Austrian Audio OC7

True condenser instrument microphone

With the OC7, the Austrian manufacturer presents a true condenser microphone with an innovative "swivel-joint" mechanism. Sound engineers and musicians certainly know the problem of microphone stands that are screwed on too tightly and can hardly be reached in the stand forest. Once you've finally got them loose, they lose their position completely - and that's just because you wanted to change the microphone angle by a few degrees. In order to facilitate the positioning of the instrument microphone, Austrian Audio's engineers have developed a suspension of the microphone basket that allows a 220° rotation of the same. This allows the microphone to be precisely aligned to the sound source or according to personal sound preferences without having to awkwardly adjust or loosen the microphone stand. Various annoyances such as microphones falling over or fingers jammed on the microphone stand are now a thing of the past.

The prerequisite for a targeted and precise alignment of a microphone is a precisely executed directional characteristic. The microphone basket and the suspension of the capsule are designed to avoid acoustic interference. Thanks to the Open Acoustics technology, sound from the rear can also pass through to the capsule, resulting in an extremely precise cardioid polar pattern. This "linear cardioid" means that sound arriving not only from the front but also from the rear or side sounds good and undistorted. As a result, even the sometimes unavoidable crosstalk from other instruments sounds good.

The OC7's true condenser capsule is perfectly protected by the microphone basket and can therefore be positioned without hesitation even where the microphone is exposed to shocks. The OC7 is equipped with a 2nd order high-pass filter with operating frequency at 40 or 80Hz. A -10dB pad, which results in lower sensitivity by reducing the capsule voltage, allows use in front of the loudest sound sources. With an outstanding max. 154 dB SPL (>160dB SPL with pad), the OC7 is extremely resistant to overload.

The open and transparent sound also makes the OC7 a very flexible instrument microphone. Due to the strengths of the OCC7 small-diaphragm capsule, which is handmade in Vienna, it is ideally suited for all instruments that have particularly lively transients. This includes all kinds of percussion instruments including snare and toms on drums, but also piano and acoustic guitar. The open, silky sound is also an excellent match for string instruments.

Features:

• Austrian Audio - OC7
• True condenser instrumental microphone
• Polar pattern: cardioid
• Frequency range: 20 Hz - 20 kHz
• Sensitivity: 10 mV/Pa
• Inherent noise: 19 dB SPL (A)
• Max. Sound pressure: 154 dB SPL (>160dB SPL with pad)
• HP filter: 40 Hz (2nd order), 80 Hz (2nd order)
• Switchable pre-attenuation: -10 dB
• Impedance: 275 Ω (balanced)
• load resistance: > 1 kΩ
• Power supply: 48 V (< 2 mA)
• Connector: XLR 3 pin
• Designed and manufactured in Vienna
• Dimensions: 147 x 82 x 54 mm
• Weight: 275 g
• Delivery includes OCH8 microphone clamp, MSC2 transport case

Specs:

• Color: Silver
• Set Offer: no
• Polar pattern: cardioid
• Converter: Condenser
• Type: Microphone
• Theme: Microphones

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