Austrian Audio OD5

Austrian Audio OD5 Product Details

Description

Active Dynamic Microphone

With the OD5, the Austrian manufacturer presents an active dynamic instrument microphone with innovative "swivel joint" mechanism. Sound engineers and musicians are certainly familiar with the problem of microphone stands that are screwed on too tightly and can hardly be reached in the forest of stands. 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 OD5 has a special CAB ("Cut & Boost") filter at 80Hz, which is particularly well suited for use with guitar amplifiers, for example. This filter removes low frequency sound that cannot be used and at the same time gives the useful signal pressure in the bass range. The second position at 120Hz is a common 2nd order high pass filter.

Another feature of the OD5 instrument microphone is the pad switch. In the zero position, the active dynamic microphone exhibits a sensitivity usually found in condenser microphones. Still, it's nearly impossible to get the OD5 to overdrive. The -10dB pad is ideal for protecting downstream mic preamps from clipping when they have no signal-cutting capability themselves.

As a very versatile instrument microphone, the OD5 will find many uses, such as recording various drums. For this purpose, a special holder has been developed, which is available as an optional accessory. But also on guitar amplifiers, as well as in front of wind instruments, the OD5 is ideally suited due to its technical characteristics.

Features:

• Austrian Audio - OD5
• Active-dynamic instrument microphone
• Polar pattern: cardioid
• Frequency range: 20 Hz - 18 kHz
• Sensitivity: 6.7 mV/Pa
• Inherent noise: 21 dB SPL (A)
• Max. Sound pressure: 151 dB SPL (>160dB SPL with pad)
• HP filter: 80 Hz (2nd order), 120 Hz (2nd order)
• Switchable pre-attenuation: -10 dB
• Impedance: 275 Ω (balanced)
• load resistance: > 1 kΩ
• Power supply: 48 V (< 1.5 mA)
• Connector: XLR 3 pin
• Designed and manufactured in Vienna
• Dimensions: 147 x 82 x 54 mm
• Weight: 265 g
• Delivery includes OCH8 microphone clamp, MSC2 transport case