Professional Audio Equipment Rental In VA

Whether you are looking for professional mixers, musical instruments, DJ gear, or live sound equipment, you can find everything you need at avuniversal. Browse equipment selections for live bands, as well as home audio, broadcasting, location sound, and much more.

Choosing the Best Gear for You

Sound production professionals need viable equipment to store audio. You can choose both analog and digital pro audio recording equipment. Modern digital recorders are small, compact, and lightweight for convenient everyday use, and they can record up to 64 tracks simultaneously. You can browse our website for Audio Equipment Rental In VA.

When shopping for microphones, ensure you go for one that's suitable for the environment where you'll be operating:

·      Ribbon and large diaphragm condenser mics are optimal for studio recording

·      Handheld and lavalier mics are perfect for live sound applications

·      Condenser shotgun mics and omnidirectional dynamic mics are ideal for location sound applications

If you are in a band, browse a wide selection of musical instruments, including keyboards, drums, guitars, and numerous other stringed instruments. DJs can find turntables, mixers, controllers, and software. Remember to also shop for the right speakers for your audio needs, such as PA, studio, or installed speakers.

Pro Audio Accessories

To position your mics for the best sound output, consider mic stands and mounts. For speakers, you can use speaker stands and monitors, or choose the appropriate furniture rack. Audio cases help protect your professional sound gear for improved durability. To connect different audio equipment at AV Equipment Rental in VA, browse compatible audio cables and adapters. Finally, for media storage solutions, consider CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray discs, flash drives, and audio tapes.

We stock enough pro audio equipment to outfit any sound system, from uncomplicated to elaborate. So whether you're an easy listener or a confirmed audiophile? whether you are searching for anything from small speakers and amplifiers to computer Audio Equipment Rental In VA or location sound, we  at avuniversal have your gear!

Microphones

Microphones are critical to making live sound and recording projects successful. They can be used for presentations, musical performances, interviews, vlogging, and many other applications. Determining which microphone is right for you depends on sensitivity, frequency response, directionality, and the ability to exclude unwanted sound and noise.

Different Types of Microphones

Dynamic

A dynamic microphone is a great all-around solution for many recording and live sound applications. It's robust with a diaphragm connected to a coil inside a magnet. This vibrates to create an electrical current that captures loud sounds without distortion.

Condenser

Very popular for studio recording, a condenser mic has a vibrating capacitor, causing variation to an electrical current from a battery or power source. This type has a good frequency response and is sensitive to fine details.

Ribbon

Ribbon mics are versatile solutions for recording as well as live sound performances. One of these uses a small metal ribbon held in a magnetic field. As the ribbon vibrates, it generates a voltage. This model is very sensitive and produces good, clean sound.

USB

USB microphones are convenient plug-and-play solutions for recording a variety of things, including musical vocals, podcasts, radio, and Skype. Although a USB microphone has a conventional design, it's different in that it converts an analog signal into a digital sound signal that computers recognize.

Wireless

In short, wireless microphones are convenient, easily transportable, and don't require cumbersome cables. This makes them easy to pass around, and allows performers to move freely about the stage.

Using Microphones for Video Recording

The quality of sound has a major impact on any production, so it's important to capture clear sound while minimizing other unwanted noise. Several types of location sound wireless microphones are available, ranging from the directional shotgun model to a stereo microphone that adds depth by identifying sound direction. A DSLR version is usually omnidirectional, and you can obtain clearer sound and reduce interference by using directional DSLR microphones.

Wireless Microphones for Wireless Audio

Wireless microphone systems are sets of devices that allow performers, speakers, musicians, interviewers/interviewees, content creators, and actors/actresses to move freely around outdoor and indoor spaces without the trouble of long cables for audio signals. 

For weddings, sports broadcasts, news gathering, music, concerts, theater and sermons in houses of worship, conferences, TV or video production, and more, wireless audio systems are a trending part of instruments, sound effects, capturing voices, and ambiance. You can directly search for Audio Video Rental Services in Washington DC for rental services in Washington DC.

Whether you rent pieces to upgrade or expand an existing system or you buy or rent a completely wireless system that is ready to use out of the box, it is important to be familiar with the components you're likely to encounter.

Wireless Microphone Systems

Every wireless system requires a device to transmit a wireless signal and a device to receive a wireless signal. Wireless transmitters will typically be installed where the sound sources are, while wireless receivers will usually be near to the recording device, such as a camera or mixing console. So, the basic signal propagation is the sound source to transmitter then transmitter to receiver and then receiver to the recorder. Complete wireless systems will often include a receiver, a microphone, one or more transmitters, and accessories such as mounting hardware and cables.

Wireless Transmitters

The three most common are bodypack/beltpack, handheld, and plug-on if you expect to find wireless transmitters in multiple form factors.

·      Bodypack/beltpack transmitters

Traditionally designed to be lightweight, easy to hide, compact, and easy to attach to the subjects through supplied belt clips. 

Bodypack/beltpack transmitters are not microphones, they normally feature mic input jacks to allow the connection of a microphone, line-level signal, or musical instrument with the proper cable.

·      A handheld transmitter combines a wireless transmitter with a microphone capsule to create a wireless microphone.

·      Plug-on transmitters

Designed to connect directly to an XLR microphone. Consider a plug-on transmitter ideal for a news gathering setup or a wireless guitar system.

Wireless Receivers

Available in a variety of form factors, wireless receivers receive the wireless signal from a transmitter and feed it to outputs for connection to recording devices. Common receiver styles include portable camera-mount, tabletop, rackmount, and plug-in models. Videographers who use DSLR cameras or camcorders normally use plug-in receivers or camera-mount, live event engineers usually go with tabletops or rackmount receivers and smartphone-based vloggers and content creators favor portable types. 

Single-channel receivers work with one transmitter at a time, two-channel receivers can cumulatively receive signal from two transmitters, quad-channel receivers allow use of four transmitters per receiver, & so forth. Avuniversal provides all kinds of Audio video services in Washington DC.

Microphones for Wireless Systems

In addition to wireless handheld microphones, there are various other types of microphones for wireless systems. In fact, many are not wireless microphones, but instead utilize cables to connect to wireless transmitters. 

For example, a lapel mic or lav mic is a small microphone that clips onto the subject's clothing. So, a "wireless lavalier microphone" is really just a lapel microphone intended for connection to a wireless transmitter. All kind of Audio Video Rental Services in Washington DC are provided by Avuniversal rental services. 

Watch a guest speaker at a conference, and you will observe an earset or headset wireless microphone being used to capture that voice of a person. Though an earset hooks around one ear and a headset is worn around both ears, these headworn mics share the commonality of having a tiny microphone capsule on a boom, which positions the microphone element near the subject's mouth.