Lauten Audio design and manufacture premium studio microphones with a unique and distinctive character. Based in Northern California, the company regularly collaborates with industry professionals when creating their fresh and original sounding microphones.
Introducing Lauten Audio, a microphone manufacturer operating out of Northern California, USA. Founded over a decade ago by Brian Loudenslager, the company has successfully established itself as a recognised producer of premium studio microphones, providing high-quality and well thought out designs that impart their unique character to every recording. Lauten microphones have become a staple of many recording engineer’s studio arsenals, and serve as a continuous source of inspiration to the musicians who record with them. Here at Synthax Audio UK, we’re proud to announce that we’ve been appointed the exclusive UK distributors for Lauten Audio in the United Kingdom.
Their distinctive sound has gained them many fans in the music industry, and the company have built up a loyal following, with praise from award-winning musicians, engineers and producers including David Crosby, Fab Dupont and 7-time Grammy winning engineer Darrell Thorp. Lauten have also regularly consulted with industry professionals during the design stage of each microphone, ensuring they’re creating microphones that genuinely meet the needs and standards of the world’s top recording engineers and performing artists.
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Lauten Audio Signature Series
The Signature Series features Lauten Audio’s most iconic set of mics. A selection of large-diaphragm tube and FET mics, Lauten’s signature series provide clarity, detail and punch to any recording. One word that keeps cropping up in descriptions of the Lauten sound is ‘big’. Each Signature Series microphone ships with a variety of accessories as standard, including shockmounts, storage cases and custom-made power supplies.
Atlantis FC-387 – Multi-voicing FET studio vocal microphone
The Atlantis FC-387 is a multi-pattern and Multi-voicing large diaphragm FET studio condenser microphone. This microphone is for recordists looking for an extremely diverse, unique and modern FET sound. It offers full and rich, low and mid-range frequencies as well as smooth and unique high-mid and high frequencies no matter which voicing setting is selected.
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“It’s been great in the mix, I’ve now used them on drums, vocals, background vocals, guitars…
…Man, I am a believer. You have a great product here!”
– Seven-time Grammy® winning Engineer and Mixer Darrell Thorp
Clarion FC-357 – Classic FET sound with a modern touch
The FC-357 Clarion blends classic and modern FET sound. It features a uniquely tuned frequency response that produces the smooth natural character found in classic FET condenser microphones with a touch of smooth modern airiness.
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Eden LT-386 – A modern tube microphone like no other
The Eden LT-386 by Lauten Audio is a Multi-voicing™ vacuum tube large diaphragm condenser microphone. The LT-386 is for discerning recordists in search of the most diverse and useful studio vacuum tube microphone. It offers a unique blend of classic and modern design theory which exhibits a smooth, rich low and mid-range as well as high mid and high timbre reminiscent of premier classic vacuum tube microphones. From its attached, semi-permanent, suspension mount, to its three different switches housed on the microphone itself, Eden offers an endless palette of sound.
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“With the Eden mic, Fab Dupont was able to capture the best vocal sound I’ve ever had in my entire career”
– David “Croz” Crosby
Oceanus LT-381 – Big, Innovative, Detailed, High-Performance
Clear the air for big revealing sound. Visually stunning, the LT-381 Oceanus is a fantastic vocal mic. It’s an original high-performance transformer-less tube condenser microphone that produces full and detailed recordings.
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Lauten Audio Series Black
The newest additions to the Lauten family, the Lauten Series Black comprises of three microphones designed to help budding engineers enter the world of quality recording. Each of Lauten’s Series Black mics are a fantastic choice for engineers on a tighter budget who refuse to compromise on sound quality.
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Series Black LA-120
The Series Black LA-120 small diaphragm FET condenser microphone pair by Lauten Audio is a professional and versatile pair of microphones for instrument recording. At its core the LA-120 features a U.S. made ultra-low-noise JFET amplifier, interchangeable 17mm pressure gradient condenser cardioid and omni-directional capsules, 50 and 150Hz low-cut filters, 10 and 15kHz high-cut filters, and electronically balanced output. The low-cut filters help reduce boomy lows or low-end room rumble; the high-cut filters help tame bright rooms and sources. These features help you achieve excellent recordings regardless of your skill level.
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Series Black LA-220
The Series Black LA-220 large diaphragm FET studio condenser microphone by Lauten Audio is a professional and versatile microphone for studio vocal and instrument recording. At its core the LA-220 features a U.S. made ultra-low-noise JFET amplifier, a 1″ pressure gradient true-condenser capsule with cardioid polar pattern, independent 120 Hz low-cut and 12 kHz high-cut filters, and a transformer balanced output. The low-cut filter helps reduce boomy lows or low-end room rumble; the high-cut filter helps to tame bright rooms and sources. These features help you to achieve excellent recordings regardless of your skill level.
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“With a great tube-flavored but nicely tailorable sound, the LA-320 is easily among the very best budget tube mics I have used to date, and I can’t wait to try out Lauten’s other Series Black offerings.”
– Recording Magazine, October 2016
Series Black LA-320
The Series Black LA-320 large diaphragm vacuum tube condenser microphone is a professional and versatile microphone for studio and vocal recording. This microphone features a 1″ gold sputtered diaphragm with cardioid polar pattern, dual-triode vacuum tube, 120 Hz low-cut filter, 12 kHz high-cut filter, and transformer balanced output. The low-cut filter helps reduce boomy lows or low-end rumble; the high-pass filter helps to tame bright sources. These features help you to achieve excellent recordings regardless of your skill level.
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