SPL of Germany has announced the new MTC Mk2, the successor of the MTC monitor controller that offers more features to meet the demands of modern music production, including more advanced source and loudspeaker selection, multiple monitoring modes and more.
The new product is set to ship in North America by Q4, 2022 and is distributed by Focal-Naim America in the U.S. and Canada. The SPL MTC MK2 retails for $1,299 (USD).
The MTC Mk2, SPL also offers an integrated talkback system, headphone amplifiers with Phonitor Matrix, an additional input for a dedicated artist mix, and an internal audio operating voltage of +/-18 volts. “The MTC Mk2 offers a lot more than just the standard feature-set of a monitor controller. Besides a premium talkback system, one of its game-changing new features is the SPL Phonitor Matrix, which enables the engineer to also create perfect mixes on headphones,” states Hermann Gier, managing partner of SPL of Germany.
The SPL Phonitor Matrix is designed to help engineers mix on headphones. While music is normally produced and mixed for playback on stereo loudspeakers, listening on headphones is different — with a big difference is the lack of crossing signals of the sound signal from the left loudspeaker to the right ear, and from the right loudspeaker to the left ear.
These crossing signals are missing in conventional listening using headphones because no signals are crossing from one side of the headphones to the other. This can result in an unnaturally wide stereo stage and sound sources are not played back at their correct position in the stereo field. The SPL Phonitor Matrix is designed to correct this false stereo image with its analog circuitry.
MTC MK2 Overview:
• 4 stereo inputs (3 balanced, and 1 RCA)
• 3 pairs of outputs for stereo loudspeakers
• 1 mono output for subwoofer
• 2 headphone amplifiers with individual volume control
• Phonitor Matrix headphone controls
• Integrated talkback system
• Cue mix input for artist monitor mix
• Monitoring modes: phase inversion, mono, M/S, and LR Swap
• Meter out
• Operating voltage +/-18 volts
• Internal linear power supply with toroidal transformer
Go here for more specifics about the SPL MTC MK2 and the Phonitor Matrix.
