Austrian Audio OC818 Studio Set One Mic With Shockmount

Description

The Austrian Audio OC818 Studio Set One Mic With Shockmount is currently retailing at GBP 879 and it is in stock. Available to be delivered to you by post direct (some charge may apply).The team at Mic Pro think that Austrian Audio nailed it with the Austrian Audio OC818 Studio Set One Mic With Shockmount.

Here's what Austrian Audio say about the OC818:

At the heart of Vienna is a deep tradition of love for music. At the heart of our OC818 is an equally passionate commitment to sound and engineering excellence –  our handcrafted CKR12 capsule. There are very few people that can design, let alone construct, a classic edge-terminated capsule. There is also the question of building them by hand in Europe. The good news is that the skill, knowledge, and tradition live on at Austrian Audio.

Dual Outputs and Polar Designer Plug-In

The OC818 features dual audio outputs that allows the recordist, engineer, musician and forward-thinking artist to record the rear facing capsule independently of the forward-facing capsule. A Mini XLR to XLR adaptor for the rear output is included. 

If both capsules are recorded to a stereo or dual-mono track, our free and Open Source PolarDesigner plug-in (Mac/Win: VST, AU & AAX) will allow for unprecedented control and tailoring of polar patterns between 1 and 5 bands with selectable crossover points during the mix process.

Bluetooth Adaptor and PolarPilot App

The OC818 is also the first multi-patterned microphone to feature the world’s first wireless pattern and switching control via an optional transmitter/receiver (OCR8) that can be fitted to the rear of the microphone. This unique feature allows for a previously unheard of 255 discrete polar patterns between figure-of-eight, through all of the cardioid versions and into omnidirectional.

The free control software, PolarPilot, will be available for iOS and Android. This all occurs in the analogue domain and there is no processing or conversion of the mic’s signal to digital

Specifications

• Multipattern Dual Output Condenser Microphone with World’s First optional wireless control
• Handmade CKR12 ceramic capsule, made to same critical dimensions as the best legacy CK12 capsules we could find, measure, and record
• Multiple polar patterns
• Microprocessor control of polarization voltages
• 2 different analogue high-pass filters with 3 settings 
• 2 different types of analogue pads
• Dual outputs for recording each diaphragm separately
• Debuts Austrian Audio’s Open Acoustics Technology
• Handmade in Vienna
• Frequency range: 20Hz – 20 kHz
• Supply voltage: 48V (<4ma)