Sterling Audio announces a new line of professional microphones for studio recording. The line includes six individual microphones, a two-microphone package, and two new shock mounts.
Sterling Audio’s new ST170 active ribbon microphone offers a figure-8 pickup pattern for modern mixes of electric and acoustic guitars, drums, vocals, and overhead/room tracks. The active phantom-powered design easily handles up to 132 dB SPL for loud sources like guitar amps and drums. The ST170 comes with Sterling Audio’s SM5 metal shock mount and sturdy aluminum carry case.
The new ST169 multi-pattern tube condenser microphone delivers for vocals, instruments, speech, and overhead/room recording. Its combination of new and traditional technology results in a full frequency response and quick transient response, without sacrificing authentic tube warmth and tone.
With selectable cardioid, omni, and figure-8 polar patterns and a switchable high-pass filter and attenuation pad, along with the ability to handle up to 142 dB SPL, this 1-inch diaphragm, Class A tube condenser comes with Sterling Audio’s SM8 premium metal, band-suspension shock mount, aluminum carry case, and low-noise power supply.
Sterling Audio’s ST155 large-diaphragm condenser microphone features a 1-inch large-diaphragm for recording vocals, instruments, and speech with a hand-assembled capsule and custom-wound transformer. The ST155 provides additional versatility, thanks to its switchable highpass filter and attenuation pad, and can handle up to 144 dB SPL from 20 Hz to 20 kHz. It comes with Sterling Audio’s SM8 premium metal, band-suspension shock mount and a custom-padded carry case.
The new Sterling Audio ST131 studio instrument condenser microphone features a hypercardioid polar pattern. The ST151 large-diaphragm condenser microphone sports a custom-wound transformer and hand-assembled, 1-inch capsule, with a cardioid polar pattern. The Sterling ST159 multi-pattern condenser microphone’ offers selectable cardioid, omni, and figure-8 polar patterns.
Sterling also is shipping the SP150/130 studio condenser microphone pack, which provides two professional Class A FET cardioid microphones: the side-address SP150 and the end-address SP130.
Finally, Sterling has released two new shock mounts: The SM5, which can accommodate a variety of medium-body (1.2- to 1.7-inch) studio microphones and the SM8, which fits any Sterling large-diaphragm microphone (1.6- to 2.4-inch body diameter).
