ESAMA Students Receive John and Helen Meyer Scholarship Awards

Five students of ESAMA (Superior School for AudioVisual Media) in Andalusia, Spain, have been awarded the John and Helen Meyer Scholarship. Read More »

Meyer Sound's Education Program: Bringing Sound Science to Every Corner of the World

Since the first "SIM School" held in 1984, Meyer Sound has continually expanded its education program into an effort that now stages an ongoing series of science-based professional seminars on six continents. In 2007 alone, Meyer Sound conducted a total of 79 seminars worldwide, and in 2008, that number is expected to increase to more than 126 seminars in 29 countries. The award-winning company... Read More »

Meyer Sound Announces John and Helen Meyer Scholarship in Spain

As well as being a manufacturer of quality self-powered loudspeakers and pro audio equipment, Meyer Sound has long been dedicated to increasing scientific knowledge and understanding among sound professionals by maintaining a global program of high-level training in sound reinforcement-related topics. Now, Meyer Sound Laboratories, Inc., in conjunction with Meyer Sound España, S.A., is proud to announce the formation of the John and Helen Meyer Scholarship. The scholarship program is being awarded in partnership with ESAMA (Superior School for AudioVisual Media) of Andalusia, Spain. Read More »

Meyer Sound Helps Launch New Live Sound Program at Texas's South Plains College

When considering educational programs in audio production, prospective students probably think first of schools located in Nashville, Los Angeles, or Orlando, but certainly not Levelland, Texas. Yet, on the windswept grasslands 30 miles west of Lubbock, students discover a hidden jewel of a program at South Plains College (SPC), a comprehensive two-year community college with more than 100 associate degree and certificate options. The college's Sound Technology program, a part of their Creative Arts department, has been in place for 25 years and received national acclaim. In November 2006, the college's recently added Live Sound/Sound Reinforcement Certificate program received a powerful boost from a two-day seminar presented in conjunction with Meyer Sound's worldwide educational program.
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Meyer Sound Brings Mixing Seminar and More to Europe

Meyer Sound has long been committed to providing the professional audio community with high-level training seminars that present scientifically valid information on both theoretical concepts and their practical applications. Continuing the steady expansion the company's education program has seen in the last few years, Meyer Sound's latest seminars are now coming to the European continent. Read More »

Bob McCarthy Gives Meyer Sound Design Seminar in Korea

In Seoul, South Korea, an enthusiastic group of 105 audio professionals absorbed lessons from Meyer Sound Senior Education Consultant Bob McCarthy as he presented a seminar entitled "The Optimized Design." The 3-day class, extracted for the occasion from the five-day SIM 3 Training and System Design seminar, gives a concentrated overview of the theory and principles required to design complex sound systems in a way that facilitates optimal alignment in any acoustical environment. McCarthy's presentation featured new material developed while writing his forthcoming book, Sound Systems: Design and Optimization, scheduled for publication in October by Focal Press.
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Legendary Mixer Buford Jones Conducts Meyer Sound Seminar

Buford Jones, Meyer Sound's Tour Liaison Manager, has added his illustrious credentials to the company's education program with a new seminar offering that focuses exclusively on all aspects – artistic, technological and psychological – of FOH mixing. Entitled "The Mixing Workshop," the full-day presentation draws extensively on Jones' three decades of top-level FOH touring experience with the elite of rock and country acts: Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, James Taylor, Faith Hill, Counting Crows and Clint Black, among many others. The most recent workshop was held on June 7 at Full Sail, a private media and entertainment school in Winter Park, Fla., following the seminar's debut on April 6 in Studio C of the Soundcheck rehearsal facility in Nashville. Meyer Sound maintains an office at Soundcheck and has installed loudspeaker systems in the facility's four primary rehearsal halls. Read More »

Meyer Sound SIM 3 Training Comes to Hamburg

Meyer Sound brought its long-running worldwide professional training program to Hamburg, Germany, recently with a highly successful seminar on the SIM 3 audio analyzer and its source independent measurement system. The four-day interactive event, titled "SIM 3 Training and System Design," drew 40 audio professionals from varied backgrounds, including the touring, theater, and AV installation markets. The intensive sessions were presented in English by Mauricio "Magu" Ramirez, Meyer Sound's engaging senior seminar technical instructor. Read More »

Praise for First Meyer Sound SIM Seminar in Hungary

Eleven eager audio professionals gathered in Budapest early this year for Hungary's first Meyer Sound training seminar on source independent measurement and the SIM 3 audio analyzer system. The intensive five-day course was taught by Mauricio "Magu" Ramirez, Meyer Sound's energetic and personable senior technical seminar instructor, with logistical support of the event entrusted to Makkay Imre of Chromatica, Meyer Sound's Hungarian distributor. At the close of the sessions, the participants were effusive in their praise of both the technical content and camaraderie they experienced.
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Berklee Performance Center Hosts Meyer Sound Seminar

Berklee College of Music was founded in 1945 to provide high-quality education in the then-burgeoning genre of jazz music. Over the years Berklee grew into the world's best-known jazz education program, along the way broadening its horizons to teach other forms of music, film scoring, music business and, perhaps most prominently, audio recording and synthesis. Read More »