Equipment Loan Scheme

The ASD have teamed up with the National Theatre to enable access to some of those items of equipment that are financially out of reach for a lot of people, and outside the scope of normal theatre hire companies inventory. The scheme allows you to borrow equipment for a week at a time, for free.

What's on offer:

- Sennheiser MKH416 shotgun mic in Rycote windshield. The MKH416 is the classic boom rifle mic, used to record countless feature films.

- Neumann KU100 binaural head microphone. There are lots of ways to DIY a binaural head but this solution from Neumann is by far the neatest and best sounding way to record binaural sound.

Sound Devices 722 recorder. Sound Devices are the pinnacle of the portable field recorder, allowing pristine low-noise recordings to be made. This is a 2-track recorder, built like a tank that records simultaneously to its internal hard drive and to e Compact Flash card. Supplied in a Portabrace bag.

Zoom F8 8-track recorder. Offering 8 mic/line inputs in a small portable package, this recorder features dual SD card recording and iPhone/iPad remote control. It is supplied in the Zoom PCF-8 bag.

SMAART analysis system. This complete SMAART package features a MacBook Pro running SMAART v8, an RME Fireface 802 sound card and four Presonus measurement mics.

PLEASE NOTE:

This scheme is only open to to the following member categories:
- Professional Member

- NCO Member

You must also have been a member for at least 12 months before you can use the scheme. Future Professional categories have been deliberately excluded as the theory is that your educating institution provides access to their equipment.

These limitations are designed to give our increasing membership fair access to a small pool of equipment.

If you have any questions please email us.