User Manual

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Aston Starlight
The Starlight is a small diaphragm, end re 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.
The 20mm gold sputtered capsule feeds into custom designed
transformerless electronics, with low noise and ultra-low distortion
as priorities. Using proprietary circuitry at the input stage of
the mic amp rather than simple post-EQ, we have also given
Starlight three dierent voices accessed via a switch on the
microphone body.
Vintage voicing [ ] introduces some subtle low end lift while
gently rolling back the extreme highs for a classic warm, smooth
sound. The ‘middle’ Modern setting [ ] adds some airy high-
end lift while the third Hybrid setting [ ] delivers a nominally
at response but with just a little low end lift. With its laser
guide, sintered head and multiple voices, Starlight is the most
comprehensive instrument mic package on the market today.
Starlight audio specications:
Transducer Type: Capacitor
Acoustic Operating Principle: Pressure Gradient
Directional Polar Pattern: Cardioid
Frequency Response: 20Hz - 20kHz (+/- 10dB)
Equivalent Noise Level: 15dB A-Weighted
Sensitivity at 1kHz into 1kohm: 42.1mV/Pa
Maximum SPL for THD 0.5%: 130dB/ 140dB/ 150dB
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (rel. 94dB SPL): 79dB A-Weighted
Pad Switches: -20dB/-10dB/0dB
Low-Cut Filters: 80Hz, 140Hz
48 Volt Phantom power (+/- 4 Volts) is required for operation
Frequency Response
Modern
Hybrid
Vintage
80Hz HPF
140Hz HPF
dB
+20
0
-20
50Hz 100 200 500 1K 2K 5K 10K 20K