Description
Large-diaphragm Condenser Microphone with Multiple Polar Patterns
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
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
The heart of the OC818: CKR12 Ceramic Capsule… 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.
