MM-4XPD GIVES DIRECTION TO VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENTS AT KAUST AND CELTIC WOMAN TOUR

MM-4XPD FEATURED PRODUCTS

ON THE CELTIC Woman tour and in the virtual reality environments at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Meyer Sound’s new MM-4XPD miniature directional loud- speaker effectively demonstrated its ability to project low-distortion, wide-bandwidth sound precisely where it is wanted, while minimizing audio leakage and interference with reflective surfaces.

Meeting similar performance standards as the popular MM-4XP miniature loud- speaker, the MM-4XPD adds the advan- tage of a hypercardioid coverage pattern, providing a unique solution for controlling sound in highly reverberant open spaces. The MM-4XPD features a four-inch-square faceplate and weighs only 5.2 lbs, with an impressive peak output of 113 dB SPL.

Wayne Pauley, the Celtic Woman’s FOH engineer, explains the audio challenge:

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“The singers all wear sensitive omnidi- rectional condenser headset mics, some- times with 13 on stage at once. In-ear monitors prevent monitor bleed, but when the singers moved close to the front fills the backwash threatened to cause feed- back and phasing issues.”

To address the problem, sound provider Blackhawk Audio replaced the frontfill loudspeakers with 12 MM-4XPD direc- tional loudspeakers midway through the Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32