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Meyer HD-1 Gets TEC Recognition

Meyer Sound's HD-1 high-definition studio monitor will be inducted into the 2012 TECnology Hall of Fame on January 26 during the NAMM Show.

Berkeley, CA (January 11, 2013)—Meyer Sound’s HD-1 high-definition studio monitor will be inducted into the 2012 TECnology Hall of Fame on January 26 during the NAMM Show.

Meyer Sound launched the HD-1 in 1989. The original prototype, developed years earlier, was created as an ultra-linear testing device to be used in-house for evaluating instrumentation microphones in the SIM audio analyzer. When news about the HD-1 reached the late Roger Nichols, legendary recording engineer best known for his work with Steely Dan, Nichols asked John Meyer to develop and release it as a studio monitoring product. Nichols first used the HD-1 on recording sessions for Rickie Lee Jones’s Flying Cowboys.

The HD-1 was the only self-powered studio monitor when it was first launched, and remained so for a number of years. Today essentially all near-field studio monitors are self-powered.

Over the years, the HD-1 has become a favorite monitor for FOH engineers and recording engineers. In addition, cinema sound designers including Tom Myers (Cars 2 and Toy Story 3), Richard King (The Dark Knight Rises, Inception), and Craig Berkey (True Grit) still rely on the HD-1.

The TECnology Hall of Fame “recognizes the innovations and companies that have made significant contributions to the advancement of audio technology.” Nine other products introduced between 1878 and 1995 will be inducted along with the HD-1 at the Anaheim ceremonies, including the VU meter, PZM microphone, and MOTU Performer MIDI sequencing software.

Meyer Sound Laboratories, Inc.
www.meyersound.com

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