Austrian Audio OC 818 Dual Set Plus

The new
viennese original

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.

Key Features

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

OCR8 Bluetooth Dongle Remote Control Module (optional)

• 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

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
• More Infos here

Developer Website

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