greetings earthlings today i'm back with a review of a very highly requested microphone
that microphone is the aston origin and if you want to pick up the original microphone kit
that will cost you around 300 and if you want the limited edition black bundle
i believe that's around 370 like always i'll throw some links down below and for this review
i have the microphone connected directly to the focusrite 18i 22nd gen my gain is set just at
around 12 o'clock i will not do any kind of post processing but i may boost it in post
so check the doobly-doo to see what i didn't do and now let's talk about what comes in the box
of course you are going to get the microphone you'll get a 5 8 to 3 8 inch microphone stand
adapter and based on some other unboxings that i checked that seems to be where the original kit
ends but if you get the limited edition black bundle you will also get a shock mount with
an additional 5 8 to 3 8 inch microphone stand adapter and you'll get a pop filter
but you get a few more things in both kits you will of course get a little pamphlet telling you
where to download the documentation and you get a darn sticker ew grow stickers suck then as far as
the build quality i am very impressed with the aston origin it does have an all metal body as
well as a metal grill it is a little odd looking but it does feel very firm and very sturdy the
microphone weighs in at 450 grams on the front of the microphone you will find a negative 10 decibel
pad as well as an 80 hertz high pass filter as you move around the microphone there is nothing on the
rear but on the bottom you will find that 5 8 inch threading as well as an xlr port and then as far
as specs this microphone has a cardioid polar pattern a frequency response of 20 hertz to 20
kilohertz a sensitivity of approximately negative 33 db a self noise of around 18 dba a max spl of
127 db and a phantom power requirement of plus 48 volts now i am spinning around the origin to 90
degrees so you can hear the off axis rejection and coloration we'll continue around the microphone to
180 degrees here's what it sounds like from the rear continuing around the microphone
to the second 90 degree angle and then we will rotate and end at the front of the microphone
now let's test the plosive rejection of the mic without the provided pop filter
please bring pizza pronto please bring pizza pronto please bring pizza pronto and here is how
the microphone rejects plosives with the provided pop filter please bring pizza pronto please bring
pizza pronto please bring pizza pronto now i am right on top of the microphone to demonstrate
the proximity effect on this thing about three inches off of the mic with it pointed at the
corner of my mouth and here is how it sounds about one foot away from the microphone two feet
away from the microphone and about four feet away from the microphone now i am typing on a keyboard
with gatoron blue switches to see how much of my voice verse how much of the keyboard it picks up
and for you elite gamers now i am typing on the sad w keys
here's how the microphone sounds in a well-treated room
i'm a ghost oh also here is how the microphone sounds in a completely untreated room
and now to see how well the provided shock mount is a rejecting noise i am
going to go ahead and bump the desk to see how much of that noise it rejects
and i will bump the boom arm
and in case you're getting just the regular kit without the shock mount
now i am bumping the desk to see how much of that noise the microphone by itself rejects
and i will bump the boom arm
and now i'll go ahead and tap the microphone to see if there are any kind of resonant frequencies
now i am back right on top of the microphone to really accentuate the proximity effect
i do not currently have the high pass filter turned on and here is how the audio sounds
and now i have engaged the 80 hertz high pass filter that is on the microphone
and here is how the audio sounds with the switch on as opposed to with the switch not on now i
want to do a very quick comparison between the aston origin and a couple of other microphones on
the market so you can see how this mic stacks up against its competition like always i am starting
on the aston origin i am about six inches off of this microphone i do not have the high pass filter
engaged my gain on the 18 i20 is set at 12 o'clock no post but here is how this microphone sounds
let's jump to the first one that we are comparing it to and the first microphone we're comparing it
to is the neat king b i am about six inches off of this microphone i am keeping the gain
consistent across all of the samples so check the lower third to see how much i boosted it in post
but here is how a 130 dollar condenser microphone sounds compared to the aston origin back on the
aston origin here is how this microphone sounds so you can cleanse your palate let's jump to the next
microphone that we're comparing it to next up we are on the rode nt1 which goes for between 220 and
270 dollars depending on the kit six inches off of the mic gain at 12 o'clock here is how this
microphone sounds compared to the aston because we can we are back on the aston origin to waste
about five more seconds of your time let's jump to another microphone so you can hear how it compares
to that and now just because i'm a crazy boy i am talking into the shure sm7b about six inches off
of it i did increase my gain for this mic to 100 no filters are on check the lower third to see how
much i boosted it but here is how the shure sm7b sounds like compared to the origin and because
you can never get enough comparisons i am back on the aston origin so you can hear this microphone
before we jump to one last one and compare it to that and lastly we are on the shure
ksm 32 which is a 500 condenser microphone no filters on this thing have been engaged
gain back at 12 o'clock on the interface and here is how the audio sounds make sure to check
the lower third to see how much i boosted it which one of these microphones did you like the best the
aston origin neat king b rode nt1 sm7b or the sure ksm32 let me know in the comments down below
another british mic i've gotta test it out
and won't you tell me how you think that this might sound my friend
seriously let me know what you think of this microphone in the comments down below
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i'm a [ __ ] all right i think we have another microphone in the 200 to 300
budget range that offers something very different from its competition and first up in terms of pros
i was really impressed with the off axis coloration it wasn't harsh it wasn't
painful it was usable all the way around the microphone so if you're in a reverberant room
that is going to be really good for you also the microphone's body is completely dead in
my tests there were no resonant frequencies so you don't have to worry about bumping it
if you're sitting at your desk and you need to move it around additionally the build quality of
this microphone feels excellent and it's built in the uk so you know that aston is subject to
some environmental and some labor regulations so they're not doing anything shady or exploitative
and then in terms of cons the self noise of this microphone isn't terrible at 18 dba
but comparatively priced microphones do tend to be a little bit lower the nt-1 is below 10 dba
i believe the neat king b is below 10 dba as well so i would like to see a slightly lower self noise
and now what are my overall thoughts and opinions on this microphone on the electric guitar
i absolutely loved this thing it had just the right amount of bite on the top end with the boost
the mids were not scooped they weren't over boosted and with the high pass filter the
lows were nice and controlled and all around i thought this thing sounded incredible on the
electric guitar then on the acoustic guitar this thing captures every bit of attack of the guitar
pick and the guitar strings and it can give you some very aggressive sounds if that's what you're
looking for when i played a little bit quieter i did think the upper frequencies were overpowering
compared to the mids and the low frequencies so if you're looking for a more neutral sound
i don't think it really offers that next up for singing the main thing that stood out to me
again was the upper frequencies the mic captures every bit of nuance in your voice if you have a
bit of rasp in your voice it's going to capture that it's going to bring that out if you have a
little bit of spittle it's going to capture that it's going to bring it out if you are looking to
capture every bit of detail every bit of character in your voice or an artist's voice this microphone
is going to accomplish that but as i said on the acoustic guitar i think that the mids and the low
frequencies kind of take a back seat because the top end is so dominant and lastly for spoken word
this is not just detailed i would say that this is excruciatingly detailed as i said for singing
this captures every bit of character and detail in your voice or the artist's voice so if that's what
you're looking for it excels at that and to wrap up what i recommend the aston origin yes i should
start by saying that this microphone is not really my cup of tea to keep things british because
britain i am much more partial to neutral microphones much less boosted microphones
but if you are somebody who is looking for a hyper detailed recording of your voice acoustic guitar
any other instrument then i would absolutely recommend this because it does that and it
does it in spades also if you are looking for an electric guitar microphone with a bit of
bite oh my god i love this microphone for that and i think it sounded outstanding
and that is it for this video but i want to hear from you in the comments down below of all of the
microphones that i compared this against which one was your favorite did you like the nt-1 the king b
the aston origin the sm-7b or the shure ksm32 let me know in the comments down below and i also want
to note that i think my environment is trying to ruin everything that i am recording i know there
is a low end rumble in the recordings there is nothing that i can do about that there are air
conditioners seemingly surrounding me on every side and i cannot get other people to shut them
off so i'm stuck with it i apologize for that it's out of my control and with that being said
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