Meyer Sound Stories that include HD-1

Michel Sardou Takes Meyer Sound LEO on Arena Tour  (Live Sound)

With 320 million records sold since launching his career almost 50 years ago, French singer Michel Sardou shows no signs of slowing down. Frequently filling concert halls and arenas, Sardou is the latest artist to tour with the new Meyer Sound LEO large-scale sound reinforcement system as he brings his spectacle to France and Belgium. Read More »

Meyer Sound HD-1 Selected for TECnology Hall of Fame 

The Meyer Sound HD-1 high definition studio monitor has been announced as a 2012 TECnology Hall of Fame inductee by the TEC Foundation for Excellence in Audio. The ceremony will be held on January 26, 2013 during the NAMM Show in Anaheim, Calif. Read More »

With Meyer Sound JM-1P, the Power Difference is Clear at Kentucky's Hillvue Heights Church (Worship)

When Hillvue Heights Church of Bowling Green, Ky. installed a new Meyer Sound reinforcement system based on JM-1P arrayble loudspeakers, the sermon and music no longer sounded the same. Read More »

Iceland's Magnificent Harpa Concert Hall & Conference Centre is Complete with Meyer Sound (Live Performance Venues)

Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre in Reykjavik is a keystone element in Iceland's bid to become a first-tier destination for both business meetings and arts events. Harpa expects to attract increased bookings with its striking architecture and cutting-edge A/V systems—notably incorporating more than 160 Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeakers. Read More »

Video Interview: CfaN in Africa Puts Meyer Sound Weather Protection to Test 

For Christ for all Nations (CfaN), audio challenges are multifold. Its technical team's assignment is to amplify spoken word clearly for outdoor audiences numbered in the hundreds of thousands in locations across Africa, where extreme conditions of rain, wind, and dust combine to threaten the health of AV equipment. Read More »

How Audio Supports the Michael Bublé Experience on the Crazy Love Arena Tour (with Video) 

At the HP Pavilion in San Jose this summer, Michael Bublé played the 150th show of his "Crazy Love" arena tour. We sat with Craig Doubet (FOH engineer) and Louis-Philippe Maziade (crew chief) who shared how the audio team connected the audience with the artist on this year-long arena tour. Read More »

Papal Visit to Germany Heard through Meyer Sound (Live Sound)

This fall, when Pope Benedict XVI returned to his native Germany for a historic visit to the cradle of the Reformation, Meyer Sound systems provided audio reinforcement for two key events. Read More »

"MythBusters" Uses Meyer Sound Technology to Pit Movie Effects against the "Real Thing" 

In a recent episode of "MythBusters" on Discovery Channel, show hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman worked with Meyer Sound to investigate whether the "big bangs"—specifically gunshots and explosions—heard in movie soundtracks are sonically faithful to the real events. The episode, entitled "Blow Your Own Sail," was aired on May 11, 2011. Read More »

Meyer Sound Mourns Friend, Music Engineer Roger Nichols 

An audio industry pioneer, Roger Nichols played an instrumental role in a Meyer Sound milestone when he inspired the company to develop the HD-1 reference loudspeaker into a near-field monitoring system for recording studios and live mixing environments. Nichols was the first engineer to use HD-1 monitors for a recording—Flying Cowboys by Rickie Lee Jones. Other artists who worked with Nichols include Placido Domingo, Roseanne Cash, Frank Sinatra, and The Beach Boys. Read More »

Oscar and Golden Reel Nominees Rely on Meyer Sound Loudspeakers 

The pivotal role of Meyer Sound loudspeaker systems in film sound production was underscored with the recent announcement of this year's Oscar nominees for Sound Editing by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. For four of the five nominated films, members of the sound team relied on Meyer Sound monitors in their editing suites. Read More »