For those with some experience with sound systems, we offer dry hire, at the prices outlined below. Hire rate for equipment may vary at peak periods. Some items are currently only available when booked as part of a package with an engineer.
Picture | Equipment | Description | Day rate | Week rate |
Loudspeakers | ||||
Mackie SRM450 Speakers (each) | Multi-role active speaker, suitable for front of house or monitoring. High SPL. Bi-amped 400W RMS power. | £27.50 | £75 | |
Mackie SRM350 Speakers (each) | Multi-role active speaker, smaller and lighter than the SRM450. Medium SPL. Bi-amped 220W RMS power. | £27.50 | £75 | |
Mackie SRS1500 (each) | Compact high power active sub-woofer, can be used singly or in multiples. 600W RMS power. | £38.50 | £105 | |
Bose 402 (pair) | Very compact sound re-enforcement speaker, ideal for speech or vocal. Needs either Bose EQ or graphic EQ with hi-pass for best results. | £25 | £75 | |
d&b speaker systems | d&b C7, C6, C4 and Q series available for larger events (not dry hire) | POA | POA | |
Speaker stands | Standard 2.2 meter high speaker stands, load up to 30KG. | £6 | £15 | |
Speaker poles | For use with SRS1500 to mount speakers on top. | £6 | £15 | |
Amplifiers | Day | Week | ||
Mackie M1400i | 1400w at 4 ohms bridged mono, 1000w at 8 ohms bridged mono, 500+500w stereo at 4 ohms and 300+300w in stereo at 8 ohms. | £25 | £75 | |
QSC PLX1600 | Power amp, 2 x 800W into 2 ohms, 2 x 600W into 4 ohms | £32 | POA | |
d&b audiotechnic P1200A | Specialist amplifier for use with d&b speaker systems only (not dry hire) | POA | POA | |
Mixing Desks | Day | Week | ||
Mackie 1604VLZ PRO | Highly versitile and portable mixing desk, 16 microphone inputs, 6 aux sends, semi-parametric EQ, top Mackie quality equal to consoles costing thousands of pounds. Flightcased. | £38 | £105 | |
Soundcraft 24 Studio | Soundcraft Spirit Studio 24-8-2. Can be used as a live or recording desk. EQ influences aux sends. Direct outs from every channel and sub-group. Flightcased (16 channel desk pictured) | £50 | £150 | |
Allen & Heath GL2000 | Superb 24 channel live desk for large events. 6 aux sends, 4 sub groups. Similar to the popular GL2400. | £90 | £270 | |
Allen & Heath GL2800 | Superb 32 channel live desk for large events. 10 aux sends, 8 sub groups. | POA | POA | |
Microphones | Day | Week | ||
Shure SM58 LC | Industry standard vocal microphone | £6 | £15 | |
Shure Beta 58A | Hypercardoid version of SM58 LC, Can provide a higher resistance to feedback in some cases. | £7 | £21 | |
Shure Beta 87A | Hypercardoid condenser vocal mic. Amazing clarity and range. Very light weight. | £10 | £30 | |
Shure SM57 | Industry standard instrument mic, for drums / guitar cabs / acoustic instruments | £5 | £15 | |
Sennheiser MD431 | Probably the best live close vocal mic on the planet! Also used for broadcast and recording. | £13 | £39 | |
Beyerdynamic MCE530 | Compact condenser microphone, for instrument, overhead, or distant vocal / choir. Can be used in pairs for superb stereo recordings. | £6 | £18 | |
AGK C2000B | Studio condenser, also can be used live with or without shockmount. | £7 | £21 | |
Sennheiser EW100 Radio mic system | Robust UHF wireless diversity microphone system, very high quality. Superb vocal mic capsule. | £29 | £85 | |
Microphone stands | Straight stands, boom stands, weighted base stands all available. | £3 | £9 | |
Outboard | Day | Week | ||
Klark Technik DN332 | Hi-end graphic EQ, 2/3rd octave ISO frequency bands. 2 channels, very low noise, ideal for front of house EQ. | £40 | £120 | |
Klark Technik DN27 | Classic 27 band graphic EQ, so good it's been emulated in recent digital units. Sadly no longer available, replaced by DN300. Ideal for monitor or FOH EQ. | £35 | £105 | |
Drawmer DL421 | Versatile and easy to use compressor & gate. 2 channels, very transparent sound. | £23 | £65 | |
Alesis Midiverb IV | Nice sounding revberb / echo / delay unit | £15 | £45 | |
Other | Other outboard available, contact us with your requirements. | POA | POA | |
Recording | Day | Week | ||
> | HHB CDR850 Recorder | Industry standard CD recorder. | £38 | £105 |
Korg D16 digital recorder | Portable 16 track digital recorder, capable of recording 8 tracks at once. | £38 | £105 | |
Carillon PC Cubase SX3 | Hi-spec Carillon PC with Subase SX3, Waves Platinum plug-ins, 2 x MOTU units giving 16 inputs. | POA | POA | |
Standard CD Player | We have a number of standard CD players available | £8 | £24 | |
Backline | Day | Week | ||
Ashdown C210T Bass amp | Solid bass amp by Ashdown, utilising 2 x 10 inch drivers. Built in EQ, limiter etc. | £28 | £75 | |
Vox AC-30 | Classic valve guitar combo as used by Brian May and many other well known players. | £35 | £95 | |
Line6 Spider II | Line6 Spider II, 2x12 guitar amp with built in modeling and effects | £30 | £90 | |
Other | Other backline available including drums, guitars, effects units, etc. | POA | POA | |
Cables | Day | Week | ||
XLR > XLR | Neutrik connectors with Van Damme cable. Normally all required cables are included free of charge with the hire. | £1 | £3 | |
20 way multicore | 40m 20 way, stage box with EDAC | £40 | £120 | |
24 + 8 VDC Multicore | VDC 32 way Multicore, 24 sends + 8 returns, 35m | £55 | £165 | |
Other | Other multicores and cables available | POA | POA |
If you require delivery or other services, please refer to the table below for a guide cost.
Service | Price |
Delivery or collection of small PA or parts thereof, within 50 miles of Bedford (car) | £120 |
Delivery or collection of large PA or lighting system within 50 miles of Bedford (van) | £175 |
Technician to set-up the equipment, per hour | £30 |
Sound engineer for your event, per hour | £40 |
Our prices may vary at peak periods such as bank holidays, Christmas and other busy times. The above prices are guidelines only. For a full quotation please contact us.
We may somtimes ask for up to 50% non-refundable deposit to be paid at time of booking - we'll send you a link so you can pay this by PayPal, with a regular debit or credit card. The balance is then normally received in cash before the event. Other payment methods, for example, cheque in advance, by arrangement. Full terms and conditions available on request.
For conferences or concerts requiring the PA system to remain in place for several days, please let us know your requirements, as considerable savings can be made for multi-day hire or dry hire.
Sound Truth supply and use equipment from many of the top manufacturers.