Audio-Technica AT5045 Cardioid Condenser Instrument Microphone
Available as a single mic or as a stereo pair, the AT5045 is Audio-Technica’s premier condenser instrument microphone, offering the performance of a large-diaphragm, side-address condenser in a convenient, stick-type body. In fact, despite the space limitations imposed by its housing, the AT5045 boasts Audio-Technica’s largest single diaphragm. The instrument microphone’s circuitry has been honed to the essentials, allowing the AT5045 to achieve an unprecedented dynamic range that’s one of the widest of any microphone on the market.
Key Features
- Audio-Technica’s premier studio condenser instrument microphone
- Pure, realistic sound quality for overheads, percussion, acoustic guitar, strings and other acoustic instruments
- Side-address, stick-design microphone with more diaphragm surface area than most traditional large diaphragm side-address microphones
- Discrete components carefully selected for optimized performance
- Transformer-coupled output is optimized to provide smooth sonic character
- Exceptionally low noise with high-SPL capability
- Hand built and inspected for 100% quality control
- Advanced internal shock mounting decouples the capsule from the microphone body
- Elegant, durable housing of aluminum and brass
- Innovative isolation clamp provides secure mounting, versatile positioning and effective dampening of unwanted mechanical noise
- Custom hard-shell carrying case with die-cut foam compartments offers protection for one or two microphones
Technical Specifications
ELEMENT
Fixed-charge back plate,
permanently polarized condenser
POLAR PATTERN
Cardioid
FREQUENCY RESPONSE
20 – 20,000 Hz
OPEN CIRCUIt’sENSITIVITY
-35 dB (17.7 mV) re 1V at 1 Pa
IMPEDANCE
100 ohms
MAXIMUM INPUT SOUND LEVEL
149 dB SPL, 1 kHz at 1% T.H.D.
NOISE
8 dB SPL
DYNAMIC RANGE (typical)
141 dB, 1 kHz at Max SPL
SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO
86 dB, 1 kHz at 1 Pa
PHANTOM POWER REQUIREMENTS
48V DC, 1.4 mA typical
WEIGHT
197 g (7.0 oz)
DIMENSIONS
177.0 mm (6.97”) long, 25.0 mm (0.98”) maximum body diameter
OUTPUT CONNECTOR
Integral 3-pin XLRM-type
ACCESSORIES FURNISHED
AT8481 isolation clamp for 5/8″-27 threaded stands; AT8165 windscreen; protective carrying case
AUDIO-TECHNICA CASE STYLE
R11
