Audio-Technica AT5040 Microphone

Studio Vocal Microphone 
Audio-Technica’s premier studio vocal microphone, the AT5040 represents a milestone in condenser design, offering remarkably musical high-fidelity performance, with profound realism and depth, presence and purity of sound. 

Designed as a first-choice vocal microphone, the Audio-Technica AT5040 cardioid condenser features an extremely smooth top end with controlled sibilance. Large-diaphragm characteristics and fast transient response also make it ideal for recording acoustic instruments such as piano, guitar, strings and saxophone. 

Four-part rectangular element 
The first of our design criteria for the Audio-Technica AT5040 was purity of sound. To achieve this, Audio-Technica engineers developed a four-part rectangular element, the pinnacle of our recent breakthroughs in sound-capture technology. Four exquisitely matched ultra-thin diaphragms function together (with outputs proprietarily summed) as Audio-Technica’s largest-ever element, providing combined surface area twice that of a standard one-inch circular diaphragm. 

By using four diaphragms in a single capsule, the Audio-Technica AT5040 delivers the benefits of an exceptionally large diaphragm--along with an extremely low noise floor--without increased weight, decreased transient response or other drawbacks that typically restrict diaphragm size. 

Another key Audio-Technica AT5040 design feature is advanced internal shock mounting that effectively decouples the capsule from the microphone body. For additional isolation, each AT5040 is also provided with Audio-Technica’s innovative new AT8480 s

• Audio-Technica’s premier studio condenser vocal microphone
• Extremely musical high-fidelity performance, with profound realism and depth, presence and purity of sound
• Four rectangular diaphragms (2 micron) function together as Audio-Technica’s largest-ever element, providing combined surface area twice that of a standard one-inch circular diaphragm
• Exceptionally low noise and wide dynamic range ideal for studio vocals
• Discrete components carefully selected for optimized capsule performance
• High-SPL capability and extended frequency response
• Hand assembled and inspected for 100% quality control
• Advanced internal shock mounting decouples the capsule from the microphone body
• Elegant, durable housing of aluminum and brass
• Included advanced-design custom AT8480 shock mount provides superior isolation
• Custom hard-shell carrying case with die-cut foam compartments offers protection during storage and transport