The 011 FET is a hand-machined small-diaphragm condenser microphone built around a custom 19mm gold-sputtered capsule and a transformerless FET circuit. Its compact, lightweight body and fast transient response make it a natural fit anywhere a large-diaphragm mic pushes too hard on the source's character - acoustic guitar, piano, string sections, or drum overheads.
Transient detail without losing warmth
Large diaphragms carry more moving mass, which slows their reaction to fast attacks - a plucked string, a struck cymbal, a bowed articulation. The 011 FET's small, light diaphragm tracks those changes without smearing the signal, and the transformerless circuit holds a controlled low end and a smooth midrange, so the added detail doesn't turn sterile or glassy. The result is a mic that catches fingerstyle nuance on acoustic guitar without reaching for a second, articulation-focused mic.
One body, several polar patterns
A fixed-cardioid mic limits technique choice - stereo XY or ORTF, or a session calling for omni or hypercardioid pickup, means switching to a different model. The 011 FET's swappable capsules solve that without buying a second microphone: the same body and electronics run cardioid, hypercardioid, or omnidirectional, so one unit covers more recording scenarios, from a single spot mic to a Blumlein pair with two units.
KEY FEATURES
- Small-diaphragm FET condenser microphone
- Custom hand-machined 19mm gold-sputtered capsule
- Transformerless FET circuit
- Cardioid pattern, with optional hypercardioid and omnidirectional capsules
- Included -10dB pad
- Compact, lightweight body for precise placement
- Black matte finish
- Includes wooden case and microphone clip
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Type: small-diaphragm FET condenser microphone
- Capsule: 19mm, gold-sputtered, hand-machined
- Polar pattern: cardioid (optional hypercardioid, omnidirectional)
- Frequency range: 20Hz - 20kHz
- Maximum SPL: 130dB
- Self-noise: 16dB (A-weighted)
- Sensitivity: 19mV/Pa
- Output impedance: 150 Ohms
- Pad: -10dB, inline
- Length: 91mm
- Body diameter: 19mm, capsule head diameter: 24mm
- Weight: 76g
- Included accessories: wooden case, microphone clip, -10dB pad
