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Summary of Contents for ASTON MICROPHONES ORIGIN
- Page 1 Owners Handbook...
- Page 3 Thank you! On behalf of the whole team at Aston Microphones I’d like to thank you for investing in your Aston product. Our microphones are designed and built in the UK to the most exacting standards. Every Aston product is individually tested...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Contents Aston Origin & Spirit ..........5 Aston Starlight & Starlight Stereo Pair ....12 Aston Halo & Halo Shadow ........18 Using Your Aston Microphone ....... 21 Microphone Terminology & General Care .... 26 Aston Owners Club Please register your product to extend your 2 year limited replacement warranty to 3 years, free of charge. -
Page 5: Aston Origin & Spirit
Aston Origin & Spirit Features: • Wave-form mesh head - this unique design provides shock absorption to protect the capsule, with elastic mesh memory. • Built-in pop filter using the latest stainless steel mesh-knit technology. • Direct to stand microphone mounting option. - Page 6 The Origin is designed to deliver a direct, smooth and intimate sound with the perfect balance of warmth and clarity for a natural-sounding and transparent recording.
- Page 7 Cardioid Condenser Origin...
- Page 8 Aston Spirit The Aston Spirit is a high-performance, switchable pattern, microphone utilising a one inch, dual diaphragm, gold evaporated capsule. A switch on the mic body selects from Omni, Cardioid or figure-of-eight polar patterns. It is versatile enough to use with most instruments in addition to main and backing vocals.
- Page 9 Multi-Pattern Condenser -10dB Spirit...
- Page 10 Polar Patterns Figure-of-Eight Cardioid Omni-Directional...
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Page 12: Aston Starlight & Starlight Stereo Pair
Aston Starlight & Starlight Stereo Pair Features: • Laser-alignment sight for placement accuracy and recording recall • Sintered metal head - unique & innovative design protects capsule and provides excellent acoustic properties • Gold-sputtered 20mm capsule, chosen in blind tests by a panel of 50 top producers •... - Page 13 Small Diaphragm Cardioid Condenser ight Starlight...
- Page 14 Aston Starlight The Starlight is a small diaphragm, end fire condenser microphone featuring a sintered metal head which combines extreme durability with extraordinary audio transparency. The addition of a laser not only makes precise alignment easy, it also helps achieve consistency when re-establishing the microphone position after de-rigging.
- Page 15 Polar Pattern 0° 30° 330° 300° 60° 90° 270° 240° 120° 210° 150° 180° 125Hz 2KHz 250Hz 4KHz 500Hz 8KHz 1KHz 16KHz Starlight Laser The Aston Starlight is equipped with a Class 2 Laser driven by 48V phantom power provided via the XLR cable from a mixing console/mic preamp.
- Page 16 LASER Manufacturers Name: Aston Microphones Ltd Wavelength: 655nm Manufacturers Address: 3 Hunting Gate, Hitchin SG4 0TJ Max Average Power: 0.634 mW Location of Manufacture: United Kingdom IEC / EN 60825-1:2014 Date of Manufacture: Serial Number: Complies with IEC / BS EN 60825-1 (2014) and 21 CFR 1040.10 and 1040.11 except for deviations pursuant to...
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Page 18: Aston Halo & Halo Shadow
Aston Halo & Halo Shadow Features • Hi Tech construction with patented PET felt • Radically improves isolation • Double curved form improves isolation top and bottom as well as at the sides • Much bigger surface area and depth of acoustic material •... - Page 19 Ultimate Reflection Filter...
- Page 20 Aston Halo & Halo Shadow The Aston Halo/ Halo Shadow microphone screen is designed to address the shortcomings of other ‘reflection filter’ style products combining low weight with minimal audio colouration. Designed, engineered and tested in the UK, the Halo combines modern advances in material technology and production, cutting edge patented manufacturing processes and rigorous acoustic testing to bring you the ultimate in portable acoustic devices.
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Page 21: Using Your Aston Microphone
Aston microphones - just apply standard 48 Volt Phantom power to our capacitor models and you’re in business. For the Spirit and Origin models, the Aston badge denotes the front of the microphone when using cardioid pattern for main vocals, guitars and so on. -
Page 22: Acoustic Guitar
sound is too bright, the tonality can be adjusted by rotating the microphone a few degrees to the side so that the vocalist is singing slightly off axis. The further off-axis, the more the high end will be softened. When using cardioid or figure-of-eight patterns, the proximity effect will cause the sound to become more bass-heavy the closer the microphone is to the mouth. - Page 23 pseudo stereo by having one mic on the body and one aimed somewhere along the neck, the stereo image will tend to shift if the player moves around, even slightly. For pop work, a mono recording with artificial stereo ambience added later may be a more appropriate option.
- Page 24 Drums Drums are usually mic’d using one close-up cardioid pattern mic for each drum plus a pair of overhead mics to capture the cymbals and overall kit sound. A separate hi-hat mic can be used if the hi-hat isn’t loud enough. Capacitor mics are the usual choice for overheads though ribbon mics are sometimes chosen in this role.
- Page 25 100 to 200mm. Just make sure it doesn’t pick up any pedal squeak. You can also try a large diaphragm capacitor mic such as the Origin or Spirit set up maybe 300mm in front of the kick drum. The overhead mics are very important, and also the most problematic in small studios.
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Page 26: Microphone Terminology & General Care
then stand the mics one to two metres from the piano aimed at the centre of the inside of the open lid. The lid acts as a reflector to project the sound of the strings and soundboard. There are many other mic’ing variations for piano, including getting closer to the strings for a more pop-style sound, so as always, experimentation is the only way to get the best sound but pay particular attention to getting an even level balance across the... - Page 27 Obviously dropping microphones is to be avoided but one advantage of the Origin and Spirit basket design is that the outer Wavespring is designed to deform if subjected to a knock or impact, thus absorbing much of the energy. This can easily be pushed back into place making dented baskets a thing of the past.
- Page 28 ® ASTON MICROPHONES BUILT IN BRITAIN 3 Hunting Gate, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 0TJ, United Kingdom Tel. +44 (0)845 500 2 500 www.astonmics.com...
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