Austrian Audio OC818 Studio Set

Austrian Audio's flagship condenser: a dual-output large-diaphragm mic where the rear capsule records to its own channel, so the polar pattern becomes a mixing decision — cardioid at the session, figure-8 by Friday, via the included PolarDesigner plugin. Self-noise of 9 dB(A) puts it among the quietest mics we stock.

It's for engineers who genuinely change their minds: room ambience, unpredictable sources, one-mic-does-everything studios.

Used single-output it behaves like a very good multipattern condenser on 48 V phantom; the after-the-take trick needs a second preamp channel and the mini-XLR cable from the box. Shockmount and pop filter included.