KMR Audio

KMR Audio: Professional Audio Equipment in London

KMR Audio is a supplier of professional recording and audio equipment based in London. The company presents itself as the city's largest pro audio showroom and has been operating since 2003, accumulating over twenty years of experience in the sector. Its catalogue covers both digital and analogue equipment, and it serves recording studios, producers, and audio professionals in the UK and Europe.

Product Catalogue

KMR Audio's offering is organised into several main categories:

• Outboard: 500 series modules (preamps, equalisers, dynamics, channel strips, chassis, effects, and mixers), compressors and limiters, multiband dynamics, expanders and gates, analogue and digital equalisers, microphone preamps, signal processors (reverb, delay, distortion, multi-effects, guitar and vocal effects), and mastering equipment (consoles, converters, dynamics, equalisers, monitors, and processors).
• Microphones: large and small diaphragm condensers, dynamic, ribbon, instrument, broadcast, drum, and stage microphones, plus stands.
• Mixing Desks: analogue consoles and summing mixers.
• Monitoring: studio monitors, amplifiers, headphones, headphone amplifiers, monitor controllers, and speaker stands.
• Computer Audio: Pro Tools, audio software, peripherals, converters, audio interfaces, DSP devices, control surfaces, and MIDI controller keyboards.
• Cables & Accessories: multicore, digital and instrument patch, miscellaneous, and patchbays.
• Synthesizers: 4U and 5U modular, Eurorack, semi-modular, keyboard synthesizers, desktop synthesizers, drum machines and samplers, controllers and sequencers, and synth and MIDI accessories.
• Studio Furniture: desks, racks, and acoustic treatment.

The catalogue includes over 300 pro audio brands, among which Buchla, API, Neve, Solid State Logic, ATC, Shadow Hills, Rupert Neve Designs, Burl, Neumann, and Universal Audio are mentioned. The company also sells second-hand and B-Stock equipment, updated weekly, which is tested and comes with a warranty.

Services and Support

KMR Audio offers expert advice and bespoke consultations to help customers select the right equipment. It provides flexible 0% interest finance and buy now, pay later options. It ships globally and offers free UK delivery on orders over £99. The company provides free lifetime technical support and a studio installation service. It also has an equipment hire service.

Showroom and Demonstrations

The London showroom, located at Unit 17 Forest Trading Estate, Priestley Way, London E17 6AL, is open Monday to Saturday and offers a wide range of equipment on demonstration. The company produces demonstration videos of equipment, without sales talk, so users can evaluate performance. It also organises events such as the Arturia World Tour, with a free analogue sound design masterclass.

Featured Brands and Products

Among the new arrivals and featured products are the Neumann KH 310 II and KH 350 monitors, Rupert Neve Designs and McDSP plug-ins (models 542, 551, and MBT), Universal Audio Apollo X Gen 2 bundles, and the Pultec EQP-1A analogue equaliser. The company also promotes 500 series offers, such as a free Gainlab Audio headphone amplifier with the purchase of a 19-inch rack.

Clients and Projects

KMR Audio has worked with studios such as Baltic Studios, Silver Shark Studios, Distillery II, and Palma Music Studios, and has participated in international projects, such as the upgrade of the Buena Vista studio in Cuba in collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

Location and Contact

Unit 17 Forest Trading Estate, Priestley Way, London, E17 6AL · Phone: 020 8445 2446 · Email: sales@kmraudio.com · Hours: Monday to Saturday