Austrian Audio OC818 Studio Set - Black

About: Austrian Audio OC818 Studio Set - Black

Engineered and manufactured in Austria, The OC818 is Austrian Audio’s premier, professional, large diaphragm microphone. Its high sensitivity, low self-noise and ability to handle everything from a whisper to extreme SPLs make it the most advanced microphone for studio, broadcast and live applications. As the unique ceramic capsule design is so consistent, any OC818 is match-paired with any other OC818, and when in cardioid mode, it can also be match-paired with any OC18, its affordable, smaller sibling.

• Handmade CKR12 ceramic capsule - Made to the same critical dimensions as the classic CK12 capsules
• Multiple polar patterns - Cardioid, omnidirectional & custom programmable
• Microprocessor control of polarisation voltages - Allows remote controlled polar pattern settings
• Two different analogue high-pass filters with three settings - 40 Hz, 80 Hz, 160 Hz
• Two different types of analogue pads - -10 dB, -20 dB
• Dual outputs - for recording each diaphragm separately

​The OC818 Mic System - Revolutionising your Workflow

• (Optional) OCR8 Bluetooth Dongle Remote Module 
  • Optional remote control of OC818 via smart device
  • Bluetooth connectivity via phantom power
  • PolarPilot-App available for iOS or Android
  • Control polar patterns, pads and high pass-filters
• PolarPilot App Wireless Control
  • Our free PolarPilot app (Android and iOS) allows real-time wireless control over your analogue patterns, high-pass, and pad in realtime via Bluetooth
  • Save, recall, and share favourite settings
  • Discover and create 255 discrete polar patterns
  • One setting may be stored in OC818 for use without the PolarPilot app
  • The OC818 is always pure analogue: only the analogue bias voltages are being governed remotely
  • Switching also is always analogue
  • No digital in either the audio or bias paths. It’s everything you want, with none of what you don’t
  • 60 second OC818 clipping monitor/logger
  • Wireless control from the comfort of your chair
• PolarDesigner Open-Source Plug-In
  • Design the polar pattern of your dreams
  • Craft different polar pattern responses across 1-5 crossover bands
  • Store, recall, and share presets
  • Powerful terminator AI for eliminating or rescuing selected frequencies and instruments
  • EQ control for imprinting the tonality of free-field or diffuse-field idealised responses
  • Solo/mute each band
  • Full automation
  • Phase linear
  • Optimised for use with the OC818 in Dual Output mode, however works with any dual output source
  • Ideal for busy sessions: tune instrument pickup during the mix stage
  • Formats: VST3, AAX, AU (OSX 64 Bit / Windows 32 & 64 Bit)
  • Mac requirements: OSX 10.7 or later
  • Windows requirements: Windows 7 or later
• AmbiCreator Open Source Ambisonic Plug-in
  • Create an ambisonic B-format signal with two OC818 microphones
• StereoCreator Open Source StereoCreator Plug-in
  • Stereo with one OC818
  • Three different stereo techniques with fantastic post-processing possibilities using two OC818s
  • One four-channel recording, three different stereo techniques (XY/MS/Blumlein)
  • Adjust spatiality in post processing
  • Change stereo width in post processing
  • Change orientation in post processing

Making Passion Heard

We bring passion to everything we do, and nobody brings more than our engineering team. Every CKR12 ceramic capsule is handmade in-house at our facility in Vienna and now we are developing the next generation of transducer and microphone builders to serve our expanding customer-base.

Specifications

• Directional characteristics: Multi
• Polar pattern: cardioid, omnidirectional, figure-8, hypercardioid & custom programmable
• Frequency range: 20 Hz - 20 kHz
• Sensitivity (all directions): 13mV/Pa
• Equivalent noise level: 9 dB SPL (A)
• Max SPL: 148 dB SPL (158 dB SPL)
• Switchable pad: -10 dB, -20 dB
• Analog Low Cut filter: 40 Hz (2nd order), 80 Hz (2nd order), 160 Hz (1st order down to 80Hz, 2nd order below)
• Impedance: 275 Ω (symmetrical)
• Load impedance: > 1 kΩ
• Supply voltage: 48 V (< 4mA, typical 2.1mA)
• Main Connector: XLR 3 pin
• Connector for back membrane or remote: Mini XLR 5 pin
• Dimensions: 157 x 63 x 35 mm
• Weight: 360g

Studio Set Includes

• OC818 Microphone
• Spider mount
• Mini XLR, Mic Clip
• Windshield
• Case Black Version