by Clive Young In recent times, Metallica has increasingly opted to headline festivals around the world rather than tour, so using smaller, lighter wedges became a priority in order to aid with the portability of the band's system. With that in mind, monitor engineer Bob Cowan began working with Meyer Sound on what became the MJF-210of which the band now owns 76 units. How does a collaboration between a major rock act and a major pro audio manufacturer happen?
"I just wanted to make a studio that I would want to record in," he says. "A lot of studiosI don't want to be insulting butthey're s---holes. There's an idea that underground is cool, and I'm sympathetic to that. But I wanted to make something a little more classic."Chris Benham of Big Orange Sheep Studios, Brooklyn, NY.