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Monday, February 06, 2012
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02/06/12 05:27 PM,
Meyer Sound has announced Miguel Lourtie as its new European technical services manager, where he will supervise the company’s technical support team in Europe and assume primary responsibility for sales support and design services in the region. “Customer support is paramount at Meyer Sound,” says John Monitto, Meyer Sound’s director of technical support worldwide. “Our customers expect an extremely high level of technical expertise and customer service. With his outstanding technical skills, customer rapport, experience in the field, and fluency…
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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01/25/12 12:12 PM,
The Meyer Sound line of self-powered, low-voltage audio products has grown with the addition of three new 48-volt, DC-powered loudspeakers that offer the same performance as their AC-powered counterparts. The new UPM-1XP 48 V DC ultracompact wide-coverage loudspeaker is the low-voltage version of the UPM-1P ultracompact three-way loudspeaker. The UPM-1XP is capable of 123 dB peak SPL over an operating frequency range of 75 Hz to 20 kHz. The new UPJunior-XP 48 V DC ultracompact VariO loudspeaker combines the distinct…
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Monday, January 23, 2012
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01/23/12 04:19 PM,
Now settled into its new purpose-built theatre, the Improv Comedy Club in Houston, TX., has cemented its reputation as one of the country’s premier showcases for comedic talent. A fan-shaped room with raked seating ensures that everyone gets a clear view of both the stage and the 16-foot-wide projection surface by Stewart Filmscreen, while Meyer Sound loudspeakers deliver all the punch lines with crisp intelligibility to 510 seats. “It’s a great sounding room,” asserts Houston Improv general manager Raymond Cook.…
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
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12/22/11 11:59 AM,
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Meyer Sound has added Mac Johnson and Ana Lorente to the Constellation team. Johnson has been named Constellation project manager, transferring from his prior position as education programs coordinator for the company. Lorente, formerly with the projects department of Meyer Sound Spain, will now serve as Constellation project designer. “Both Mac and Ana already have extensive experience with Constellation,” states John McMahon, Meyer Sound executive director, digital products. “The success of the projects they worked on is a major factor…
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Monday, December 12, 2011
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12/12/11 06:54 PM,
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Judas Priest has embarked on what the band is calling its final world tour, with support from Meyer Sound equipment and supplier Major Tom Limited. The “Epitaph” tour has included Europe, South America, Mexico, and 35 stops in Canada and the U.S. (wrapping up December 3 in Biloxi, Miss.). The next stop is Japan in early 2012. The house system includes 48 MILO line array loudspeakers, as well as 24 Meyer Sound 700-HP and four 600-HP subwoofers, three M’elodie line…
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Friday, November 18, 2011
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11/18/11 10:46 AM,
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Meyer Sound has announced the appointment of Miles Rogers to the position of EXP applications development manager. Based in Berkeley, Calif. headquarters, Rogers is taking on a broad range of responsibilities for Meyer Sound’s rapidly expanding EXP cinema technologies division. “Miles comes to us with not only a solid knowledge of all post-production technologies but also strong personal relationships with key people in the industry,” states Steve Shurtz, Meyer Sound technology director, EXP. “His experience and talents are a welcome…
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
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11/17/11 11:36 AM,
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The German city of Mannheim, birthplace of the automobile, celebrated the 125th anniversary of Carl Benz’s gas-powered buggy this fall with autosymphonic, a multimedia spectacular featuring an original composition for orchestra, chorus, and various synchronized car sounds as played live on 80 carefully auditioned vehicles. To immerse an audience of 17,000 in this sonic mix, POOLgroup of Emsdetten, Germany deployed a large-scale surround system comprising 296 Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeakers, all networked and controlled using Meyer Sound’s D-Mitri digital audio…
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Friday, November 11, 2011
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11/11/11 01:23 PM,
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Legendary country/pop artist Dolly Parton is performing across America, Europe, and Australia on the Better Day World Tour, with front of house engineer and production manager Mike Fechner and monitor engineer Jason Glass, both of whom have been with Parton for several years, utilizing Meyer Sound MILO and MICA line array loudspeakers. For the U.S. legs of the tour, Livonia, Mich.-based Thunder Audio provided 24 MILO and 16 MICA line array loudspeakers; eight 700-HP subwoofers; eight UPJ-1P VariO loudspeakers; 18…
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Wednesday, November 02, 2011
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11/02/11 12:48 PM,
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A chart-topper in Europe, Australia and his native Canada, singer Michael Bublé played the 150th show of his “Crazy Love” arena tour at the HP Pavilion in San Jose. The tour has utilized Meyer Sound MILO line array loudspeakers throughout. “With eight horns in a 13-piece band, there’s a wide range of dynamics and a lot going on,” explains front of house engineer Craig Doubet, whose credits include k.d. lang, Sergio Mendes and Luis Miguel. “MILO is really the only…
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
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10/26/11 08:51 AM,
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Housed in the Sibelius Hall Congress and Concert Centre, the 1,229-seat Main Hall serves as the home to the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, and a year-round program of Finnish light music, standup comedy, and operettas. Listed by Sydney Morning Herald and Gramophone magazine among the world’s best concert venues, the Main Hall’s celebrated physical acoustic features were designed by New York-based Artec Consultants in 2000. For presentations that require amplification, the hall has recently upgraded to Meyer Sound M’elodie line array…
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