User Manual

MTC 2381

The Monitor & Talkback Controller MTC 2381 combines volume level control,

source switching and loudspeaker management for stereo monitoring with

comfortable talkback and cue mixing functions. The organizational focus that

such essential services bring, coupled with an extraordinary tonal quality,

makes possible an unrivaled convenience in DAW-based monitor management

– in all areas of signal processing and playback

• stereo productions/recording studios

• movie and video post production

• video and computer game production

• audio-visual media and multimedia production

The latency-free Cue Mix signal for the musician can be composed of the

musician’s track and the track mix. The Talkback communications option via

built-in microphone provides a footswitch input for remote control and a sepa-

rate output with the dry talkback signal. These features mean that monitoring

in any DAW-based studio now can be expanded to include the kind of essen-

tial functionality that to now has only been available in large analog consoles.

The advantages of the MTC become especially apparent in combination with

modern audio and video production tools such as ProTools™, Nuendo™,

Cubase™, Logic™, Deck™, etc. Monitor levels and source management can

be handled independently of the software and with virtually no loss in quality.

You no longer need to set up additional aux sends for monitoring. In addition,

you won’t have to worry about over- or underdriving the converters due to

monitor levels.

One of the MTC’s biggest advantages is the possibility to manage up to six

input sources: comparing and monitoring is much easier than having to import

all of your audio files and set up monitor mixes – not to mention the inevitable

A/D-D/A conversions.

SPL’s renowned electronic balancing circuitry forms the basis for the MTC’s

I/O architecture. Its extended frequency range up to 100 kHz, exceptional

dynamic spectrum and excellent common mode rejection ensure specs that

exceed SACD standards, as only highest quality analog circuitry can provide.

Last but not least, the MTC’s rugged and ergonomic desktop enclosure with

its slanted front panel harmonizes perfectly with the desktop production envi-

ronment.

Introduction