The Stone Temple Pilots have chosen Heil Sound microphones to be a large part of their summer tour inventory. The tour, which began July 1 in West Hollywood’s House of Blues, plays at casinos, festivals and sheds throughout the U.S. Singer Scott Weiland is using the Heil RC 35 wireless capsule with great success. Andy…
Thirty-five years ago, Bob Heil built one of his now famous talk boxes and gave it to Peter Frampton as a Christmas present. Peter had left Humble Pie and was embarking on what would become a stellar solo career. As history proved, that Talkbox played a huge role. “Frampton Comes Alive!” released in 1976, went…
The High Strung have played over 600 shows in the last 4 years. With a touring life that on a good day is hectic, the band chose Heil Sound microphones to be one of their few constants. All three group members sing and count on Heil PR 22s for vocals, while PR 30s and PR…
Heil Sound has introduced two new microphone capsules designed as screw-on replacements for popular handhelds. Think Hurst Shifter for that stock 1956 Chevy and you’d be close. The RC 35 uses the PR 35 1.5″ large diaphragm dynamic element that has been used by Jakob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Joan Baez and others while the RC…
Heil Sound announced the appointment of Greg McVeigh as sales manager for their Pro Audio division. For the past two years McVeigh, and his company Guesthouse Projects, has been handling Heil’s PR and artist relations’ duties. The new position will be adjunct to those duties and Guesthouse Projects remains an independent public/artist relations firm. McVeigh…
Charlie Daniels recently celebrated fifty years—FIFTY YEARS—of making music with a new live concert DVD package titled, “Preachin’, Prayin’, Singin’ with Charlie Daniels & Friends: Live from Nashville” This year the Grammy award-winning performer outfitted his band with a complete Heil Sound microphone package. Virtually anything on stage that needs a mic gets a Heil.…
Heil Sound has introduced a new product designed to help customers and dealers compare and evaluate microphones. Named The Comparator Testing Station, this stand-alone device is given free to Heil Sound dealers when packaged with a qualifying introductory order. The Comparator has eight inputs and holders for eight different microphones, which allows them to be…
It started innocently; a couple of red PR 22’s for Jada Pinkett Smith, a custom Heil Fin for Jack White and the Pink Pearl mics benefiting the Susan B. Koman Cancer Center. And then the “Wouldn’t it be cool if…?” moment arrived at Heil Sound. That moment, when the Camo PR 22 was designed and…
Heil Sound has introduced two new microphone capsules designed as screw-on replacements for many popular wireless handhelds. Think Hurst Shifter for that tired Chevy and you’d be close. The RC 35 uses the PR 35 1.5″ large diaphragm dynamic element that has been used by Jakob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Joan Baez and others while the…
