Sound equipment rental: how to choose?

Any modern event is unthinkable without sound support. In some cases you need loud and at the same time high-quality music to entertain guests, in other cases you need to amplify the voice during the speeches of the presenter, and somewhere you need universal music equipment. Naturally, for different tasks it is advisable to select different equipment.

To understand the issues of choice, let’s divide acoustic systems by application and consider the important features of each of them.

Sound rental for small events

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Local advertising campaign, promotional campaign, presentation or store opening ceremony – all these events involve a speaker or presenter in front of a small audience. If the event is of a business nature, it is not excluded the use of a laptop with the output of presentation slides or clips on the projector.

Such events are usually held indoors:

• conference halls;
• halls;
• negotiation rooms;
• foyer of a store or shopping center;
• and so on.

The area of application of equipment in this case is conditionally limited to 100 square meters.

Based on the initial conditions, the main requirement for equipment for events of this scale is the presence of convenient microphones, compact speakers and a mixing console. The priority goal is speech intelligibility and its amplification.

In this case, portable acoustic systems will perfectly cope with the task. We offer to rent a similar solution – “JBL Sound Kit” – a set of equipment, specially selected for small events. The set is one of the most budget, but at the same time high-quality options.

RENTAL OF SOUND EQUIPMENT FOR EVENTS

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For celebrations or events with a show program, universal and powerful enough acoustic systems are required. Sound here is an integral part of the atmosphere of the celebration.

We will consider the following events:

• banquets;
• corporate parties;
• parties;
• weddings;
• graduation parties;
• and the like.

The sound selection here should be based on the number of guests and the area of the room. As a rule, such celebrations are crowded. Let’s take the average number of guests about 300 people, and the area of the room from 150 to 300 m2.

Another feature of such events is the presence of a host, vocal groups and possibly a DJ. Often the music program is alternated with a solemn speech of the host, congratulations or live performance of artists.

We have outlined the main points of festive events. Hence the requirements for sound equipment:

• A minimum of a pair of multifunctional active speakers, capable of producing strong sound pressure and at the same time well transmit the voice during the performances of the vocalist and presenter;
• Subwoofer for quality bass and more powerful sound throughout the entire range;
• Comfortable quality microphones;
• Mixer console for processing, adjusting sound and effects;
• If necessary, DJ equipment.

EQUIPMENT FOR OPEN EVENTS

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The use of acoustic equipment at outdoor venues has some peculiarities and technical subtleties. Equipment for outdoor events should be powerful enough to create high acoustic pressure and well transmit low frequencies. It is desirable that the equipment was insensitive to weather conditions and easy to transport.

Almost any outdoor event uses music equipment:

• disco on the beach;
• open air;
• holiday in the park;
• city festival;
• mass festivities;
• sports competition;
• and others.

Such festivals are not limited by walls, which means that the sound is not reflected from architectural elements (as indoors), is attenuated and mixed with external street noise. At the same time, the size of the site where the event is held can be significant. Conventionally, let’s consider events held on an area of up to 3000 square meters.

Audio equipment should provide sufficient range and strength of distribution of high and low frequencies, as well as intelligibility of speech and music. When equipping large open spaces, choose powerful speakers complete with subwoofers and amplifiers. Subwoofers add depth to the sound and provide a high level of sound pressure, while amplifiers digitally process and amplify the incoming signal.