REVIEW
AUSTRIAN AUDIO OC818 Dual Diaphragm Condenser Microphone By combining the precise replication of a classic capsule with digital manipulation of polar responses, has this new Viennese company succeeded in bringing the essence of a classic mic into the 21st century?
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Review: Greg Walker
PRICE OC818 Microphone: RRP $2099 OCR8 Bluetooth Dongle: RRP $299 CONTACT Group Technologies Australia (03) 9354 9133 sales@grouptechnologies.com.au PROS • Great studio all-rounder with excellent sonics • Dual diaphragm design • Comprehensive filter, pad and polar pattern options • Remote digital control adds continuously variable polar options • Innovative and powerful PolarDesigner plug-in delivers multiband polar shaping, EQ and spill minimisation • Mounting and windshield options supplied • Designed and built in Vienna, Austria CONS • USB Dongle for Polar Pilot app not supplied • No frequency response charts published • Rear mounted mini-plug a little fiddly SUMMARY Austrian Audio’s OC818 marries hand-built European pedigree with cutting edge digital technology to produce a top quality microphone that shines on almost any source. The mic’s smooth and classy sonics are augmented by multiband polar mix processing and remote set-up control to deliver a very desirable general-purpose recording solution.
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