Aston Microphones Starlight High-Performance Small Condenser Microphone, Single

Aston Microphones Starlight High-Performance Small Condenser Microphone, Single

The Starlight features a 20 mm cardioid capsule hand-picked by a panel of more than 70 top producers (Aston 33) in double blind listening tests conducted during 2016. Starlight showcases a host of innovations, including laser targeting, multiple voices (Vintage, Modern & Hybrid), and near perfectly linear off-axis response, which have seen the mic win a host of international awards, and a nomination for 2018 NAMM TEC, the ‘Oscars’ of the music technology industry.

Aston Starlight
The Starlight is, like all of our products, packed full of technical innovation and sounds truly stunning. Nominated for the prestigious NAMM TEC Award in 2018 it represents the very pinnacle of pencil mic technology with its multiple voicing options, laser targeting and near perfectly linear off axis response. Beautiful, and outrageously good.

Technical Specifications

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 Switch
-20dB/-10dB/0dB
Low-Cut Filters
80Hz, 140Hz
Product length
181 mm / 7.13 in
Product width (with laser)
36 mm / 1.42 in
Product width (without laser)
26 mm / 1.02 in
Product weight
251 g / 0.55 lb