Meyer Sound Stories that include M1D

Meyer Sound Cinema Experience Featured in Toronto's Exquisite New TIFF Bell Lightbox 

Meyer Sound Cinema Experience audio systems will be featured in two premier cinemas at Toronto's new TIFF Bell Lightbox, a dazzling new five-story complex in downtown Toronto that is destined to become a leading international centre for film. TIFF Bell Lightbox is slated to open on September 12th during the 35th Toronto International Film Festival. Read More »

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and IT Audio Take Meyer Sound Constellation to Outdoor Stage (Live Sound)

For performing arts organizations, open-air concerts present a rare opportunity to reach out to the community. But for the musicians, performing outdoors often becomes a compromise, without the acoustic support of a stage shell that allows them to properly hear each other. The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and IT Audio took the lead to engage Meyer Sound's Constellation acoustic system in an outdoor concert for the first time, using a virtual electronic stage shell to give artists an ideal performance environment, while steering clear of the camera sightlines for the TV broadcast. Read More »

Meyer Sound System Recreates "Studio Surround" in Auditorium at German Music University (Live Performance Venues)

In the 1,000-seat auditorium of Germany's Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln (Cologne University of Music and Dance), a dual-purpose Meyer Sound reinforcement system, tailored to the institution's wide-ranging programs for both traditional acoustic and avant-garde electronic music, was recently installed. The system provides powerful left-right sound reinforcement directed from the stage while immersing the seven-sided auditorium in a multichannel (quadro- or octaphonic) sound field.
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Meyer Sound Brings "The King" Back to Vegas in Viva ELVIS™ by Cirque du Soleil® (Live Performance Venues)

Viva ELVIS, the seventh resident production by Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas, revitalizes the mythic rock 'n' roll icon by infusing the raw energy of his best concert performances into lavish Broadway-style production numbers and—of course—exhilarating acrobatic spectacles. The show demands artful blending of disparate audio elements: an eight-piece on-stage band, four female singers, the voice of Elvis, and dynamic sound effects. To support the mix with full impact, sound designer Jonathan Deans engaged a total of 279 self-powered Meyer Sound loudspeakers and the largest all-digital Matrix3 audio show control and CueConsole modular control surface system ever assembled.
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Oasis of the Seas Sets Sail with Record-Setting Meyer Sound Systems  (Live Performance Venues)

As Oasis of the Seas sailed out of a Finnish shipyard, the luxuriously outfitted flagship of Royal Caribbean International went straight into the record books as the largest and most expensive passenger vessel ever built—weighing more than 225,000 gross registered tons and costing $1.5 billion. Oasis of the Seas also sets a new record for the largest ocean-going Meyer Sound systems. Three complex Matrix3 audio show control systems are installed, along with a total of 268 loudspeakers that include Meyer Sound's most compact subwoofer, custom designed to meet the stringent space requirements on the cruise ship. Read More »

Dubai's Palladium Widens Event Diversity with Meyer Sound MICA  (Live Performance Venues)

The vision for The Palladium was clear from the project's onset: to create a flexible venue that would put Dubai on the world map of entertainment. Indeed, in its first year of operation, The Palladium has played host to Akon, Backstreet Boys, The Merchants of Bollywood, and The Twelve Tenors, in addition to the Middle East Waste Summit, the Gulf Malayalam Music Awards, and comedy shows from the Laughter Factory. Adaptable technical features, including a Meyer Sound MICA line array loudspeaker system, are credited with bringing the impressive programming potential to the venue. Read More »

Meyer Sound M'elodie Translates MAMMA MIA! into Dutch, Flawlessly  (Live Performance Venues)

A new touring production of MAMMA MIA! is filling theatres across the Netherlands, with dialog and lyrics in Dutch but with a sound that is universally ABBA. To make sure that audiences are swept away by such hits as "Dancing Queen" and "Voulez-Vous," the production carries a powerful reinforcement system based around 32 Meyer Sound M'elodie line array loudspeakers. Read More »

Meyer Sound M'elodie and Matrix3 Pump Energy into Cirque du Soleil's OVO (Live Performance Venues)

A Cirque du Soleil® production touring America under the Grand Chapiteau tent, OVO™ presents another gasp-inducing acrobatic spectacle—this time choreographed around a storyline of romance and conflict in the micro-world of bugs. To complement the dazzling visuals, OVO envelops the audience with insect sounds blended into Brazilian-inflected music, all dynamically mixed through a Meyer Sound Matrix3 audio show control and self-powered loudspeaker system. Read More »

Meyer Sound Constellation Provides Flexible Acoustics for Nokia Concert Hall at Estonia's Solaris Centre (Live Performance Venues)

Located in Estonia's bustling capital of Tallinn, the Solaris Cultural and Leisure Centre—a gleaming new arts, retail, and cinema complex—catches the eye with glass walls and roof that admit sunlight for eco-friendly illumination and heating. The centre's primary venue, the 1,829-seat Nokia Concert Hall, similarly entices audiences with Meyer Sound's Constellation acoustic system and sound reinforcement loudspeakers. Read More »

Meyer Sound Has the Answer for Drei ???  (Live Performance Venues)

Anchored by a potent Meyer Sound system with MICA and M'elodie line array loudspeakers, Drei ??? was a live touring rendition of an immensely popular series of German radio plays based on the American juvenile detective novels. After an earlier, smaller-scale tour proved wildly successful, performers portraying the three intrepid investigators were booked for a 2009 tour in venues throughout Germany holding multigenerational audiences of up to 13,000 avid fans. Read More »