Aston Origin

This is one of my absolute favorite microphones. Today it's all about this microphone, who is this microphone for, the price, the sound, when to use t...

So there you go, this is the Origin by Newboysontheblock Asten Microphones.

To be honest, I’m not blown away. I’m coming from an Aston Origin which I was fairly happy with, just noticed some slight imperfections when you’d sing loudly, and p’s and t’s didn’t sound as smooth if that makes sense.

I bought it for $300. On sale at Sweetwater for $200. As far as I can tell, the sound quality is about $200. I was fooled into thinking it would sound like a $500 or $1000 mic. I really like the look and feel of the design but I returned it b/c obviously I am looking for a great sounding mic not a g...

I own an Aston Origin and it's amazing. Haven't heard great things on Slate hardware but most users rave about Aston microphones. Will do what you need it for.

I had pops, modulation and a white noise issue with this microphone. It sounded okay but I don't want a troublesome microphone for my production. Sent back and bought anther microphone from Amazon.

Though it’s not really “time” tested, the Aston Origin mic has been tested like crazy over the last few years, and is holding its own against much more expensive mics. It’s just cardioid, but it plays nicely with damn near everything, and it’s built like a tank. And only $199 right now. I bought my second one a week after buying my first.

This microphone sounds good, although it is ultra Crisp. what I didn’t like about it is that I have to turn up the gain on the preamp very high to get it hot.

My favorite ‘budget’ condenser is the Aston Origin, fwiw. It sometimes beats out more expensive (1970s akg 414, stam SA87) mics for vocals at my studio, depending on the voice.

I purchased through another vendor as Amazon just has way too many counterfeit audio products being sold as fulfilled by Amazon. This microphone is very good and better sounding than the Spirit, but it does have a somewhat boosted high end that doesn't always work on a specific voice especially on f...