Meyer Sound Stories that include USM-1P

Gathering of the Vibes Festival Spans Three Generations of Meyer Sound Loudspeakers  (Live Sound)

In mid-summer of 2010, more than 20,000 fans of jam-band music gathered in Bridgeport, Conn. for the 16th annual Gathering of the Vibes (GOTV), a four-day festival inspired by—and in some cases played by members of—the legendary Grateful Dead. The bands and audiences were a diverse group of young devotees and graying veterans, while the festival's sound system of 138 Meyer Sound loudspeakers comprised products introduced across a span of more than a quarter century. Read More »

Meyer Sound Educates and Entertains at New Full Sail Live (Live Performance Venues)

Full Sail University in Winter Park, Fla. launched a bold new educational initiative earlier this summer with the opening of Full Sail Live, a 22,000-square-foot multi-use performance venue. At the heart of the facility's cutting-edge technology is a flexible, 65-cabinet Meyer Sound reinforcement system that can be easily reconfigured for concert, spoken word presentations, or cinema and multimedia surround applications. 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 »

Germany Celebrates 20th Anniversary of the Fall of Berlin Wall with Meyer Sound (Live Sound)

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, world leaders and citizens gathered to commemorate the momentous event in German history. Meyer Sound systems, including the JM-1P arrayable loudspeaker, provided powerful reinforcement for some of the largest celebrations in and around Berlin. Read More »

BW-Bank jazzopen stuttgart 2009 a Success with Versatile Meyer Sound System (Live Sound)

One of Europe's largest festivals for jazz, soul, and pop rock music, BW-Bank jazzopen stuttgart 2009 recently concluded after 11 days of live concerts, featuring Lenny Kravitz, Grace Jones, Sonny Rollins, and a special presentation of Katie Melua with the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra. The largest concerts this year were moved indoors to the new Stuttgart fairgrounds, with Meyer Sound systems providing sound reinforcement for the first time. Read More »

Meyer Sound's Low-Frequency Directional Control Helps Bring New Orleans to Duke Ellington Jazz Festival  (Live Sound)

Jazz On the National Mall was the highlight of this summer's Duke Ellington Jazz Festival, the largest annual music event in Washington, DC, with more than 100 performances staged at concert venues and clubs around the city. In front of the Washington Monument, a Meyer Sound system provided by Coatesville, Pa.-based DBS Audio enabled thousands of artists and visitors to fully indulge in the splendid dynamics and mesmerizing beat of a concert program dedicated to New Orleans jazz, with performances by Terence Blanchard, Trombone Shorty, and Donald Harrison Jr. Read More »

Meyer Sound and Procon Power Dual Stages at Germany's Viva Comet Awards  (Live Sound)

The Comet Awards was recently held at König-Pilsener-Arena in Oberhausen, Germany, with even and powerful sound reinforcement coming from more than 190 Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeakers, which stayed out of TV sightlines for the live broadcast pop music event. The TM Array configuration of subwoofers was deployed to provide even low-frequency coverage. Read More »

Historic Pallas Theatre Revives Athens with Meyer Sound M'elodie  (Live Performance Venues)

When Athens' Pallas Theatre was built in 1926, it quickly became a popular cosmopolitan destination for Athenian socialites, replacing the royal horse stables that were representative of this oldest city in Europe. With its regular jazz music and other eclectic performances, the Pallas Theatre paved the way for an influx of cafes, restaurants, and other gathering places, transforming the city's Voukourestiou Street district into a cultural hub. Many decades later, Athens received a much needed revitalization, and the Pallas Theatre also received a full-scale cosmetic makeover, as well as a sound system based on the Meyer Sound M'elodie line array loudspeaker.
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Skyfox and Meyer Sound Breathe New Life into Armenian Cultural Center (Live Performance Venues)

The Karen Demirchyan Sport and Culture Complex (SCC) plays a key role in the cultural life of Armenian capital Yerevan, hosting boxing championships, symphony orchestras, and performances of international artists such as Boney M and Thomas Anders. SCC has recently undergone a large modernization project and upgraded its sports arena and concert hall to new self-powered Meyer Sound systems, designed and installed by Alexander Davydkin, Dmitry Elkin, and Andrey Belousov of Moscow-based Skyfox Group. Read More »

Procon Celebrates 20 Years of Event Technology
 

The Procon Group, a leading international full-service supplier of technical equipment for event and television productions, is celebrating 20 years of business. Read More »