Audio-technica AT8015

🎙️ Overview

The AT8015 is an 18.1″ (460 mm) Line + Gradient condenser shotgun microphone, crafted for video production and broadcast (ENG/EFP), engineered to capture sound clearly from a distance with excellent side and rear rejection.

🛠️ Key Features

• Long, narrow acceptance angle — ideal for long-distance dialogue recording audio-
  
  

• Switchable 80 Hz low-cut filter (18 dB/octave) reduces rumble from traffic, HVAC, and vibrations.

• Dual power modes — operates via 11‑52 V phantom power or a single AA battery (~1 200 h battery life)
  
  

• RoHS compliant, ensuring a safer environmental footprint .
  
  

📊 Technical Specs

• Element: Permanently polarized condenser
  
  

• Polar pattern: Line + Gradient (supercardioid)
  
  

• Frequency response: 40 Hz–20 kHz
  
  

• Sensitivity: –38 dB (phantom), –39 dB (battery)
  
  

• Max SPL: 132 dB (phantom), 120 dB (battery)
  
  

• Dynamic range: 110 dB (phantom), 98 dB (battery)
  
  

• SNR: 72 dB