Florida Church Blessed with M2Ds for Christmas

Santa arrived a few months early at the First Baptist Church in Fort Lauderdale, bringing in his sack a new Meyer Sound M2D compact curvilinear array system along with eight tiny M1D ultra-compact curvilinear array cabinets for choir monitoring and front fills. The system arrived just in time to provide glorious sound for the church's 20th annual Christmas Pageant, a dauntingly large-scale production – justly famed throughout South Florida – that involves multiple stage sets, exquisite costuming, and more than 600 musicians and performers drawn from the large and multi-talented congregation. Read More »

Meyer Sound a Tradition at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Next to carving the turkey, watching the giant balloon-filled Macy's Parade is surely the most enduring Thanksgiving Day tradition in American homes. Countless millions have seen the parade on television since it was first broadcast by NBC in 1948, and in recent years the biggest crowds along the route – concentrated around TV camera locations at either end – have heard the stirring sounds of the parade through Meyer Sound loudspeakers. Read More »

MILO Triumphs at TourLink

The recent TourLink event in Orlando, Fla., provided attendees with a unique opportunity to hear and do side-by-side comparisons of line array systems from a number of the major loudspeaker manufacturers, all in one place within a span of a few hours. Of the systems represented, the new MILO high-power curvilinear array from Meyer Sound attracted the lion's share of attention. Touring sound professionals believe what they hear, and it was clear that MILO made believers out of many. Read More »

MAPP Online Tames Acoustics at Lions Forum

Cement floors. Cinderblock walls. A square floor plan. Put it all together and you've got the kind of acoustical conditions that can make precise control over sound reflection next to impossible. It's not a situation you want to face without some serious analysis to guide loudspeaker selection and configuration. So when George Relles of George Relles Sound in Eugene, Ore., was preparing for the 27th Annual USA/Canada Lions Leadership Forum in Portland's Convention Center, he turned to the Meyer Sound MAPP Online acoustical prediction program for help in planning his sound reinforcement strategy. The results, he says, were "quite astounding." Read More »

A-ha Thrills Kiev Through Meyer Sound System

Emerging from a year-long sabbatical, Norway's a-ha brought the Odessa Sport Palace to life in Odessa, Ukraine, with a Meyer Sound system the band was delighted to find. As soon as the band found out it was possible to use a system of Meyer Sound M3D line array loudspeakers, no other sound system bids were considered. Read More »

UPJ-1P Honored with EDDY Award

The Meyer Sound UPJ-1P compact VariO loudspeaker has been selected to receive an EDDY award as Sound Product of the Year, according to the editors of Entertainment Design magazine. Read More »

Meyer Keeps Krall Concert Hot in Iceland

As a top-selling jazz singer – and one of the few such artists in recent memory to climb the pop charts – Diana Krall is known for the nuance and intimacy of her vocal stylings. Krall's fans come to her concerts with expectations shaped by her recordings, ready to revel in every syllable. But as her popularity has grown, so too have the venues in which she appears, thereby increasing the challenge of reaching the entire audience without compromising the subtlety of her delivery. Dave Lawler handled that challenge as front-of house mixer and Meyer Sound SIM engineer for Krall's recent European tour, working with a wide variety of sound reinforcement systems across 22 locations. Without a doubt, Lawler asserts, it was the systems featuring Meyer Sound loudspeakers that made it easiest to both project and protect the character of Krall's performance. Read More »

MM-4 Does Lip Service at North Shore

North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Mass., has installed a new stage lip system comprising 24 Meyer Sound MM-4 miniature wide range loudspeakers. The new system took care of a nagging problem that had beset the venue for several years: the front row ticket holders were getting less than first-rate sound. "The stage lip speakers had been the weakest link in our audio system for some time," admits John Stone, the theatre's sound department supervisor and resident sound designer. "We had an older 70-volt system up there that wasn't too good to begin with, and it had taken a beating over the years. We searched around for a while and finally decided that the Meyer MM-4s were the way to go." Read More »

Six MILOs Throw a Mile for Times Square Event

At the recent Toys "R" Us Holiday Parade, two compact 7-foot-high arrays — each with only three MILO high-power curvilinear array loudspeakers — provided intelligible, enjoyable sound up and down a mile of New York City streets. Both the distance covered and the quality of sound far exceeded the requirements set by the event's producers, according to event sound designer Jim van Bergen of Audio Art Sound. Read More »

Meyer Sound M3D Receives Prestigious Award in Spain

Meyer Sound's M3D line array was honored with the "Best Sound Reinforcement Product" award at the premiere Producción Profesional & Producción Audio Awards. The ceremony, which will be held annually, took place on November 4 in conjunction with the Broadcast '03 conference at Madrid's IFEMA convention center. Read More »

Meyer Sound M3Ds Unleash "Frightful" Power at Freakers Ball

It was not a show for the faint of heart, or for a sound system with anything less than crushing power. Fortunately, all the fans were young and healthy, and the audio system was a Meyer Sound M3D line array. Read More »

Greece Warmly Embraces MILO

The name "Milo" has a Mediterranean ring to it, so perhaps it's not surprising that Greek audio professionals showered Meyer Sound's MILO high-power curvilinear array with effusive praise during a recent demo session near Athens. "It is a very clean loudspeaker, with exceptional clarity and wide dispersion. It is bound to conquer the Greek market," said Theodore Sfetsas, technical director for the National Broadcasting Organization Orchestra, Music Unsamples. Read More »

Meyer Connects with TourLink in Orlando

Meyer Sound will be demonstrating the MILO high-power curvilinear array system at TourLink, a unique two-day conference and exhibition covering all facets of the touring entertainment production business. Tour Link is scheduled for November 21 and 22, and is conveniently co-located with the LDI show at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. Read More »

Meyer Sound MM-4s Hide Away at Florida Resort

Known for its atmosphere of casual elegance, Florida's Boca Raton Resort & Club is a jet-setter's hideaway where modern amenities blend with the opulent Mediterranean-influenced architecture of the 1920's Gold Coast heyday. To maintain the unblemished look of this bygone era while providing 21st century sound, the Resort has installed Meyer Sound MM-4 miniature wide range loudspeakers inside the chandeliers of the soaring Cathedral room. Hidden away and practically invisible, the complement of diminutive MM-4 systems fills the acoustically problematic room with consistently pleasurable music. Read More »

"Round" of Applause Greets Meyer Sound System in Sacramento

In July of 2003, after 52 summers of producing summer musicals in a canvas tent, Sacramento's Music Circus finally moved into a permanent home: the new 2,200-seat Wells Fargo Pavilion. Inside, patrons now enjoy installed theater seats (replacing steel and canvas chairs), air conditioning, enhanced lighting, and exceptional audio fidelity from 75 Meyer Sound loudspeakers. Read More »

Meyer Sound "Graduates" at the Curran Theatre

The 1967 film The Graduate was noted for its adult themes as much as its groundbreaking soundtrack. However, the road show version which played at San Francisco's Curran Theatre was also notable for the sound design created by Chris Cronin and operated for the production by Stephen Erb, which included the use of a variety of Meyer Sound loudspeakers, including the M1D ultra-compact curvilinear array loudspeaker. Read More »

Juan Carlos Yepes Appointed Latin American Regional Sales Manager

Meyer Sound Laboratories today announced the appointment of Juan Carlos Yepes as sales manager for Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Yepes is an industry veteran, having worked in professional audio for 17 years, including being front-of-house mixer for Grammy-winning artist Carlos Vives since 1994, and a stint in sales at Abba Trading Corp. of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The move is intended to emphasize the significance Meyer Sound ascribes to the Latin American market. Read More »

Audio Conceptos

Formed a little more than a year ago, Audio Conceptos (Santiago, Republica Dominicana) occupies the lead position in what the company's President, Jose Gutierrez, describes as a "virgin market" for audio professionals. Read More »

Meyer Sound and McCune Make Magic Monterey Jazz Festival

Since its inception in 1958, the Monterey Jazz Festival has played host to a comprehensive "Who's Who" of jazz giants and witnessed countless historic musical moments, earning the annual event a reputation as one of the world's most prestigious music festivals. In its 46th year, the weekend-long concert series boasted more than 500 artists on five stages, ranging from the delicate solo guitar of Ralph Towner to a plethora of big bands, from high school to professional level. The audience listened to every one of these acts through Meyer Sound speakers provided by San Francisco's McCune Audio/Video/Lighting. Having supplied sound systems for the festival nearly every year since it started, McCune was well acquainted with meeting the needs of the event's variety and reputation. Sound Supervisor Mike Neal has worked the festival for McCune for so many years the only way he can date his tenure there is by noting the earliest stage credential he can find…which is from 1970. Read More »

M2D System Boosts Profile of California Performing Arts Center

The recent purchase of a Meyer Sound M2D compact curvilinear array system has proven an across-the-board winning strategy for the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa, Calif. According to Luther Burbank Center (LBC) management, the system has earned glowing praise from audience members, slashed production costs associated with rental or artist-supplied PA systems, and stepped up the LBC's profile in the regional arts and entertainment market. Read More »

Meyer Sound LD-3 Keeps Three Tenors Clean in Bath

With the Georgian grandeur of the historic Royal Crescent framing the horizon, attendees at Bath's YTL Concert of Celebration were treated to the double pleasure of a balmy summer afternoon on the green and an evening serenade by Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras. As daylight ebbed, temperatures waned and humidity rose, but the sound remained consistently on target. To achieve the transition without breaking a sweat, the crew from Sound Hire added the new LD-3 compensating line driver to their usual complement of Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeakers. Read More »

Larry the O Appointed to Communications Manager Post

Audio industry veteran Larry the O has joined Meyer Sound's staff in the newly created position of Communications Manager. "We've known Larry for most of the company's life and have always admired his ability to grasp technical information, fuse it with a real-world audio perspective, and communicate it clearly and accurately," says Helen Meyer, executive vice president of Meyer Sound, "so it feels completely natural that he should join us and use his skills to inform the audio world about Meyer Sound's products and philosophy." Read More »

Meyer Sound Fills Federation Square Inside and Out

Designed to provide Melbourne, Australia, with a unifying public space, Federation Square is a landmark destination, built over a major railway yard and linking the city's central business district to its riverfront. The city-block-sized development combines open spaces with innovative architecture housing museums, offices, restaurants, shops, and performance venues. A major public/private venture, the site is projected to draw some six million visitors a year, many of whom will come for events such as concerts, lectures, and impromptu performances. To ensure a level of production quality that will keep these visitors coming back, the Square's management recently invested in sound systems from Meyer Sound for their two most important presentation spaces. Read More »

Meyer System "Blasted" into Charlotte Auditorium

When a touring production of the Broadway show Blast! roared through Charlotte, N.C., it left behind a strong sonic impression – one that eventually blossomed into a new, 20-cabinet Meyer Sound system worthy of any theater on the Great White Way. Read More »

Meyer System Does Double Duty for Georgia Church

The change that takes place every Sunday morning at Peachtree City United Methodist Church is not quite as dramatic as Clark Kent stepping into a phone booth and then, seconds later, leaping into the air as Superman. But there are similarities. Read More »

Florida Arena Installs 100% Meyer System

In order to significantly boost sound quality in the upper tier of seating, the Stephen C. O'Connell Center at the University of Florida in Gainesville has installed a new delay ring of 18 Meyer Sound UPA-1P compact wide coverage loudspeakers. When coupled with a 25-cabinet Meyer Sound main cluster installed earlier, the completed system now provides seamless coverage from the courtside seats through the topmost rows of this 12,000-seat home for Florida Gator athletics. Read More »

South Africa's Solid Rock Productions Invests in Meyer Sound

Versatility is paramount for PA rental companies in South Africa, where a typical slate of bookings can include hard rock concerts, a heavyweight championship bout and a jam-packed outdoor national celebration. Fortunately, Solid Rock Productions has recently invested in an inventory of Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeakers ready for any and all occasions. Read More »

Australia's Cabaret Nets Award with Meyer System

In Australia's live entertainment industry, there's no higher accolade than the Helpmann Award, established by the Australian Entertainment Industry Association (AEIA) to recognize excellence and distinguished artistic achievement. This year's presentation was a particular triumph for a Broadway-originated revival of Cabaret that has been touring the country's lyric theater circuit. In addition to awards for Best Musical, Best Musical Direction, and in several acting categories, Cabaret also took top honors in a crucial technical category: Best Sound Design. For the designers, John Scandrett and Julian Spink of System Sound in Prahran, Victoria, the recognition was made all the sweeter by the challenges they overcame along the way — with the help of a versatile collection of self-powered loudspeakers from Meyer Sound. Read More »

MILO Lauded by Symphony Mixers on Both US Coasts

Meyer Sound's MILO high-power curvilinear array has won a strong vote of confidence from the FOH mixers for two symphony orchestras on opposite coasts, in San Francisco and in New Haven, Connecticut. Read More »

Meyer System Engulfs Audience in WJD Wetherspoon Installs MM-4 sicked Wizardry

Distinguished New York sound designer Tony Meola is known for creating theatrical audio systems that are "transparent" or "invisible." However, those two terms take on a different shade of meaning when a show is set in Oz – where things aren't always what they seem or where they seem – as opposed to a show set in, well, Kansas. That crucial distinction explains, at least in part, why Meola placed over 150 Meyer Sound loudspeakers all around – and even underneath – the audience for the pre-Broadway engagement of the new musical Wicked at San Francisco's Curran Theatre. After all, when in Oz, one must allow for all sorts of sonic wizardry. Read More »

Missouri's Our Lady of the Lake Roman Catholic Church Achieves Perfect Coverage with MAPP

The new worship space at Our Lady of the Lake Roman Catholic Church in Branson, Mo., blends the spaciousness of the classical cathedral with the elegant simplicity of contemporary architecture. However, the visually striking interior – with seating for 1,300 – is not without acoustical perils: the vast open ceiling space and surrounding hard surfaces presented obvious intelligibility hazards. In order to keep sound directed precisely on the parishioners, and away from reflective surfaces, veteran system designer Bob McCarthy used Meyer Sound's free but very powerful acoustical prediction software, MAPP Online, to precisely design coverage of the church's new system of self-powered Meyer Sound loudspeakers. Read More »

M3D System 'Disappears' in Dome Down Under

On Mother's Day weekend in May, the 100-piece Sydney Symphony Orchestra – along with two massed choirs, the Australian Navy Band and four of Australia's top operatic soloists – took to the stage for the second annual SuperDome Symphony Spectacular. To carry sounds both delicate and dynamic throughout the 21,000-capacity arena, Coda Audio of Sydney supplied a 52-cabinet Meyer Sound self-powered system, anchored by M Series line array components. However, according to reports from those on the scene, the entire system seemed to vanish as soon as the orchestra began to play. Read More »

MILO Debuts in UK at Isle of Wight

The MILO high-power curvilinear array loudspeaker, the latest addition to Meyer Sound's extensive M Series range of line array loudspeakers, debuted at June's historic Isle of Wight festival. It was supplied by long-time Meyer Sound users, North London-based Canegreen. Canegreen has invested heavily in both M3D and M2D line array systems, and owns a large inventory of other Meyer Sound loudspeaker products which it has built up over two decades of intensive touring. All products have been supplied by Autograph Sales, Meyer Sound's distributors in the UK and Eire. Read More »

M1D, M2D Take Home Eddy

Following Meyer Sound's receipt three of the prestigious TEC awards in recent years, the company was extremely pleased to receive a second EDDY award for outstanding contributions in the field of entertainment design and technology. The accolade came for the M1D ultra-compact and the M2D compact curvilinear array loudspeakers and was presented at the EDDY awards ceremonies on June 27 at the John Jay Theater in New York City. Read More »

Meyer Sound Appoints Sales Manager for Caribbean, Central and South America

Antonio Alvarado has been appointed to the newly created position of sales manager for the Caribbean and Central and South America, according to a joint announcement by Scott Gledhill, international sales director at Meyer Sound, and Antonio Zacarias, managing director of Meyer Sound Mexico. Read More »

Norah Jones Tour Gains Momentum with MILO

Norah Jones' summer 2003 tour is proving yet another triumph for the multiple Grammy-winning chanteuse, with shows selling out far in advance and generating a string of glowing reviews. This year's tour is her first as a large venue headliner, and it also marks the initial cross-country outing for Meyer Sound's new MILO high power curvilinear array system. More than 50 shows are scheduled on the tour, from Florida to British Columbia, and the new MILO system will be used throughout, with only a few exceptions at the Greek Theater LA, The Edmonton Folk Festival and Tthe Joint in Las Vegas where the use of a house system is mandatory. Read More »

MILO Demo at Nashville's Soundcheck

Meyer Sound will hold an open house demo of the new MILO high-power curvilinear array system on July 17 – 19, coinciding with the annual NAMM Summer Session in Nashville. The three 8-hour sessions will allow ample time for each guest to experience the latest advancements in self-powered tour sound technology in a casual setting. The hands-on sessions are free and open to all sound industry professionals, including any NAMM attendees. Read More »

The Dead Tour with MILO, "A Sonic Miracle"

Originally known as the Grateful Dead, then reconstituted in the post-Garcia era as The Other Ones, the legendary San Francisco Bay area band now called simply The Dead is on yet another summer tour, accompanied by a MILO high power curvilinear array system by Meyer Sound. Read More »

Interview with Montreux Jazz Festival Monitor Mixer Stephen Thorneycroft

Stephen Thorneycroft has worked in the professional audio trade for more than three decades as a musician, tour manager, front-of-house mixer and monitor engineer. His enormous client list reads like a who's-who of touring acts and includes B. B. King, Ohio Players, and Johnny Cash. Read More »

Meyer Sound M2D Nominated for TEC Award

The Meyer Sound M2D compact curvilinear array has been nominated for a 2003 TEC Award in the category of Sound Reinforcement Loudspeaker Technology. Winners in all categories will be announced at the annual TEC Awards program to be held this year on October 11 at the Marriott Marquis hotel in New York City. Read More »

Meyer Sponsors Montreux for 17th Year

For two weeks every July, thousands of music lovers flock to the idyllic scenery of Switzerland for the annual Montreux Jazz Festival, one of the world's premier summer showcases for popular music. The 2003 season, the festival's 37th, also marks Meyer Sound's 17th consecutive year as a sponsor and official supplier of sound systems. Read More »

Meyer Puts the 'A' First in AV at InfoComm

Spearheading an initiative to "keep the A first in AV," Meyer Sound attracted considerable attention at InfoComm International (June 3 – 5) with a sizeable exhibit, new products, and a full slate of on-booth presentations. The response, according to company director of marketing Tim Chapman, was most gratifying. Read More »

Meyer Sound System Best in Class at U of Washington

When the Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media ("DXARTS") at the University of Washington set out to upgrade its concert sound capabilities, technical coordinator Chad Kirby faced a tough assignment. The system's requirements were defined by two professors — Richard Karpen and Juan Pampin — who are both composers and researchers in computer music, and thus knew not only how they wanted the system to sound but also what specifications were needed to achieve that performance. In addition, the system had to be portable, easy to fly, and extremely consistent from cabinet to cabinet. Kirby did his homework, finding several options for the three of them to evaluate. When the grading was done, Meyer Sound was at the head of the class. Read More »

Meyer Sound Rocks New Red Rocks Center

For years, Meyer Sound systems have passed through Denver's famed Red Rocks Amphitheater with touring artists playing summertime concerts at this spectacular 9500-seat venue. But beginning this year, Meyer Sound loudspeakers can be heard year-round at a new $16 million visitor's facility overlooking the famed amphitheater and surrounding parklands. Read More »

Heavenly Sound at Fort Smith's FUMC

Church architecture from the early 1920s may be inspirational, but the sound quality of vintage PA systems is usually less than divine. So when the congregation of the First United Methodist Church of Fort Smith, Ark., set out to restore their 1,100-seat sanctuary to its original glory, they hoped to simultaneously bring the church's sound system up to contemporary standards. The challenge was to address longstanding issues of intelligibility and reliability without detracting from the sanctuary's visual character. The answer, designed and installed by Digital World Productions of Rogers, Ark., was a system based on custom-painted M1D Ultra-Compact Curvilinear Array, UPM-1P Compact Wide Coverage and UPM-2P Compact Narrow Coverage loudspeakers from Meyer Sound. Read More »

Norah Jones Tours with MILO

Meyer Sound has announced robust sales for its new MILO high power curvilinear array loudspeakers including considerable quantities shipped to three of the United States' leading sound reinforcement rental companies: Audio Analysts of Colorado Springs, McCune Audio/Video/Lighting of San Francisco, and One Dream Sound of New York City. Read More »

Meyer Sound a Must for Mansion America Theatre Branson

The Mansion America theatre in Branson, Mo., recently installed a full complement of Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeakers, making it one of the few theatres in the area to offer capabilities rivaling Broadway houses. The system retrofit was prompted by the arrival of an extravagant production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Read More »

Meyer Sound Shines at Mohegan Sun

With a 10,000-seat arena for entertainment and sporting events, a nightly Cabaret featuring top-name performers, and numerous other special events and meetings, the Mohegan Sun gaming and entertainment complex in Uncasville, Conn., is a busy place 365 days a year. Read More »

JD Wetherspoon Intalls MM-4s

Meyer Sound's UK distributor Autograph Sales has recently supplied a number of MM-4 Miniature Wide-Range loudspeakers for a new bar/restaurant/club venue owned by national public house chain JD Wetherspoon, one of the fastest-growing companies in the UK. Read More »

Celine Dion Stays Home with Meyer

The long-standing relationship between Celine Dion and Meyer Sound entered a new phase on March 25 when she opened in "A New Day…", the eagerly anticipated fusion of musical artistry and innovative theater scheduled for a three-year engagement at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. Dion has toured the world with Meyer Sound systems since 1992, but now she will "stay home" with the largest Meyer Sound system ever installed in a theater – and quite likely the most ambitious concert-quality 5.1 surround system ever devised for live music production. Read More »

Oman Welcomes Ronan Keating & M3Ds

Dubai-based PA company Artes rolled out its brand new Meyer Sound M3D Line Array system for a recent stop on a Middle East tour by Irish pop singing sensation (and former Boyzone member) Ronan Keating. The concert, staged on the grounds of the Hotel Intercontinental in Muscat, Oman, drew a crowd of almost 3,000. Read More »

Meyer Helps Spread a Little Happiness

Meyer Sound's Chinese distributor Leifull Light & Sound Technology has installed Meyer Sound loudspeaker systems into the Happy Valley Theme Park in Shenzhen, China. The 170,000 sq. meter theme park was designed and built by Shenzhen OCT Happy Valley Tourism Development Company with a total investment of $90 million (USD), and opened to the public in 2000. Read More »

M3D Exerts Control Over Vast Domain

Each summer during Australia's annual Sydney Festival, visitors and residents gather for two free outdoor concerts staged on consecutive weekends: Symphony in the Domain and Jazz in the Domain. This year, a system comprised mainly of Meyer Sound M3D Line Array loudspeakers was used for both events, covering audiences of about 110,000 that were spread across the Domain's grassy expanse. Read More »

Leifull Enterprises

Since Meyer Sound's Guangzhou, P.R. China-based distributor Leifull Enterprises was established in the early 90s as a supplier of sound and lighting equipment, it has prided itself on having progressed through the closely held principles of exploration, practice and dedication. Read More »

Temporary Heroes Permanently Sold on Meyer

Over the past 10 years, the Minneapolis-based Temporary Heroes Orchestra has earned an enviable reputation as the Upper Midwest's top entertainment act for corporate meetings and special events. According to the orchestra's owner and music director, Jon Young, the 14-member ensemble has built its thriving business – astonishingly, with only one replacement in the original lineup – because "we over-deliver on the quality of music, the quality of people and the quality of sound." Read More »

Meyer Rig Debuts in Mid East Concerts

A crowd of nearly 8,000 assembled at the Golf Creek Club in the Persian Gulf state of Dubai in January for a concert by Iranian artist Mr. Ebi, one of the top music stars in the Middle East. The audience was treated to first-rate audio quality, thanks to the new Meyer Sound system recently acquired by Sonia Electronics, a Dubai-based PA and lighting rental company. Read More »

MILO Sale to Sweden's Starlight AB

Only hours after making the new product introduction at ProLight + Sound in Frankfurt, Meyer Sound announced the sale of 24 of its new MILO High-Power Curvilinear Array loudspeakers to Starlight AB of Sweden. Read More »

Meyer Presence Highlights Mexico Expo

Strong attendance figures and an upbeat mood contributed to the success of the first-ever Expo Sound:Check in Mexico City. Meyer Sound's extraordinary commitment to this debut show – which included a keynote address by company CEO John Meyer – likely played a major role in making the event a memorable one for everybody involved. Read More »

Meyer Sound Delivers Landmark Sound to Altanta's Fox Theatre

Atlanta's "Fabulous Fox" Theatre may be a historic landmark, but it's still very much alive as an important Southeastern venue for both local and touring performances and events. The Fox has kept its classic 4500-seat auditorium appealing to today's audiences with a commitment to providing a first-rate entertainment experience, which it recently underscored with the installation of a new sound reinforcement system from Meyer Sound. Read More »

Meyer Sound MM-4 Makes Big Impression at Paris' Centre Georges Pompidou

Meyer Sound's diminutive MM-4 Miniature Wide-Range loudspeaker has won immediate and enthusiastic acceptance from the technical staff at Centre Georges Pompidou, the architecturally daring museum of contemporary art in Paris. A total of 60 MM-4s provide full-range audio for two overlapping exhibitions at the Centre: examinations of the works of noted designer Philippe Starck and eclectic literary figure Roland Barthes. Read More »

Church Overhaul Includes Meyer Sound System

Scripture admonishes us not to put new wine in old bottles, but fortunately says nothing about putting a new worship auditorium inside an older church building. The Family Worship Center in Lakeland, Fla., has done just that, and the results so far – in particular the performance of the self-powered Meyer Sound system – have won enthusiastic approval. Read More »

Meyer Sound Playback Inspires Chicago Cast

When Queen Latifah belts out her bluesy numbers in Chicago, she certainly looks like she's pumped up by the music. There's no doubt that she's singing full force, though the songs you hear in the movie were not recorded during the filming. She was singing along to tracks recorded earlier (and mixed into the movie later), but while on camera her audio inspiration came from a quartet of Meyer Sound UPA-1C full-range loudspeakers with bass augmentation by a 650-P High Power subwoofer – the playback system used throughout Chicago's production. Read More »

Meyer Sound Rocks NSCA Expo

Meyer Sound kicked off NSCA Expo with the rockin' Commitments on stage, and wrapped up the show on the exhibit floor with solid commitments from customers. Read More »

Meyer System Gives La Mancha its Natural Sound

The Man of La Mancha has returned to Broadway, and once again our windmill-tilting hero transforms his prison cell through the force of imagination, wooing the fiery Aldonza and dreaming his impossible dreams. This current revival at New York's Martin Beck Theatre (where the original musical played 1968-71) has earned glowing reviews for Englishman Jonathan Kent's taut direction and compelling performances by Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell in the title role. The sound of the show is carried throughout the house by a sophisticated array of 62 Meyer Sound loudspeakers, supplied by Masque Sound & Recording of Moonachie, New Jersey, of all of which veteran sound designer Tony Meola strived – with notable success – to make acoustically invisible to the audience. Read More »

Lloyd Sound

In the face of an industry trend toward ever larger and more specialized operations, John Lloyd survives - and even thrives - as a pro audio generalist. "If you want to talk to somebody who knows a little bit about everything in the sound business, we're the ones to call," he says. Read More »

Norwegian Parliament Calls to Order With Meyer Sound MM-4s

Norway's parliament building in Oslo has been equipped with a distributed sound network and PA system featuring an innovative use of one of Meyer Sound's smallest products, the MM-4 Miniature Wide-Range loudspeaker. Read More »

Meyer Sound Shares in Astonishing Kremlin Transformation

Situated adjacent to the onion domes and spires of Russia's ancient capital, the vast State Kremlin Palace was built as a congress hall in the 1960s, and is best known as site of innumerable party conferences during the Soviet era. Western eyes glimpsed the interior only briefly in TV news, but today – along with everything else in Moscow – this epicenter of Cold War politics is being transformed by new ideas and new technologies. Recently, the sweeping changes included installation of a new self-powered audio system from Meyer Sound. Read More »

Meyer Sound Touring System Propels Crowd-Rousing Pretenders

On their winter tour of the United States, the Pretenders are filling houses ranging from 700 seats up to 4,000 seats with near capacity to sellout crowds. On most nights, however, the seats themselves quickly become irrelevant. Read More »

Sydney Opera House Taps Meyer Sound for Key Festival Events

From its modest beginnings in 1976, the Sydney Festival has grown into one of the world's premier international arts events, presenting three weeks of dance, opera, theater, visual arts and music ranging from hip-hip to Haydn. The 2003 Festival drew paid audiences of over 93,000 and roughly 1.5 million to the free outdoor events, and once again the Sydney Opera House was the setting for several festival highlights – with Meyer Sound systems on hand to provide appropriately stellar audio. Read More »

Meyer Sound Adds Audio Dimension to Sketch - A Work In Progress

One of the most talked about restaurants to open recently in London, Sketch has wowed diners with its new concept in eating out. Designed as a multipurpose space that encompasses an art gallery, restaurants, patisserie and bars — all of which change throughout the day — Sketch was named to reflect the concept that inspired it, that of a work-in-progress. Read More »

With Meyer Sound Aid, Sissel Soars in PBS Debut

"Sissel" lacks the instant name recognition of "Cher," yet this winsome Norwegian already has enchanted the countless millions who have heard her voice on the soundtrack of the mega-hit movie Titanic. She has sold more than 8 million recordings (mostly in Europe), and enjoys superstar status in Scandinavia. Her duet with Placido Domingo, Fire in Your Heart, was the official theme song for the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, and a recent live concert in Oslo, Norway – ably supported by a Meyer Sound M Series line array system – was videotaped for a March broadcast special on PBS in the United States. Read More »

Meyer Sound Tackles Tough KidStuf in Atlanta

Imagine the scene if Disney or Nickelodeon took over Sunday school, and you'd have a good idea of what happens at KidStuf. It's a place where big video screens zoom in on the action, where rollicking comedy and timely dramas play out across a homey double-decker stage, and where laughter and lively songs pour out across a crowd of 1100 kids and adults through a brand new Meyer Sound loudspeaker system. No, this is not your father's Sunday school. But, who says teaching faith and values has to be boring? Read More »

Lüdenscheid Cultural Center Installs M1D System

The striking angular exterior of the Kulturhaus (cultural center) of Lüdenscheid lends a distinctive accent to the urban architecture of the thriving German city. Surrounded by the greenery of a city park, the Kulturhaus is easily accessible from nearby shopping districts and the winding narrow streets and picturesque public squares of the historic Old Town. Inside the Kulturhaus theater, however, Lüdenscheid looks to the future with the latest in theater technology, including a recent installation designed around Meyer Sound's M1D Ultra-Compact Curvilinear Array loudspeakers. Read More »

Bennett, Sinatra Celebrate Cerritos' 10th

In 1993, Southern California's Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts – famed for its striking architecture and flexible six-configuration staging/seating design – opened with a gala concert starring Old Blue Eyes himself, Frank Sinatra. Sound for that opening show was mixed by Sinatra's long-time FOH engineer Tom Young, who next returned to the venue early in 2003 to mix Frank Sinatra, Jr., and headliner Tony Bennett for the 10th Anniversary Celebration Concerts. For the occasion, both Young and the audiences were treated to the venue's first deployment of a Meyer Sound M2D Compact Curvilinear Array loudspeaker system. Read More »

German Church Gets Message Across with Meyer Sound

In the United States, installation of audio systems suitable for music amplification has been common practice in churches for years, though in Germany such use of high-quality professional sound systems is a more recent – but fast growing – phenomenon. One church at the forefront of this trend, the Evangelical Free Church of Cologne, recently installed a new self-powered system from Meyer Sound. Read More »

Meyer Sound System Disappears into Glorious Church

The St. Michael's Church in Munich, Germany, is the largest Renaissance church in Europe, and also the second largest in the world built with barrel-vault architecture — eclipsed only by St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. With its 20-meter dome soaring over the lofty choir vaults and gilded side altars, St. Michaels stands as an impressive and enduring example of early 17th century baroque architecture. Read More »

Meyer Sound Self-Powered UPM-1Ps Hit the Ceiling at Marriott

Plenum-mount ceiling loudspeaker systems have been, for all practical purposes, the exclusive domain of distributed 70-volt transformer-tapped technology. Until now. At the new Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel near Houston, Texas, an unorthodox new design has ditched the old transformer-based system and opted for digital processing and matrixing with direct feeds to a phalanx of Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeakers. Is this the start of a revolution in the ceiling? Read More »

Cuernavaca Club Frolics to Meyer Sound Beat

The city of Cuernavaca – famous for its year-round mild weather and sunny spas – is a favorite weekend destination for people seeking a getaway from Mexico City, a 90-minute drive to the north. Cuernavaca is also home to some of the hottest nightclubs in Mexico, and one of them, the Barbazul Disco, recently underwent a major renewal project that included a new sound system with self-powered loudspeakers from Meyer Sound. Read More »

SB-2s Defy Cacophony at Detroit Auto Show

The multichannel music and sound effects tracks were reproduced by four UPM-1Ps hidden inside the truck, two 650-P subwoofers underneath it, four CQ-2s overhead, and additional contributions from nearby SB-2s, CQ-2's and 650-P subwoofers that were matrixed into the program during the show. This past January, more than 880,000 visitors swarmed into Detroit's Cobo Center to see the latest in automotive technology on display at the North American International Auto Show. What these visitors did not see – though most heard it – was a significant breakthrough in audio technology. Tucked away behind scrims over the Dodge booth, six Meyer Sound SB-2 Parabolic Wide-Range Sound Beams created tightly defined soundscapes in open space, each separated aurally from the others and from the surrounding din of the exhibit hall. Read More »

Angel Takes Wing with Meyer X-10s

North London recording and mixing complex Angel Studios, which specializes in classical recordings and film soundtrack work, has installed a Meyer Sound X-10 Linear Control Room Monitor 5.1 system into its newly-refurbished Studio One. The aim of the refurbishment was to update the equipment and create more space in the main control room. Read More »

Meyer Sound Spurs Excitement in San Antonio's SBC Center

Not content to play second fiddle behind Dallas and Houston, the city of San Antonio vaulted to the front ranks in the Texas arena race this year with the opening of the SBC Center. Home to the NBA's Spurs and the AHL's Rampage, as well the annual San Antonio Livestock Exposition, the SBC Center also hosts entertainment events ranging from the Rolling Stones and Cher to Sesame Street Live and the Harlem Globetrotters. In its move to the forefront of on-site technology, the San Antonio venue has installed a dazzling array of audio and video gear. Read More »

Meyer Sound Installed in Norway's Det Norske Teatret

One of two state-funded theaters in Norway, Det Norske Teatret has operated since 1985 from a purpose-built complex in the center of Oslo. Although a reinforcement system based on Meyer Sound products was installed when the building first opened and has been periodically updated with new units, the time was right for a brand new system. The obvious choice was more Meyer Sound. Read More »

LydRommet

LydRommet's connection with Meyer Sound stretches back to 1985, when company president Christian Wille first approached then European distributor Autograph Sales about becoming the Norwegian dealer for the brand. Wille was aware of Meyer Sound's strong acceptance in the U.K. – particularly in the theater market – and he had set his sights on similar success in Norway. He quickly convinced Autograph to bring some Meyer Sound loudspeakers across the North Sea for an on site demonstration at the prestigious Oslo Concert Hall. Read More »

Michael Maxson Joins Meyer Sound's Technical Support Team

Michael Maxson has joined Meyer Sound as a technical support assistant, based at the company's Berkeley, Calif., headquarters. Maxon comes to Meyer following five years as a systems designer and engineer at Walt Disney Entertainment in Orlando. Read More »

Meyer Sound System Installed in South Korean Church

The new Ju An Presbyterian church in South Korea has installed a sound reinforcement system based around self-powered loudspeakers from Meyer Sound. The system is one of the largest ever to go into a church in South Korea, a country noted for its extensive Christian population. The Ju An church, whose design was inspired by Noah's Ark, is located in Incheon City, to the west of South Korean capital Seoul. It has nearly 8,000 seats and will be used to serve a total congregation of approximately 40,000 Christians. Read More »

Meyer Sound SB-2 Closes Intelligibility Gap at Denver International Airport

With its roof of 34 white spires – inspired by the Rocky Mountains and Native American teepees – the Jeppesen Terminal at Denver International Airport emerges like a giant sculpture from the grassy Colorado plains. Though visually striking, this daring architecture led to difficult intelligibility problems inside the terminal's Great Hall – a challenge finally overcome by a paging system retrofit that included three Meyer Sound SB-2 Parabolic Wide-Range Sound Beams. Read More »

M Series Ensures Flexibility at Sydney Opera House

The courtyard at the famed Sydney Opera House was recently transformed into a spectacular open-air performance space, set against the stunning backdrop of the "white sails." The Forecourt had been used previously for New Years Eve celebrations and special concerts during the Sydney Olympics. While in past years rented sound reinforcement was acceptable, this new use demanded a dedicated production setup that was flexible enough to meet the variety of performances and configurations planned for the space. In keeping with the high standards associated with this prestige venue, a Meyer Sound M Series system was chosen. Read More »

The Egg Hatches New Meyer Sound System in New York

A new surround sound system by Meyer Sound, installed late in 2002, marks a turning point in the 24-year history of The Egg, an architecturally daring center for the arts in Albany, New York. In prior years, with precious few exceptions, live music performances coming to the Egg either had to load in their own production or have a system hired in. Unfortunately, confronted with the hall's wide seating arc and uninspiring acoustics, the temporary rig du jour rarely gave full satisfaction. Read More »

Def Poetry Slams Broadway with Meyer Sound

Russell Simmon's Def Poetry Jam turned Broadway topsy-turvy this season, flouting conventional wisdom and perking up the jaded critics. The New York times called it "the most singular offering in mainstream New York theater these days" while Time magazine found it "a fast-paced, highly charged evening that manages the rare feat of satisfying insiders while introducing outsiders to something revelatory." Read More »

M3D Pleases on Krall's Southern Leg

When acclaimed Canadian jazz chanteuse Diana Krall returned to the United States in November for a reprise of her triumphant "Look of Love" springtime tour, her quick swing through Dixie included stops in the cities that gave birth to jazz and blues: New Orleans and Memphis. To sweeten the aural appeal, her sold-out shows at the Saenger Theater in New Orleans and the Orpheum in Memphis – as well as at the Majestic Theater in San Antonio – were carried to the captivated audiences by a Meyer Sound M Series line array system. Read More »

Canary Islands Venue Sings with Meyer System

The management of the Alfredo Kraus Auditorium approached Meyer Sound Spain to assess the venue's sound reinforcement needs. Technicians brought in a SIM System II FFT Analyzer, evaluated the acoustical environment and recommended a system of UPA-1P Compact Wide Coverage loudspeakers, UPA-2P Compact Narrow Coverage loudspeakers and USW-1P Compact subwoofers. Read More »

Kuala Lumpur's The Disco Chooses Meyer Sound

When Malaysian club owner Jay Subramaniam needed a sound system for his new project, The Disco in Kuala Lumpur, he looked no further than Meyer Sound. Situated above Liquid, one of Subramaniam's established clubs, The Disco spans 6,000 square feet with 40-foot high ceilings to accommodate 900 people. The space previously housed a multiplex cinema, and was completely gutted to become what Subramaniam describes as a "pure dance club." Read More »

Barrage Fiddles About with Meyer Sound

Barrage has been described as Stomp meets Riverdance with violins, although according to a reviewer for the Seattle Times, "Such a neat summary covers the energetic dancing, inventive percussion and instrumental prowess, but doesn't quite capture the entertaining result." Barrage has stormed out of the Canadian West – seven fiddles blazing across a potpourri of styles from classical to Klezmer – to captivate crowds on a tour of the continent. One crucial "instrument" that helped convey the dynamic of the music to the audiences was a self-powered reinforcement system from Meyer Sound. Read More »

Meyer Sound M1D Bridges the Centuries at St. Anthony's

Though strikingly contemporary in its elegant simplicity, St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church in The Woodlands, Texas also resonates — literally! — with the architecture of 14th century cathedrals: soaring ceilings, cruciform architecture and the abundant use of stone and glass. However, during the youth-oriented Life Team Mass on Sunday nights, the amplified sounds inside St. Anthony's are undeniably from the 21st Century. The demanding task of reconciling these two acoustically opposing eras falls principally on a sound reinforcement system based around M1D Ultra-Compact Curvilinear Array loudspeakers from Meyer Sound. Read More »