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Glad they got that room back togather sorry what happen

i swear that these old systems sounded so amazing. the punch of these bass horns was so amazing.

Way too busy with annoying graphics and flying pictures. Cool, you got special effects. Use them sparingly. Bob Heil was ahead of his time

The production values of this video are atrocious, with images constantly popping on and off the screen, right over top of the people we're trying to watch. Who thought that adding those distractions would make for a better interview?

System for The OZARK MUSIC FESTIVAL 1974 Hardest rock to acoustic that system kicked butt! Heil guys on towers all day and half the night, 100° temperatures. Legends of the 70s. Thanks.

Had the fiberglass sound system had to EQ them out to sound good !

Love this guy.

We just lost Bob and I was blessed to have been his friend via ham radio and as a co-host on his Ham Nation webcast for over a decade. I loved this man like an uncle. Will there ever be a part 2? AE5DW.

RIP to the the legendary Bob Heil

I hate spotify and mp3 and digital lossless technology.

Thank you for part 1 of a good friend and brother, Dr. BOB Heil. Bob is an awesome guy and a friend to all whom he meets. I've talked to Bob quite a few times on the phone and on the air. He takes the time to help anybody that needs help as long as they are willing to listen. Bob is a wealth of information when it comes to sound. He has done a lot for Amateur Radio as well. His input was used for the transmit audio settings on two of the latest top names in tranceivers including the Parametric EQ Settings for the latest Yaesu radio's. I can hardly wait for Part II of your session with Dr. Heil. If you see him tell him that i said hello as we all wait for Part II. He is a very accomplished organist too. ✌️

Kenton is my cousin who sadly recently passed 😔

I remember chunking my 2 huge Collins units for a sleek Swan 350... Duh. Ham radio is probably created more electronic techs in the past; just because of basic electronics knowledge and Ohm’s Law being on the application for a novice. Bob, you took it to another level. I used to lug Phase Linear tube amps around with multiple Altec A7 cabinets. The first Kustom 300 blew my mind. But your book from the mid 70’s??? changed everything. Thanks immensely for all your work, inspiration, and tenacity.

45 years ago I bought the components to build a pair of studio speakers from Ken Berger, Kenton built the x-overs. The system had ATC bass long coil 12” woofers with Emilar EA-175 compression drivers on Community Light & Sound EW-500 horns with an acoustic lens and JBL slot tweeters. Sweet system that was quite enjoyable, still have all the drivers but the boxes are long gone. K&L was my first experience with high output PA equipment, still remember hearing Willie ‘Loco’ Alexander & The Boom Boom Band cranked through a Community Leviathan with the EAW MR-109 midrange horn and a large format Altec driver (288?) on the high end, changed my life I tell you what.

Great stuff!

My first real DJ speakers were EAW PM315's. I bought them used in 1988 and stopped using them about 10 years ago. They then went to my son for a PA system for his band. Rock solid and great sounding speakers.

OMG, I LOVE This! Even better, I'm in a few pics! (y)

Fantastic! Great banter and lots of memories of how it all started from two pioneers. All the best to both of you!

Love this. More please!

hello. amazing video. can i use asymetrical corner as bass trap? put some rockwool etc in the back of the alc brick in corner and add hole in top and bottom as ventilation? thanks

Rupert Neve, was my boss and friend. The first job we did when there was 3 of us working at Focusrite was the sub-mixer that went into the SSL at Air Montserrat after they'd sold the custom Neve to A&M. I went down to Air London to deliver with Rupert's son John. A genius and a true gentleman, greatly missed.

I enjoyed this fascinating video immensely, and look forward to watching Part 2. Thank you, Bob, for your incredible contribution to the world of sound! 73 de Haskell Moore, W5HLM PS Oh, I think you know my brother, Woodie Moore, W0ODY, in Springfield, Missouri.

I worked for Sam’s father, Dr. Lester Berkow Gyn-OB , back in 70s in Perth Amboy NJ

Very interesting and inspiring talk. Thanks a lot!

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Wuaoooo excellent congratulations for Mr Sam , and Ken .

This is so awesome, Very smart people

Great show can't wait to see Bob in Part 2 TNX 73 de G6JMX

Fantastic content but there's really no need to have cheesy background music throughout the whole thing.

All these years later, Bob is still very clear and concise. Great interview. The drop down picture boxes are a great idea for younger viewers, giving a visual aid to identify what he's talking about.

Beautiful speakers made in Whitinsville, rock on!!!

This is amazing! Thank you for sharing these highly educational videos for the rest of us to reference and better understand the science behind the physical space and time!

If you haven't tried Bob Heil's Mics, you should. I have 4 of them so far, and they really get the job done.

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Mr. Heil. Want you to know how much I appreciate all your contributions to professional sound! And importantly how you’ve communicated to the professionals as well as little kid in day like me who listened to you and Jim White on the “Mighty KMOX! Wonderful memories and learning for all!

Love the interview I own a small sound company building bass Scoops and folding horns in my heydays then I bought use turbo sound TMS 3 and TMS 4 For indoors and outdoors Events.But learning about the history of life sound and all the audio equipment and the pioneers that Started the whole live sound industry I gave them a lot of respect please show more videos and interviews I’d like to see more thank you.

I was there at the NAMM in 2012 and met him then at his booth. I remember his presentation then. I played the main stage with Tori Roze & The Hot Mess. I am the Drummer. Serge' Chaloff McCoy. I met him then and was quit impressed with these mics. My Uncle Dr. Lonni Smith, World renown Organist who recently passed was at that show as well as Stevie Wonder. I have pic of him playing an edrum kit. I played drums at 10 High in Atlanta Ga. Live Band Soul Karaoke that we started and is still going. The Sound guy Jay Randell, because of my playing wanted to hear more of my technique through the system so he purchased all Heil mics for the drums and for vocals too. It transformed that sound into something I never heard before and that was something I never forgot. I now own a Heil PR22 for my vocals and will purchase the PR35 and the PR48 Kick drum Mic so on. I used to use the Sure SM58 and the Beta 58A the Beta was surprisingly better than the SM but when I used the PR22 I could actually hear how my voice naturally sounded amplified. I dropped my beta and it broke. No longer works at all. So with these Heil's, I love them!!!!

Fun stuff Ken

Love the content but I feel like I have A.D.D. watching this. Its just so hard to follow when it isn't a natural flowing conversation, but instead constant jump cuts. This causes all the inserted photos to fly across the screen before you even understand what you are seeing.

@aboutprosound Suggestion- This content is "nurd" driven. Let the video editor take the weekend off. Loose the BK music. Keep the historical pics on screen for more than .3 seconds. Throw the jump cuts out the window and just let the thing roll for an hour. This aint History channel cutting up motorcycles to make choppers and tryin to dig up dirty drama for ratings. Some of the BIGGEST channels on YT right now are dudes building stuff with lawnmower engines without a stitch of background music and ZERO editing. Serious. MILLIONS of subs and even more views. Strip it down and let the CONTENT speak for its self or in this case for HIM self. Youve got Bob Heil sitting RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU and the editor is making a TV commercial out of it. Ugggg! FWIW its worth ive met Bob a couple times at NAMM and he was super. Loved telling John Entwistle stories ha ha

Awesome and not too stuffy like some audio acoustic tech interviews can be !

i would wish you do a less cut down version / docu once pt 2 has been done... you seem to have enough material for a comfortable full length feature there :) nice going!

My dad drove me to Ye Old Music Shop in Marissa from St. Louis when I was 13 (1973). Together we picked out my new Gibson Les Paul guitar--tobacco sunburst. A broken Gibson SG hung from the ceiling--it was one that Pete Townsend had destroyed in a recent show. Cool! Before we finalized the Les Paul purchase... we walked down the street to the diner for a burger, fries and a Coke. (Same place in the video where Jerry Garcia grabbed an ice cream in this video?). That Les Paul is still my #1. GREAT rock & roll memories. Thanks dad. Love you! 🥰🎸

What a man he is ******

ALL EARS AUDIO ENGEBEER I ONLY STUDIED HIGH FREQUENCY TO LIHJT SPEED BUT ALWAT UNDER 3RD HARMONIC BEEN WAITING FOR AUDIO INFO LIKR DESERT GOT A VAMPIRE WITH YOUR SONIC 8TH HARMONIC INCLUDING MRI SYSYEMS SONAR LADAR?

Around 1974 I went to a concert of the Jay Barry band at the theme park Six Flags over St. Louis (then called ... over Mid-America). The Old Glory Amphitheater in the park had it's own permanent system but Barry supplied four identical speaker stacks spaced in the four corners of the House, and the mixing console had joysticks for quad positioning. When Jay Barry played ELP's "Lucky Man", synth sounds were re-positioned in the various speaker stacks. It was great to see that quad console in this video, and hear from the innovator.

Time to publish part 2.

Bob Heil is a Legend. I'm an alumni of The Jay Barry Band (1968-1971) of St. Louis, MO. We use to spend a lot of Saturdays at The Ye Ole Music shop talking to Bob and buying equipment.

I'm surprised that a channel with the name "AboutProSound" can live with dialogue sounding so muffled and unintelligible, and on top of that dialogue hard-panned L/R? Come on..