Legendary Austrian Condenser Quality
From gently plucked acoustic guitar to full-force snare drum cracks, the Austrian Audio OC7 small-diaphragm condenser microphone is purpose-built to provide you with a stunningly true-to-life snapshot of any instrument. At the heart of the OC7 is Austrian Audio’s hand-made-in-Vienna OCC7 capsule, delivering an impressively linear frequency response that’s tailored to instruments with particularly active transients. What’s more, the OC7’s built-in swivel mechanism makes setting up and adjusting your mic a breeze, offering a 220-degree range of rotation to easily locate your source’s sweet spot. Finally, the OC7’s built-in -10dB pad (for a max SPL of 160dB!) and versatile 2-position low-cut filter make this small-diaphragm condenser a must-have for recording engineers who demand the utmost versatility, durability, and immaculate sound quality from their mics.
Versatile swivel system
Austrian Audio’s innovative Swivel Joint mechanism is a lifesaver when working with cramped mic setups — no more endless re-positioning of your stands! The microphone basket is suspended in place, allowing a 220-degree range of rotation that makes everything from minute adjustments to complete repositioning a breeze. For the busy recording engineers, this system’s ability to save time by significantly streamlining the process of finding your source’s sweet spot is indispensable, especially since it all but removes the headache of remounting mics and adjusting stands.
Austrian-made OCC7 true condenser capsule
The core of Austrian Audio’s OC7 is the OCC7 capsule, boasting a true condenser design and taking inspiration from another legendary Viennese small-diaphragm condenser mic. This capsule combines the best qualities of the old-school microphone tradition with Austrian Audio’s dedication to cutting-edge innovation. Ideal for recording a wide variety of instruments, the OCC7 sports a linear frequency response that provides you with a truthful replication of your source. From gentle acoustic guitar to full-force snare drum blasts, the OCC7’s robust >160dB SPL (with the -10dB pad engaged) is up for anything!
Austrian Audio: the new Vienna classics
Carrying on the rich legacy of high-end Viennese transducer and microphone design into the modern era, Austrian Audio is driven by an engineering team with over 300 years of combined experience. Their motto: “Making Passion Heard.” Their mission: to design and manufacture a new generation of recording tools that embrace cutting-edge technologies and sonic excellence while honoring Vienna’s rich musical heritage. That vision is realized in Austrian Audio’s proprietary handcrafted capsules and the superior build quality of their products.
What Austrian Audio says...
The OC7 translates Austrian Audio’s superior true condenser technology and sonic signature into a specialized design for close-miking instruments, drums and amplifiers. Our proprietary OCC7 capsule gives the OC7 a wide frequency response and high SPL resistance, so you can record everything from acoustic guitar to snare drums with clarity and nuance.
The microphone’s original swivel joint design offers 220º rotation for maximum flexibility and accuracy in even the tightest spaces. Like any good instrument microphone, the OC7 can also take a direct hit from a drumstick and not miss a beat thanks to its ultra-durable metal enclosure. Simple and reliable, the OC7 will inspire you to capture recordings from a new perspective.
The heart of the OC7
At the heart of the Austrian Audio OC7 microphone beats the newly-developed OCC7 small-diaphragm condenser capsule. Inspired by the legendary CK1, the OCC7 delivers all the benefits of that classic design updated to meet the demands of today. Shaped by the past; built for the future.
The OCC7 capsule and transformerless output gives the OC7 a remarkably linear frequency response, handling extremely high sound pressure levels (SPL) of up to 154 dB (160 dB with pad), without distorting.
Made in Vienna. Again.
