Aston Apex Void is active/dynamic handheld microphone. Apex rises above the current crop of dynamic clones, by offering the power and flexibility our live performer and engineer community have been asking for.

Firstly, there’s a choice of two voices, derived from the TEC Award-winning Aston Stealth. These are discrete signal paths, with no EQ presets or modelling in sight. You get a choice of two world-class vocal voicings without having to swap mics out. Secondly Apex operates in passive or active modes; a built-in Class A preamp engages automatically when 48v phantom power is present, providing 20dB of super-clean boost to ensure live vocals cut through the mix live, just as they do on the studio recordings. An aerodynamically tuned head further enhances on-axis focus.

Apex is set to redefine how a handheld can, and should, perform. Once they’ve tried it, vocalists won’t want to let this mic go.

• Transducer Type Moving coil

• Directional Polar Pattern Cardioid

• Frequency response 20Hz - 16kHz

• Equivalent Noise Level 5dB

• Sensitivity (switch up at 1 kHz into 1 kOhm) - Active mode 3.16 mV/Pa

• Sensitivity (switch down at 1 kHz into 1 kOhm) Active mode 5.01 mV/Pa

• Maximum SPL for THD 0.5%, Active mode 119.6dB/115.6dB (switch up/down)

• Sensitivity (switch up at 1 kHz into 1 kOhm), Passive mode 0.79 mV/Pa

• Sensitivity (switch down at 1 kHz into 1 kOhm) 1.78 mV/Pa

• Maximum SPL for THD 0.5%, Passive mode 146.9dB/139.9dB (switch up/down)