ไมค์บันทึกเสียงอเนกประสงค์ ASTON STEALTH แบบไดนามิค มีทิศทางการรับเสียงแบบ Cardioid สามารถปรับรูปแบบเสียงบันทึกได้ถึง 4 แบบ ให้เหมือนกับคุณมีไมโครโฟนระดับมืออาชีพไว้ใช้ถึง 4 ตัว!! นอกจากรูปแบบเสียงทั้งสี่แล้ว ยังมาพร้อม ปรีไมค์ Class A built-in ในตัว รวมถึงเป็นไมค์ตัวแรกของโลกทีมี 48V Autodetect function ทำให้สามารถใช้งานได้ทั้งใน Active และ Passive modes ครบจบใครตัวเดียว จากแบรนด์ ASTON
Active & Passive dynamic microphone สามารถปรับรูปแบบเสียงบันทึกได้ถึง 4 แบบ ให้เหมือนกับคุณมีไมโครโฟนระดับมืออาชีพไว้ใช้ถึง 4 ตัว ได้แก่
- 2 Vocal settings สำหรับอัดเสียงร้องที่ให้เนื้อเสียงต่างกัน
- Guitar setting ที่สามารถใช้งานได้ทั้งกับ กีตาร์ไฟฟ้า, อะคูสติก และคลาสสิค
- Vintage setting ที่ให้น้ำเสียงเหมือนริบบอนไมโครโฟน
ยังมาพร้อมกับ ปรีไมค์ Class A built-in ในตัว รวมถึงเป็นไมค์ตัวแรกของโลกทีมี 48V Autodetect function ทำให้สามารถใช้งานได้ทั้งใน Active และ Passive modes
End Caps Aston Microphones มาพร้อมกับช่องต่อแบบ XLR และ internal shock mount ที่เพียงแค่หมุนเข้ากับขาไมค์เท่านั้น
ด้านทิศทางการรับเสียงนั้นเป็นแบบ Cardioid คุณภาพสูงที่ตัดเสียงด้านอื่นออกได้อย่างดีเยี่ยม และยังมีการออกแบบตัวไมค์ให้สามารถป้องกันเสียงฮัมที่เกิดจากคลื่นแม่เหล็กได้ รวมไปถึง Shock mount built-in ที่ถูกทำขึ้นด้วยการแขวนแคปซูลไว้กลางอากาศให้ห่างจากตัวไมค์ก่อนยึดไว้ด้วย Sorbothane ทรงครึ่งวงกลม
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Right from the start of ‘project Aston’, we engaged with some of the top audio professionals in the industry to create a development panel to be our ears, while we focussed on perfecting every tiny detail in our mics, to finally produce what we believe to be the very best products in their class. Read more about The Aston Sound.
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Four settings, four different voices
Think of Stealth as four professional microphones in one. Each setting has been voiced by a panel of more than 90 top flight audio engineers and producers on the Aston 33 panel through a series of double-blind listening tests, beating not only every mic in its class, but some far more expensive ‘industry standard’ mics.
There are 2 vocal settings, optimised for different vocal tones, a guitar setting which is equally suited to Spanish guitar, Electric guitar cab and steel string acoustic, and a dark, vintage setting, reminiscent of classic ribbon mics.
Mics which apply ‘flattering’ – but destructive – pre EQ make professional post-processing almost impossible. Stealth, however, provides a choice of four pure, high quality signal paths. The voice settings are not EQ filters, they are contour networks, meaning the bulk of the signal does not pass through any sort of filter circuitry. The whole signal is slightly attenuated, with some frequencies being added back in at a higher level. This results in much lower phase distortion than conventional filter designs.
Right from the start of ‘project Aston’, we engaged with some of the top audio professionals in the industry to create a development panel to be our ears, while we focussed on perfecting every tiny detail in our mics, to finally produce what we believe to be the very best products in their class. Read more about The Aston Sound
The Aston Origin has our signature wave-form spring head. This unique design not only looks great, but delivers an unprecedented degree of protection for the heart of your microphone, the capsule. The shock resistant wave-form design allows the head of the mic to distort if given a heavy knock, and then return to its normal position, without any damage. It also offers a degree of off-axis rejection, helping to eliminate unwanted artefacts from your recordings.
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Active & Passive modes with 48V Autodetect function
Stealth works with or without 48V phantom power. In passive mode (unpowered) the active circuit is completely bypassed and Stealth operates with the simplest possible signal chain to give a beautifully clean sound.
A unique (world’s first!) built-in Autodetect function senses the presence of 48V phantom power and will automatically switch the mic to active mode to utilise the onboard class A mic Pre.
In passive mode Stealth behaves just like a stage dynamic mic and will handle pretty much any levels you can throw at it; screaming vocals, maxxed-out guitar cabs, even drums.
Engage active mode and there’s a massive 50dB gain lift giving you all the headroom and sensitivity of a studio condenser; back off just a little for smooth vocals, spoken word and acoustic instruments, or get close-up and personal for breathy intimacy and crystalline detail.
If you want to get loud and gnarly… back it off baby!!! You should leave the same sort of distance for loud source mic placement as you would a condenser mic without a pad… about 30 cm in most cases.
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Built-in Class A Mic Preamp
When in active mode Stealth features a high quality built-in Class A Mic Pre, dispensing with the need for an expensive external gain lifting device.
Stealth features a fully balanced signal path from capsule to output, yielding a superior reduction of ‘Common Mode’ noise compared with single-ended (unbalanced) designs.
Aston’s vocal condenser microphones have an exclusive mesh-knit pop filter built into the wave-form head. The random weave allows sound to pass while drastically eliminating unwanted plosives at source. It also shields against multiple wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation making our microphones ideal in critically sensitive electronic applications. This completely encapsulating, single piece, mesh cage is formed in stainless steel, so won’t rust with use, and can even be removed and washed.
Yet another unique design element of the Aston Origin is the use of custom moulded end caps with integrated XLR and universal stand thread adaptor. Because the internal shock absorption system is so good, you can mount the microphone directly to a stand via this built in thread and interchangeable thread adapter with outstandingly low handling noise. The design also makes Aston microphones extremely easy to repair and maintain.
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Unique Sorbothane internal shock mount
Aston Stealth includes a proprietary internal shock mount design with the capsule suspended in mid-air, completely isolated from the mic chassis, and supported at 3 points by Sorbothane polymer hemi-spheres.
Sorbothane is a synthetic viscoelastic urethane polymer used as a vibration damper and acoustic shield used in computing, hi-fi and many industrial applications.
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Exceptional side rejection
Stealth’s acoustically tuned headstock provides a highly focused cardioid polar pattern with enhanced off-axis rejection.
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Excellent rejection of electromagnetic hum
Stealth’s capsule is fully enclosed in a Stainless Steel Faraday cage – an enclosure used to block electromagnetic fields (named after the English scientist Michael Faraday, who invented them in 1836)
A Faraday cage operates because an external electrical field causes the electric charges within the cage’s conducting material to be distributed such that they cancel the field’s effect in the cage’s interior. This phenomenon is used to protect sensitive electronic equipment from external radio frequency interference (RFI).
Of course, if you ever get stuck for a teabag it can double up on duty for a good brew!
Yet another unique design element of the Aston Stealth is the use of custom moulded end caps with integrated XLR and a special design quick release stand mount. An included stand mount allows you to simply click the mic into place, and release it just as quickly for storage, and can angle the mic perfectly for any application.
We have put our hearts and minds into creating the most beautiful performance pieces possible with each Aston product. When it comes to packaging we believe simplicity is king. Protective, re-useable, environmentally sensible packaging that doesn’t cost the earth.
Part of the beauty of our microphones is the custom finish of each chassis. There are no mass-produced paint job finishes here… instead, each chassis is individually tumbled for up to 4 hours to give it a very hard-wearing, extremely beautiful, finish. To perfect the look, each microphone is separately engraved with its legends, and our brand mantra… ‘The Art of Audio’
- A superbly balanced mix of discrete and integrated electronic circuitry
- Harmonised circuit stage arrangement for easy integration from phantom power input circuitry to the capsule voltage bias
- Novel non-linear voltage/current source rectification to provide controlled amplification and smooth/ clear audio output
We have put our hearts and minds into creating the most beautiful performance pieces possible with each Aston product. When it comes to packaging we believe simplicity is king. Protective, re-useable, environmentally sensible packaging that doesn’t cost the earth.
