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Your Ticket to High-quality Miked-up Tones





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Are you tired of dealing with mic bleed, cluttered stages, and inconsistent mic placement every time you want to capture your guitar amp? Turn that frown upside down ? the Friedman MIC-NO-MO is here to make your life easier. Both onstage and in the studio, placing this passive guitar cabinet-emulated DI box between your amp and speaker cabinet makes attaining studio-quality miked cab tones a breeze. This handy device also includes essential features like a ground lift, selectable simulated mic placements, and -10dB and -30dB pads. The MIC-NO-MO is your ticket to high-quality miked-up tones ? no microphone necessary.





NOTE: The Friedman MIC-NO-MO is not a load box. Always use it with an appropriate speaker cabinet.





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Cabinet-emulated DI output





The MIC-NO-MO employs the same technology as Friedman’s Runt amplifiers, and it’s top-shelf all the way. Dave Friedman pored over this all-analog design to ensure that its tone stands up to the best digital cab sims and impulse responses on the market. With the MIC-NO-MO, you can send cranked-up tube amp tone direct to your recording device or the front-of-house sound engineer.





Tone-maximizing features





The Friedman MIC-NO-MO comes loaded with tone-maximizing features. Eliminate ground loop hum with the Ground switch. Choose between brighter center or darker edge simulated mic placements with the Axis switch. You also get a Level switch that enables you to select between a -10dB and -30dB pad to accommodate your other audio equipment. At Sweetwater, we’ve found that placing the MIC-NO-MO between your amp and speaker cabinet is an easy way to achieve top-shelf miked-up tone, both onstage and in the studio.





Friedman MIC-NO-MO Passive Cabinet Simulator Features:


Passive guitar cabinet-emulated DI box


Employs the same technology as Friedman’s Runt amplifiers


Eliminates mic bleed, cluttered stages, and inconsistent mic placement


Ground switch removes ground loop hum


Axis switch toggles between brighter center or darker edge simulated mic placements


Level switch enables you to select between a -10dB and -30dB pad


Sends cranked-up tube amp tone direct to your recording device or front of house