Win this fabulous OC818 Dual Set Plus from Austrian Audio, worth £1799$2199.
Austrian Audio are a relatively young company, but the people behind it have some serious form when it comes to making microphones. The brand was founded by a group of AKG engineers who, in their spare time, had set themselves the challenge of creating a microphone capsule that had all the magic of the venerable brass-ring CK12 — as found in AKG’s classic C12, the original C414, and Telefunken’s ELA M 251 — but that could be manufactured consistently and cost-effectively (a perennial problem with the original design).
The fruit of their labours was the CKR12. Handmade in Vienna, it’s this large-diaphragm, Braunmühl-Weber capsule that lies at the heart of their flagship OC818 multi-pattern microphone.
When SOS Editor In Chief Sam Inglis reviewed the OC818 last year, he was hugely impressed by its performance, describing it as “beautifully clean, with a supremely balanced sound”. But it wasn’t just the sound that set it apart: the OC818 has the unusual feature of a secondary mini-XLR output, tapped from its rear-facing diaphragm. By recording both diaphragm outputs separately, you can change the resulting polar pattern after the fact in your DAW, using AA’s PolarDesigner plug-in.
When SOS Editor In Chief Sam Inglis reviewed the OC818 last year, he was hugely impressed by its performance, describing it as “beautifully clean, with a supremely balanced sound”.
The Prize
For this month’s competition, Austrian Audio are giving one lucky reader their newly announced Dual Set Plus, a stereo kit that comprises two of their premium OC818 mics plus a host of accessories, all shipped in a rugged aluminium case. A pair of windshields is provided, as are two standard mic clips plus two of AA’s own shockmounts, designed specifically for their OC series mics. You also receive a pair of mini-XLR adaptor cables, so you can easily take full advantage of that secondary output, as well as an adjustable stereo mounting bar.
To be in with a chance of winning this fantastic prizes, all you have to do is answer the questions on the right, dream up a tie‑breaker, and submit your entry by Friday 05 February 2021. Good luck!
Prizes kindly donated by Austrian Audio.
Competition Rules
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