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Austrian Audio

OC818

microphone

$999

Gebrauchtmarkt: $780*

Datenblatt des Herstellers

Technische Daten

1 von 9 Werten mit vermerkter Quelle
Connectors
XLR 3-Pin Male, Mini-XLR 5-Pin (rear diaphragm output)·
Has Built In ADC
no·
Self Noise d BA
9·
Transducer Type
Condenser True·
Sensitivity dBV
-37.7
Output Impedance ohms
275·
Phantom Power Required
yes·
Connection Architecture
XLR-Only·
Updated At
2026-08-05T23:27:57.590Z·

Kommentar des Toningenieurs

Tonal Profile

A dual-output multipattern: the main XLR carries the front diaphragm, a 5-pin mini-XLR carries the rear one, so the pattern can be chosen after the take in software. Everything else is a conventional 1-inch externally polarised condenser.

Gain Staging Advice

9 dB(A) at -37.7 dBV/Pa is a good floor for a quiet output. If you use the dual-output mode you need two preamps that match, because any gain difference between them becomes a pattern error, not a level error.

Was im Datenblatt tatsächlich steht

Wörtlich von der Herstellerseite zitiert, mit dem Datum der Prüfung. Wir behaupten das Gedruckte, nicht die Absicht dahinter.

Messbedingungen
«Sensitivity (all directions) 13 mV/Pa»

This is the well-labelled version of a trap that catches most multi-pattern sheets. Austrian Audio gives one sensitivity for cardioid, omni, figure-8, hypercardioid and every programmable position in between - but says so in the row label. Neumann's TLM 107 and Audio-Technica's AT2050 print a single figure without naming the condition; here the reader at least knows the number is meant to hold across patterns.

geprüft am 6.8.2026

* Geschätzt über das Abschreibungsmodell (~78% Restwert). · geprüft am 6.8.2026