Austrian Audio OC 818 Studio Set |

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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