This month's May edition of Live UK magazine features a familiar face amongst the pages, and it's our very own Grant Turner! If you wish to read the magazine in full head over to the Live UK website and subscribe.

Live UK is a publication that is dedicated to the ever growing music industry of the UK. The magazine focuses on the contemporary live music business, providing news, features, tour plans and other vital information for the people that are the driving force in the industry. This publication targets promoters, festival organisers, venue operators, artiste management, booking agents, ticketing companies and key media professionals, all some of our good friends and clients!



"The biggest impact of digital for us is that we can hold a far greater stock of mainstream products. As there was such a wide and varied requirement for outboard we had racks dedicated to this type of kit"

In the article Grant discusses the benefits of digital desks and how they have had such a positive effect on business for London Speaker Hire. It also mentions that the reduced size of digital gear leaves a smaller footprint in the warehouse allowing more rigs and desks to be available to customers! Digital desks can also provide another world of features that analogue systems can't match.

"We can now provide a wraparound service such as direct multi-track recordings"

Once upon a time a multi-track recording of a live event would have meant yet another specific desk, racks of outboard gear and another charming engineer to fly that system, but all this is eliminated with the digital gear, meaning we can offer much better value for our customers.

Even with all this digital equipment there is no compromise on sound quality, as well as it being much more efficient in all aspects, whether it is set-up time or transporting. There still are some artists that revel in the use of analogue systems, and there will always be a place in the industry for the diehard analogue fans such as the band Cheap Trick.

"At the Brighton Music Conference we had a window of only 2.5 hours to set up four conference rooms including wireless systems and putting in the QU16s, we not only hit that deadline but had time for a cuppa after."

This just goes to show that digital gear is revolutionising the way that the music industry works, with shorter setup times and less gear with bigger and better results, including that all-important time for a brew.

We are always improving our collection of equipment, and we are also proud to have the Martin Audio MLA Mini rig as part of our catalogue. So whether you're are looking for a sound rig to rival Glastonbury or just a system for your party, contact us for the best rates on speaker hire in London on 020 3333 4444.