Malcolm Hill (audio engineer)
Malcolm Hill is one of the pioneers of the modern public address system (PA), and an expert in large–scale events PA.[1]
He has been instrumental in the development of many modern items of audio equipment:
Amplifiers: DX and Chameleon Range
Mixing Consoles: Multimix, Datum, J-Series, Concept
Speaker Systems: M-series
Active Multicore Systems
Powered Speakers: M-Series
Since the early 1970s, Malcolm Hill's design philosophy has been the ‘Faithful Reproduction of the Original Sound’. Throughout the '80s and '90s Hill Speaker Systems established their reputation with many international touring artists, in theatres, arenas and stadiums around the world - from Wembley Stadium to Madison Square Garden to Nuremberg. In the mid-'90s, under the banner 'faith comes through hearing', Malcolm Hill designed the PowerCube,[2] a compact self-powered speaker. He has continued development throughout the 21st century and has now produced the M9DX.[3]
The M-series speakers systems have been used for many high–profile global events: M2 Gary Numan, M3 Saxon, M4 Live Aid,[4] AC/DC,[5] Monsters of Rock, M6 AHA, Status Quo, "Rock till you drop", Frankie goes to Hollywood, B52s
Many of Malcolm Hill's latest speaker designs are fully active enclosures.
Malcolm has recently started a new company called Hill Pro Audio.[6]
Products Designed by Malcolm Hill
- ERC 100 - 4 input, virtual earth, semi-discrete, silicon 100w power amp 1969
- M162 - 16 input 4 integrated silicon, virtual earth portable mixer 1972
- M402 - 40 input 8 out virtual earth transportable mixer 1973
- IC208 - 200W mono block power amplifier 1973
- A series - quasi- modular 8 buss virtual earth transportable 1974
- M102 - 10ch 4 buss briefcase mixer
- B series - with full led metering
- C series - with P&G faders and ppm metering
- IC404 - 400W monoblock amp 1976
- B212 - 400W taper-reflex 2x12 sub 1976
- DX700 - 1500W stereo 2U power amp
- D series - 24 buss switchable eq centres 1979
- J series - fully modular 8 band lossless eq 1983
- M3/M4 - fullrange 4 way modular flying PA box 1983
- TX 1000 - 2000W tri-channel amp for M4 1983
- DX 3000 - 5000W stereo 3U amp 1984 [7]
- Multimix - 16ch 8 buss rack-mount compact mixer 1984 [8]
- Concept - hot-plug modular 40 buss8 band lossless eq with sweepable notch virtual earth summing 1985
- M6 - fullrange multi line-coupled driver PA box 1986
- Chameleon - 2000W 1U total symmetry ultra- linear studio power amp 1990 [9]
- Chameleon D - 5000W 1U ultra-linear super-toroidal power amp 1995 [10]
- Ruby - 300W 1U stereo HiFi amp 1997
- Powercube - versatile selfpowered point-source coaxial compact PA box 1998
- M7 - compact selfpowered concert system 2000
- M8 - full format, point source, coaxial, wide dispersion LineArray box 2002
- M1 - revised Powercube 2004
- M9 - mid format horizontal point source LineArray 2009
- M10 - compact, full performance, horizontal point-source, wide dispersion, LineArray 2012 [11]
- M9S - 2000W taper-reflex 1x18 transportable sub 2013
References
- ↑ Live Aid Acoustics Report
- ↑ Step Sound
- ↑ Hill heritage and Design Philosophy
- ↑ Herald Newspaper
- ↑ UK Rock Festivals
- ↑ Hill Pro Audio
- ↑ DX 1000 Amplifier
- ↑ Sound Mix Console Movie
- ↑ Chameleon User Manual
- ↑ Heritage Page on Hill Pro Audio Website
- ↑ Hill M10 Speaker