Delivering a versatile mic for a variety of studio needs, the Spirit from Aston Microphones, presented here in a stereo pair, is a multi-pattern, large-diaphragm condenser microphone with cardioid, omni, and figure-8 patterns. Excellent on numerous instruments, but excelling at voice and acoustic guitar, the Spirit is a studio workhorse.

The Spirit is designed to deliver an open sound with sparkling harmonics. This accurate microphone provides natural and transparent recording, capturing detail in the high range, but without adding the harshness that some condenser microphones tend to. This is thanks to the 1" gold-evaporated capsule and transformer-balanced circuitry. The Aston Spirit stereo pair includes two SwiftShield combination pop filter shockmounts and one stereo mounting bar.

Stereo Pair

With a stereo pair of the Spirit microphone, along with the included stereo bar, you get easy and high-quality stereo recording for a variety of applications. Capture pristine and full-sounding drum overheads, acoustic guitar, choirs, orchestras, interviews, and much more. With multiple patterns on each mic, stereo configurations become a lot more versatile.

Wave-Form Spring Head

The Aston Spirit has their 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.

Built-In Pop Filter

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 their 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.

Direct-to-Stand Mounting

Yet another unique design element of the Aston Spirit is the use of custom molded end caps with integrated XLR and universal stand thread adapter. 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.

Chassis

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. The 2mm solid stainless laser cut and etched body looks and performs great.

PCB

• 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

Swift Shockmount

The Aston Swift shockmount is not only elegant and designed specifically to show off your mic in all its glory with its open-fronted design, but boasts the fastest mic mounting system in the world. Combined with Aston’s internal shock-absorbing system, the Swift gives supreme performance in seconds. The Shield SM clips on and off the Swift mount quickly and easily when switching between vocal and instrument applications. Utilizing Aston’s Hextech perforation acid etching process, the Shield gives excellent plosive (pop) control without affecting the tone of your recordings at all.

Aston Microphones Spirit Stereo Pair Microphones with Gold-Plated Diaphragm for Stereo Recording
• 2 x SwiftShield Pop Filter / Shockmount
• Stereo Mounting Bar