular Uses
- Vocals
- Acoustic Guitar
- Drum Overheads
- Room Mic
- Horns
- Strings
- Voiceover/Broadcast
- Piano
Feature Bullets
- Timeless Ribbon Tone: Delivering the iconic tonal experience at the center of recording and broadcast history, the WA-44 faithfully recreates the warm and vintage tones of the legendary RCA 44 ribbon mic of the 1930s.
- Rich Lows & Mids, No Harsh Highs: True to the vintage original, the WA-44 captures powerful bass & rich midrange with enhanced proximity effect. The WA-44 shows off its warm forgiving tone by taming top end harshness for smooth lead tones on vocals, horns, drums, and more.
- Sultry On Any Source: Like its inspiration, the WA-44 excels on loud audio sources and removes side-address noise with the tight figure-8 polar pattern. A great choice for vocal recordings that benefit from a reduction in high-end frequencies, the WA-44 is also ideal for capturing haunting horn sections, resonant acoustic instruments, sultry strings, flat drum sounds, deep piano tones, and much more.
- Vintage Build, Premium Components: With a boutique-quality build design, the WA-44 is manufactured with exacting quality standards to match the most prized original RCA 44 vintage mics. The WA-44 pairs a true-to-length, custom-crafted Japanese ribbon with a heavy, true-to-size Neodymium magnet powered by a USA-Made CineMag transformer to deliver true-to-vintage tone with added durability. Weighing in at over six pounds and including a Star-Quad shielded Gotham XLR cable connector and embroidered case, all of these components come together to revive a classic mic with a premium, vintage build.
- Hand-Tested In Austin, TX: Like all Warm Audio gear, every single WA-44 is meticulously hand-tested and inspected by trained technicians with a passion for making music in Austin, TX USA.
WA-44 Tech Specs
- Studio Ribbon Microphone
- Faithful Recreation Of The Most Iconic Studio Ribbon Mic Of All Time
- Custom CineMag USA Transformer
- Powerful Neodymium Magnet
- 99.1% Aluminum, 2.5-Micron thick Ribbon (4.7mm x 59.7mm)
- Polar Pattern: Figure-8
- Frequency Response: 20 Hz-20 kHz (+/- 12db)
- Max SPL: 140dB
- Output Impedance: 270 ohms
- Pigtail XLR Gotham Cable With Star Quad Shielding
- L: 12.5” | W: 4.75” D: 2.7” | Weight: 6.2 lbs
- Included Accessories: 3/8" Mic Stand Adapter, Embroidered Microphone “Sock”, Embroidered Microphone Case, Warm Lifter
Warm Lifter Tech Specs
- Inline Active Microphone Preamp
- Ultra Low Noise JFET Input
- Balanced (In/Out) Signal Path
- 26 dB Of True Analog Gain
- Selectable 100 Hz (12 dB) High-Pass Filter | Selectable 3 kHz (2.5 dB) High-Shelf Boost
- Input Impedance: 2.4k Ohm | Output Impedance: 150 Ohm
- Max-Input: -6 dBu (388mV rms) | Max-Output: 20 dBu (7.75V rms)
- THD+N ratio 1kHz @ 14dBu: <-107dB (0.00047%)
- Output Noise: 7.75 uV (A-weighted) with 150 Ohm Input
- Frequency Response: 10-200kHz +/-0.2 dB
- 48v Phantom Powered With 4.7mA Current Draw
5 Year Manufacturer’s Warranty
