ANTELOPE Edge Duo

The ultimate microphone to complete your microphone cabinet

The high-quality double-diaphragm large-diaphragm condenser microphone captures vocals and instruments with unadulterated clarity, depth and detail, making it the perfect starting point for reproducing a variety of timeless studio microphones.

A legendary library

Edge Duo has an extensive and growing collection of classic microphone emulations, with 11 legendary microphone models already available and 7 more to come soon. All were carefully measured against carefully selected original examples in one of the most prestigious institutions in Germany. The complete list of Edge Duo emulations can be found below.

Unique design

Edge Duo is housed in a specially designed, low-resonance housing with a matt black finish and features a 6 micron gold plated double diaphragm capsule. It offers an incredibly smooth, rich and organic response that can transform the powerful Antelope Audio Modeling Engine into the true sound of some of the most expensive and coveted microphones in audio recording history.

Multidimensional microphone modeling

The Edge Duo's double-diaphragm capsule design feeds two separate XLR output channels via the supplied Y-cable. The signal from each diaphragm is then individually processed and recombined to provide the most accurate microphone modeling on the market. This approach not only means that the user can vary the directional diagram within the plugin, even after recording. It also allows the Edge Duo to accurately emulate the characteristic onaxis and off-axis response of each microphone to enable true multidimensional microphone modeling.

High compatibility

Edge emulations are designed to work hand in hand with Antelope's precision microphone preamps and converters. For maximum accuracy, Edge Duo can be used with any of Antelope Audio's microphone preamplifier-equipped interfaces, whose built-in FPGA processing functions enable vintage microphone emulation in real time.
Edge Duo also includes Antelope's native microphone emulation plug-ins, so you can use any third-party audio interface and even change modeling settings after recording. Antelope's native AFX plug-ins*, available in VST, AU and AAX formats for MacOS and Windows, deliver everything we expect from their industry-leading FPGA-FX, with minimal latency, a high degree of oversampling and precise floating-point calculations.

*iLok 2 or 3 required. Not included in delivery.

About the new Edge family

Building on the success of the acclaimed Edge modeling microphone, Antelope Audio's new Edge family features three new large-diaphragm condenser microphones - the Fixed Cardioid Edge Solo, the Multi-Pattern Edge Duo and the Dual-Capsule, Edge Quadro with four outputs and 360° stereo recording.Together with Antelope's ever-growing range of FPGA and native AFX microphone emulation plug-ins, the Edge family makes Antelope's unrivaled microphone modeling technology available to an even wider range of users and recording applications.

Key features of the Antelope Audio Edge Duo

• Powerful microphone modeling motor
• Duosonic / Stereosonic Microphone
• Output split into two independent audio channels for maximum control
• Large double membrane condenser capsule
• Switchable directional characteristics: Kidney, figure 8, bullet and everything in between.
• Very low resonance head basket and body construction
• Extensive library of vintage microphone emulations
• Shock absorber mount with pop filter and special oxygen-free copper Y-cable included

Mic emulations

• Berlin 47 FT
• Berlin 49T
• Berlin 57
• Berlin 87
• Berlin 67
• Berlin M103
• Vienna 12
• Vienna 414
• Tokyo 800T
• Oxford 4038
• Sacramento 121R
• Berlin K86 (coming soon)
• Berlin 47 TU (coming soon)
• Berlin V563 (coming soon)
• Berlin/Halske M25 (coming soon)
• Berlin M251 (coming soon)
• Minnesota 20 (coming soon)
• Illinois 7B (coming soon)

Specifications

• Microphone type: Stereo condenser microphone
• Diaphragm: Large condenser - double-sided 6u gold-sputtered membranes
• Diaphragm diameter: 34mm
• Polar pattern: multi-pattern (cardioid, figure-8, omnidirectional)
• Frequency response: 20HZ ~ 20kHZ
• Sensitivity: -35dB | 18mV/Pa (-1 to +3dB)
• THD+N: -116dB
• Self-noise: 19dB(A)
• SNR: 75dB(A)
• Output impedance: 50 Ohms @ 1kHz
• Power requirements: 48V DC phantom power
• Output connector: 5-pin male XLR
• Color: Black matte
• Weight (mic body): 1.23 lbs (560 grams)
• Dimensions (mic body): 8.6" x 2.1" (219mm x 53mm)

Scope of delivery

• Breakout cable: 16.4' (5 meters) 5-pin female XLR to dual 3-pin male XLR (high grade OFC Y-cable)
• Mount: Shock absorber type
• Case: Standard mid-size road case with handle and custom-fit foam inserts