Metallica's Secret Weapon: The Meyer Sound TM Array™ (HD)
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- Big Mick Hughes and Paul Owen discuss the latest innovation in live sound - the TM Array™. Using a revolutionary configuration of Meyer Sound subwoofers hung center-stage, the crew is able to achieve uniform, low-frequency coverage in-the-round like never before. A band as legendary as Metallica requires powerful sound on tour, and the TM Array delivers. Filmed in Portland Oregon on November1, 2008.
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I could listen to this guy talk about grass growing and I am sure I would enjoy it.
Respect! Whole different setup and considerations for in the round.
Welp, now I know what a dwarf would look like in real life. Big Mick rocking the Gimli look.
Metallica would indeed need the best live engineers in the world, clipping live music must be damn near impossible.
Everything on the stage creating sound is mic'd, then it goes into the mixer, that I'm sure you already knew. Then you use a crossover so that only the lowest frequencies usually between about 20-60 hz are sent directly to sub, and anything above is sent to PA. This is exactly what SKRooU2 said just with a bit clearer of a signal path. Hope this helps.
Meyer is everywhere!!!!!!!!!
I fucking lol'd at 1:04, he's all like "Heavy Metal :D"
I heard this system at the O2 and it really was fantastic!
That is crazy , I guess there is no really big budget concerns . What ever it takes , do it .
The gentleman on the right is Mr. Paul Owens - Metallica's Monitor engineer and VP and Co-owner of Thunder Audio.
Keep in mind that the array will be configured to get the most energy for a specific SPL at specific points, thus the J array. The lower cabinets get -3 or -6 dB so that the fans near the stage don't get high dB levels. The upper cabinets were most likely at 0 or +3 dB, meaning higher volume to hit the farthest top seats. The arena most likely was in tune to those frequencies in the upper band, creating "louder' sound by propogation.
Although the subwoofer section can probably use all the subwoofers at the same loudness because the array naturally radiates in a "toroidal" pattern and quieter in the two "funnel" shapes above and below the array. The stage is the most important to get low bass levels and also the ceiling above the stage to reduce echo and feedback problems with kick drum mics.
Paul Owen was Metallica's Monitor engineer... he retired on January 13 2009 @ Joe Louis Arena in Detroit
This system once tuned in, is sort of like detonating the atomic bomb 20-30 feet above zero for maximum wave energy dispersion . I never heard it but it must be spectacular
You’re a wizard Harry.
Cringe Central
A wizard
if you have to opportunity of seen and feeling this beasty TM array live, do it, you wont be dissapointed... i saw metallica live back in march in puerto rico and uufff, the walls of amps hanging from the ceiling look intimidating hahaha the decibels were so high that i ended up with a pretty distorted recording of the gig. the volume was high enough to distort recordings, high enough to please my metal hears haha got to love metallica and their screw!!!
I'm seeing Metallica Saturday can't fucking wait!!!
TM array... great idea... thx for sharing
Guy on the left: You shall not pass!!!!
for me TM array will be on the Center on DM Tour
Why is there a lighting desk behind them instead of a sound desk
Metallica seem to surround themselves with pepole with impressive beards. They have Big Mick Hughes and Cliff Burnstein. Lars's dad Torben Ulrich has a very long beard, and Rick Rubin produced Death Magnetic... interesting
RESPECT!!!... This guy makes sound Metallica how it sounds live.
lml
Big Mick: the most famous Yam Yam!
@tascouts120 @tascouts120 Sound coming out his cabinet goes in the microphone and out the PA. But guitar typically is never coming out of subs, kick drum floor Tom and bass guitar come out of subs. Does that help?
Wow - I always wondered how those came to be - and because of it I have no problem paying good bucks for tickets ;)
I clicked on this because of big mick
that beard got one good combing that morning
Hey I was at that show in portland
Guys the subs is Meyer 700s, and the P.A is Mica? or is Milo?
That beard is just... It's more amazing than the actual array.
Freaking awesome, wow.
I was waiting for him to say "YOU, SHALL NOT PASS".
I wanted to see if the beard got stuck in the faders during sound balance.
Having the new digital boards out in the market, why do alot of bands still use analog with all the side racks ?
Special forces of the Sound Army.
That's an awful amount of weight dangling above the stage.
Yep
Isn`t the board in this video digital? That`s what Metallica is using.
I just want to know why concerts have to be so loud? It starts to hurt the sound quality
I also like Midas but I would prefer XL4 guess better sound quality :)
now I use Digico SD8 and completely satisfied.... Meyer sound is great also but nowdays there are systems which sound better and clearer. like KS audio, Coda or L'acoustics Vdosc. anyway its good system. cheers.
i gave a thumbs up for that guys awesome beard
that beard is EXTREMELY awesome !
I could have thought that you needed a wizard like Gandalf to manage Metallica's sound, but I'd never tought that God himself, Eric Clapton was part of the deal too !!
There are no Stanley Cup banners in Pheonix, there were no banners at all in fact. Now there's a banner sayin "Metallica was here" ;p
It's Mick.
How many watts RMS and at what FREQ do you drive them
***** if they are self powered the still need the watts from the mower amp that is built in
They are the Meyer sound 1100-lfe. Here is the datasheet: meyersound.com/download/1100-lfc-datasheet/?wpdmdl=2157&masterkey=58b9e6a8a4645 - they require a 240V 20a each!
Its a MIDAS XL8 Digital Audio Mixing Console.
Now I know what santa claus does the other 364 days in the year
Where?
I saw him on MGM.
I want to hear that...
Behind every great Rock Band there are always "great" British crew
when was this vid..
I had that idea long time ago since the fisrt time I saw those long colums of flown speakers.... lol
I didn't know that Snuffaluffagus ran audio for Metallica!
Came for the beard, stayed for the interview.
@mashnek
Out of roughly 200 shows that have gone on since the beginning of the World Magnetic tour, the ONLY show with sound problems was Israel... That should tell you something.
Anyone know where I can buy a used ML5000 mixer?
eBay
***** Oh I better call her!
***** His mom is busy.
Snoo Lee Fixing your mistakes.
I have an mx3000 for sale
Oh well, Pink Floyd has done a much more advanced concert sound a lot earlier (even today they do a sorround shit like few others). And sendondly if you want to be brutal just do what Slayesr does: bring up tons of Marshalls and turn them on to 10 :DDDD
I didn't know what he was saying. I just looked all vid long at his awesome beard :D
Real life Chewbacca here.
@boblovesBTBAM
I was waiting for him to say "HO HO HO, MERRY CHRISTMAS! YOU SHALL NOT PASS! YOU'RE A WIZARD, HARRY. And some Dumbledore Lines. He also looks like Gimli.
Epic Beard..
When I hear the name "Meyer Sound", the first thing comes to mind, the Grateful Dead.
the lion king has spoken
@urvil He's had the beard since the 90's!
Why no BAGEND subs?
midas xl 8 ist great. john meyer looks like big mick with the beard :)
The lord of the ring
he looks like a wizard i swear
Mixedbreed was here
Accent... fucking awesome!!
that guy is a viking!
Midas XL8, yeah it's digital. Mick endorses Midas.
1:48 is the guy walking behind is james :O
THe subs is 700 or M3d?
is he from birmingham?
YES.....HE IS.....
NO The Black Country... a town taken into the conurbation.. called Walsall.
He really loses some frequencies with all these hairs.
Sweet shit.
beard of wisdom
This is the dude from Lord of The Rings, Harry Potter or Are You Afraid of the Dark.
i wish MY beard was that epic....
Man, that cat should've been on Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings.
He has the dark ages warrior look.
Just use loads and loads of Bill Fitzmaurice Titan 48s then it will be lighter and you can use more subs before the 5 tonne limit!
Is that the God of Metal?
"right right, chip chip" is all I hear.
ok we found big foot !
i clicked the link because it had the word "metallica"
I clicked this video cause I thought that epic bearded dude was "The Meyer".
he reminds me of the old guy from lord of the rings... holy shit.
I wonder how they phase align that puppy.
I kid you not, the thumbnail looked like chewbacca...
Its Hagrid!
Santa claus 😁
YOU SHALL NOT PASS!
came for the beard, gone with the wind.
Uk Download Festival!!
hey santa!
I didn't know the santa is in metallica O.o
@RapingZombies Where is the beard and the Hair?
Did anyone else not pay attention to anything he was saying because of his beard?
I didnt know Hagrid worked for Metallica!