Meyer Sound participates in virtual NAMM
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“Meyer Sound has seen great success from the NAMM Show over the past few years as it is a great place for us to showcase our products suited for this audience,” notes Meyer Sound director of global marketing Tim Boot. “Although we are unable to connect with our customers in person during this time, we are grateful that we have this opportunity at the virtual NAMM show to share what we have been working on over the past year, including a new variant of our best-selling loudspeaker and a new solution for the post-production and residential markets.”
The virtual booth will feature product information about the award-winning ULTRA-X40 and ULTRA-X20 point source loudspeakers, Leopard compact linear line array loudspeaker, the company’s new software applications - Spacemap Go spatial sound design and mixing tool and MAPP 3D system design and prediction tool - and the newly introduced Ultra Reflex screen channel sound solution for direct view displays.
As part of the NAMM U TEC Tracks programming, Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir and Derek Featherstone, CEO of UltraSound and long-time FOH mixer for recent Dead-related acts including Dead & Company, discuss the long strange trip of the band’s quest for the best audience sound experience. Weir goes back to the Wall of Sound days when Meyer Sound CEO John Meyer first got involved, even pre-dating the founding of Meyer Sound Laboratories in 1979. The session is available Thursday, 21 January at 12:45 PM PST.
Additional programming includes discussions with Berlin-based electronic duo Mouse on Mars as well as Ed Sheeran’s production team. Meyer Sound director, spatial sound Steve Ellison will sit down with Mouse on Mars Tuesday, 19 January at 10:00 AM PST for Mouse on Mars Discuss Spatial Sound Mixing where the artists will explain how they use Spacemap Go for their work - from live performances and art exhibitions to the recording studio for their new album - and explain how to use the spatial sound tool.
Wednesday, 20 January at 10:00 AM PST, Ed Sheeran’s long-time production manager and FOH engineer Chris Marsh and audio systems engineer Charlie Albin as well as Meyer Sound’s sales manager, Asia Pacific Chris D’bais, will dive into the singer-songwriter’s Divide tour. The session Ed Sheeran Production Team Discusses Divide Tour explores the production team’s life on the road, their preferred audio solutions, and what they have been working on since the end of the tour in 2019.
Meyer Sound’s sales and technical services team will be available for one-on-one meetings throughout the show.
