Classic Sound in the Northwest: An Interview with George Relles

George Relles is the owner of George Relles Sound, a highly successful sound rental company in Eugene, Oregon. Relles bought his first Meyer Sound speakers - six MSL-3s and four 650-R2s - in 1986. Since then, he has continued enlarging his inventory of Meyer speakers; recently, he purchased four DS-2s. The Sound File interviewed Relles to find out what projects he was working on, how his older speakers were performing, and how he liked his new DS-2s. Read More »

Finding Just the Right Angle at Bushnell Auditorium

The challenge facing Sound Associates of New York as they designed a large Meyer sound system for Bushnell Auditorium in Hartford, Connecticut, was fitting the sound system unobtrusively but effectively in the hall. "It's a beautiful, old hall," says Domonic Sack of Sound Associates. "Obviously we didn't want to touch the walls and damage any of the artwork. And whatever system we installed had to reach the balcony and mezzanine. It's a long hall - about 150 feet from the stage to the last row of seats in the balcony. There are seats in the balcony and mezzanine that a conventional, single-tier central cluster would never reach." Read More »

Meyer Sound on the High Seas

When Holland American bought the cruise ship Homeric from Home Lines, they made several changes to the ship. They cut the vessel in half and inserted a new section of cabins that included a lounge. They rechristened the ship the Westerdam. And, to provide a sound system for the new Broadway-style shows they planned to put on, they purchased a Meyer sound system from Miami Audio Visual Company (MAVCO). Read More »

Latin Superstar Luis Miguel Tours with MSL-5s

Internationally renowned Latin singer Luis Miguel toured with a complete Meyer System, featuring the high-powered MSL-5 loudspeaker. Front-of-house mixer Alex Norbert was enormously pleased with the system. "I wouldn't trade this PA for anything else in the world. The sound from the MSL-5s is incredibly large, but also extremely smooth and controlled. I've never heard anything like it." Read More »

The Family Dog Returns to San Francisco with State-of-the-Art Sound System

After almost thirty years, the San Francisco production company The Family Dog has re-formed and begun booking bands at their new venue in San Francisco's Maritime Union Hall. Under the leadership of Boots Hughston, former sax player for the HooDoo Rhythm Devils, and with original Family Dog founder Chet Helms as executive consultant, the new production company has put on shows with artists ranging from Iron Butterfly and Greg Allman to Mose Allison, Richie Havens and Etta James. Read More »

World-Class Sound at Mexico's La Boom Discos

The largest new disco in Mexico City, La Boom Mexico, and the most popular disco in Cancun, La Boom Cancun, have more in common than a name: they both have state-of- the-art sound systems designed by the discos' management and Meyer Sound. Read More »

All-Weather Sound at Telluride

For this year's Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Telluride, Colorado, Stage Sound/Audio Visual America supplied an all-Meyer sound system similar to the one they supplied last year, with a few important additions. Both sound systems were designed to accommodate the changing conditions at the festival: acts ranging from electric rock bands to solo acoustic performers to a cappella gospel groups, temperatures ranging from warm to cold, wind, rain, and crowds entering, exiting, and shifting their positions over the course of the festival's four long days. Read More »

University of Illinois Installs Powerful New MSL-10 System

Meyer Sound dealer C.V. Lloyde Music Center, of Champaign, Illinois, has recently completed an MSL-10 installation at the University of Illinois Champaign/Urbana Memorial Stadium. This is the sixth successful permanent stadium installation for the Meyer MSL-10 loudspeaker system. Read More »

Pope John Paul Shares His Message Using MSL-10s

In the New Testament, you can read about Jesus traveling around teaching to tens of thousands of people. It must have been a miracle indeed for his audiences in those days to understand him with no amplification. Today, with modern technology, the Pope can speak to tens of thousands of people at one time, and everyone can hear every word he says. During the Pope's recent tour of the United States, Meyer Sound's MSL-10 system was supplied at two of the largest venues, Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey and the Aqueduct Racetrack on Long Island. Read More »

Yuming Matsutoya Uses MSL-10s for High Energy Concerts

Japanese pop star Yuming Matsutoya, who is known throughout the Pacific Basin for her energetic, high technology concerts, uses Meyer Sound's largest PA speaker, the MSL-10, to keep her concerts rocking. Yuming is one of Japan's busiest music stars, touring and performing every winter and spring, following the fall release of her recordings. Read More »

D'Angelo Finds Extraordinary Sound with His New HD-2s

R & B artist D'Angelo chose Meyer Sound HD-2 Mid-Field Monitors as the principal monitors in his new project studio, currently under construction at his home in Fort Lee, N.J. D'Angelo plans to use the studio for preproduction for his new album, as well as for mixes for other artists. Singer D'Angelo received three Grammy Award nominations for his debut album, D'Angelo Brown Sugar, released in 1995. Read More »

Bootsy Collins chooses HD-2 for His New Studio

When the king of psychedelic funk, Bootsy Collins, was looking for a main monitor for his Bootzilla Re-Hab Studio in Cincinnati, Ohio, he decided upon the Meyer Sound HD-2 Mid-Field Reference Monitor. In addition to the HD-2s, the eclectic studio hosts an array of other high-end studio gear including an Amek Big 44 Channel Console, two 32 channel Mackie Boards, 32 tracks of Alesis Adat, 32 tracks of DA-88, an 8 track Akai hard disc, a 4 track Akai hard disc, as well as an array of vintage keyboards. Read More »

Carman's R.I.O.T Tour Powers Up with MSL-4s

Blackhawk Audio of Nashville, Tennessee, is a regional sound rental company that, until recently, has supplied only small sound systems for local performances. This year, though, Blackhawk will be providing a large-scale sound system for contemporary Christian artist Carman's national Righteous Invasion of Truth (R.I.O.T.) tour, which includes six 50,000-seat shows in arenas. "The MSL-4 is what made this possible," says Blackhawk owner Rich Shimer. Read More »

Meyer Loudspeakers Featured in German Production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"

Meyer Sound announced today that the German theater production, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," is using Meyer Ultra Series loudspeakers for the majority of the sound system. This highly acclaimed show, which opened in December, 1996 in the Colosseum, a newly installed theatre within an old industrial hall, is produced by Stella Musical AG with sound design by Martin Levan. Read More »

ABC-TV purchases HD-1 Monitors

ABC-TV in New York recently upgraded its heavily used TV 7 Control Room with the purchase of five Meyer Sound HD-1 Near-Field Monitors and four Meyer Sound HD-2w Mid-Field Monitors. The TV 7 control room will be ABC's first fully digital control room. Read More »