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Audio Hire

Top-tier audio solutions for broadcast and events, ensuring crystal-clear sound experiences.

The ear is a remarkable organ.....

Two provide extraordinary stereo experiences, and if you couple that to brain computation, the sound we think we hear and understand is quite something.
By contrast, microphones work in very different ways. Before looking at our kit, it is worth highlighting the main features.
Some pick up sound all around, and others are directional, picking up the sound where they are pointing. Lapel microphones are attached to the shirt or jacket. Other microphones are placed on stands. The clue is in the name for “hand-held” microphones. They can also have different sensitivities and internal electronics. However, what they all have in common is a lack of brain power, so what you “hear” from a microphone is what is actually present, unfiltered by intelligence, artificial or human, and that is why aircraft noise, babies crying or background noise can be so intrusive.
Radio microphones can be very convenient in many situations. The microphone output must be recorded on the camera, audio recorder, or routed into a public address system. Often, an audio mixer is required.

 

Lapel Microphones.

We offer Sony ECM 77 or Sennheiser equivalents and others suitable for presentation use. They can be used with radio transmitters or cable. All our radio kits come with omnidirectional (all-around) or directional lapel microphones suitable for lecture or conference work. Lapel (sometimes referred to as lavalier) microphones are designed to offer superb clarity and pick up little (but some) background sound. You need one for each voice.
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SONY ECM 77

Lapel Mic Hire

£15/DAY OR £45/WEEK

The Sony ECM 77 is the broadcast industry standard lapel microphone, offering a good balance of omnidirectional (all-around) pick-up and good sensitivity.

Starting Price £15.00 Per day

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Sennheiser MKE-2

Lapel Mic Hire

£15/DAY OR £45/WEEK

Very similar to the Sony offering, although maybe with a brighter, less bass-heavy sound. 

Starting Price £15.00 Per day

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Sony ECM 44

Lapel Mic Hire

£10/DAY OR £30/WEEK

It can often be difficult to achieve good quality voice pick-up but the ECM-44 can help get good results. The microphone’s capsule is designed for general voice pick-up with a mid-frequency emphasis characteristic and a suitable frequency response.

Starting Price £10.00 Per day

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Lapel Mic Hire

£5/DAY OR £15/WEEK

Unbranded lapel microphone. Works well and suitable for hostile environments where there is a risk of damage or loss. 

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Directional and hand-held microphones.

Directional microphones are often used in film and television work. It is a convention to separate them into cardioid and hyper-cardioid pickup profiles.
Handheld microphones are designed to be held in the hand, but they can also be clipped onto a microphone stand while someone sings, gives a speech, plays guitar, etc. The advantage is less background noise. They are designed to be used from close-up to 1 to 2 (maximum) metres from the voice. 
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SENNHEISER MKH-418 P48

Directional Mic Hire

£25/DAY OR £75/WEEK

The Sennheiser MKH 416 is a premium short gun interference tube microphone. The excellent directivity and a compact design are ideal qualities for universal use in film, radio and television, especially for outdoor broadcast applications. It has a switchable bass cut filter. A very popular microphone.

Starting Price £25.00 Per Day

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AKG C568 EB

Directional Mic Hire

£25/DAY OR £75/WEEK

The AKG C 568 B has high directivity and a wide frequency response, making it a perfect tool for theatre, sound reinforcement, and film/TV applications. Below 500 Hz, it functions as a hypercardioid microphone; above 500 Hz, the acoustic interference tube introduces increasing directivity. A bass cut filter effectively suppresses rumble and wind noise.

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AKG C1000S

Directional Mic Hire

£20/DAY OR £60/WEEK

The C1000 S multi-purpose small-diaphragm condenser microphone is extremely popular for its versatility. It features a bass-cut switch and a switchable -10 db pad. Three different frequency settings can add more clarity to speech and instrument sounds. The polar pattern can quickly be switched from cardioid to hyper-cardioid.

In my opinion, it is not as directional as others we have, which can be good or bad, depending.

Starting Price £20.00 Per day

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T-Bone EM 9600

Directional Mic Hire

£10/DAY OR £30/WEEK

The T-Bone EM 9600 directional condenser shotgun is suitable for video, voice, and choir recording. It has a switchable pick-up pattern. Although it is a budget microphone, it produces very good results.

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Sony ECM-MS957

Handheld Mic Hire

£15/DAY OR £45/WEEK

The ECM-MS957 single-point stereo microphone is ideally suited for recording live concerts, conferences, and interviews. A mid/Side (MS) switch selects the pickup angle between the left and right channels. Choose 90° for a single voice or instrument, or 120° to pick up many voices and instruments arranged across the stage. A rotating mid capsule allows the user to adjust the stereo pickup pattern for the widest range of recording situations.

Fitted with a stereo mini-jack plug.

Starting Price £15.00 Per day

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SE V7 MIC HIRE

Handheld Mic Hire

£20/DAY OR £60/WEEK

The V7 is a super-cardioid model designed for live use. This is a top-rated, robust, dynamic microphone.

It can plug into a radio module and this can be a very good alternative to cable.

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Radio Kits.

Of course, there are many advantages to having wireless connections, but they can be problematic at times. As you may have discovered for yourself, problematic doesn’t come close to describing the issue.
Each radio link needs its own channel with “clear water” separating it from other channels in use. There are well established ways of achieving this by grouping the available channels. Setting up is usually OK, but then at the critical moment – nothing. This is often caused by interference, both electronically and from the person using the microphone! They will randomly push a button and disconnect themselves. The electronic interference can come from just about anything electrical. In a conference hall, 200 or more mobile phones can be the cause.
The solution will be to retune.  
If you are unfamiliar with radio microphones a simple two channel set-up is often trouble-free but by the time you are wanting 8 or more you are likely to need somebody experienced and dedicated to the task who can also supervise the audio mixer and other sound kit. If you are running a conference the cost of having a technical person will be a very marginal additional cost. We have all been to conferences where technology fails and it is not a good look.
For programme production a single radio channel is probably less hassle than a cable or boom microphone.
Many academic papers have been written about the pros and cons of digital or analogue transmission. However, that is all a minor consideration if it doesn’t work. All our kit is “best in class”.
With the Sony kit, each channel can work with any microphone, and some transmitters plug directly into the microphone.
In the UK, we are only allowed to use certain radio frequencies and an operators licence is required. There is an “exempt” band E, but it can be more prone to interference.
We are always happy to advise, please do ask.
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Sennheiser XS Wireless Kit

Radio Mic Hire

£60/DAY OR £180/WEEK

The Sennheiser XS wireless 1 kit is easy to use. It comes with a base receiver and two hand-held wireless E825s microphones. These cardioid dynamic microphones are for vocals and speech and work well when singers spontaneously change the pick-up angle and move further away from the capsule, which happens – often.

It has diversity receivers, which means it has two receivers per channel built in and automatically switches to the one with the best signal.

We have kit on the E band and kit on the channel 38 band.

Starting Price £60.00 Per day

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UTX-B03 SONY Wireless 2 - Channel Lapel Mics

Radio Mic Hire

£60/DAY OR £180/WEEK

Sony wireless set. The package includes the UTX-B03 belt-pack transmitter and URX-P03 portable receiver.

Also included is an omni-directional lavalier microphone. We can offer alternative microphones.

The Sony UTX-P40 Plug-On Transmitter can be supplied as an alternative.

Starting Price £60.00 Per day

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Sennheiser XS Wireless 2 kit

Radio Mic Hire

£40/DAY OR £120/WEEK

This is very similar to the XS 1 range but has external aerials and a single E835 microphone.

It has a diversity receiver, which means it has two receivers built in and automatically switches to the one with the best signal.

At a conference where you only need one radio mic, this is the one for you.

Works on channel 38.

Starting Price £40.00 Per day

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Mixers.

 These mix several audio inputs, which can be routed to the recorder or amplifier. They vary in complexity, and we are happy to show you how to use them.
SQN 4S Audio device: A sleek, compact audio device with advanced features for superior sound quality.
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SQN-4S SERIES II

Audio Mixer Hire

£30/DAY OR £90/WEEK

The SQN mixer is a portable four-channel stereo mixer. It comes with a mains power adapter, rechargeable batteries, bag, and other specialist connecting cables.

Starting Price £30.00 Per day

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MACKIE PRO 1642-VLZ

Audio Mixer Hire

£35/DAY OR £105/WEEK

MACKIE 1642-VLZ PRO is a general‑purpose mixer capable of handling both live sound and recording applications. It is very flexible and easy to use.

Starting Price £35.00 Per day

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Recorders.

 Solid state recording makes life simple now. We offer a couple which will provide very good results.
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Tascam DR40

Recorder Hire

£35/DAY OR £105/WEEK

The DR-40 captures up to four tracks from built-in condenser microphones, XLR mic or line inputs, recording at up to 96kHz/24-bit resolution. It accommodates balanced XLR or 1/4″ line inputs using locking Neutrik Combo jacks. The DR-40 accepts SD or SDHC cards up to 32GB.

Starting Price £35.00 Per day

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Tascam DR70D

Recorder Hire

£35/DAY OR £105/WEEK

Tascam DR70D has four balanced XLR inputs and a pair of built-in microphones. It can be mounted either above or below a camera. Record to SD card (64MB to 2GB), SDHC card (4GB to 32GB), SDXC card (48GB to 128GB).

Starting Price £25.00 Per day

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SONY DAT Tape Recorder

Recorder Hire

£20/DAY OR £60/WEEK

This runs on batteries or mains using an adapter. The audio output is via a mini-jack socket.

Now mainly used for archive work, but it also has uses such as back-up recording at live events.

Starting Price £15.00 Per day

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SONY 35 PRO DAT Plus Tapes

Recorder Hire

£15/DAY OR £45/WEEK

These are DAT tapes. In my opinion, they still have a place, for example, as a safety copy because it is a lossless format.

 

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Super USB Cassette capture recorder

Recorder Hire

£5/DAY OR £15/WEEK

This is a smart little audio cassette player that plugs straight in to your computer. Very straightforward to use, but not top tier specification.

Starting Price £5.00 Per day

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YAMAHA Stereo Cassette desk K-220

Recorder Hire

£15/DAY OR £45/WEEK

This is a decent cassette recorder. It has phono connectors and we can supply a suitable cable to connect it to your computer.

Starting Price £15.00 Per day

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Accessories and Vintage.

These include headphones, microphone stands, cables, anti-trip mats, gaffer tape, door stops and more. We have DAT recorders and other vintage audio kits available. Please do ask.
We love to hear your questions about audio and can advise you on how to get the best for your circumstances. Our selection of audio kits focuses on high-quality recording.

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Reel to reel tape recorder

Vintage Hire

£10/DAY OR £30/WEEK

We offer several tape recorders and they can be useful if you want to find out what is on a tape. You can then transfer the audio yourself, or ask us to help.

Starting Price £10.00 Per day

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Vintage Gramophone

Vintage Hire

£10/DAY OR £30/WEEK

This is an acoustic record player. Wound up by hand, and the volume controlled by the positioning of the doors.

The audio fidelity will be an education for you, with a vibrancy often lost in modern reproduction.

Starting Price £10.00 Per day

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Reel to reel tape recorder

Vintage Hire

£10/DAY OR £30/WEEK

We offer several tape recorders and they can be useful if you want to find out what is on a tape. You can then transfer the audio yourself, or ask us to help.

Starting Price £10.00 Per day

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An Early Message Service

Vintage Hire

£10/DAY OR £30/WEEK

These 3 inch reels lasted about 10 minutes each side. Have you got any of these message tapes hiding away?

Find out what was said half a century or more ago.

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