The new viennese original 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