Like its orange brother, the Warm Audio TB12 Tone Beast Black is no delicate wallflower. This makes the Tone Be ast with appropriate treatment by its characteristic coloring clearly clear. As soon as the unit is fed with a high gain, it shows its true strength. However, since this is not always appropriate in every situation, the unit offers different modes. The 1731 is a vintage style opamp and has more coloration than the more clean, modern and mild saturation of the 918. If absolutely no coloration is desired, the output transformers can be disabled via a bypass switch.
Warm Audio TB12 Tone Beast Black Overview:
high preamp gain possible
Steel and 50% Nickel Cinemag output transformers with different character, can be completely deactivated at the push of a button (with 10dB gain loss)
Impedance switch (150/600Ohm)
2 MOhm Hi-Z input on the front for passive instruments
80Hz HiPass Filter
1731 Vintage and 918 Clean Opamp. (interchangeable with 6-pin footprint opamps)
+6dB tone circuit
Output Attenuation for coloring flexibility
1/4" insert for inline compressors, EQs, etc.
XLR Mic, TRS Line and 1/4" Instrument Input (unsym.), sym. XLR and TRS Outputs
Warm Audio WA73-EQ
Warm Audio WA73
SPL Pre One
Behringer 1273
EVO by audient EVO SP8