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 separate 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 essential functionality that to now has only been available in large analogue consoles.

• A fully analogue volume control with directly regulating potentiometer instead of VCAs or DACs
• Six rear-panel stereo inputs (four balanced and two unbalanced sources), balanced XLR outputs for three loudspeaker pairs, slave output
• Monitoring: source and loudspeaker selection, mono, dim, mute, switchable headphone output
• Talkback: built in microphone, separate output, footswitch input
• Cue-Mix: separate output, musician level, mix level and volume controls

The sleek, ergonomic construction makes the MTC perfect for desktop placement – for example, near or under computer screens.


Connections and specifications
The MTC 2381 can manage up to six stereo input sources and up to three stereo speaker pairs (connection via XLR connectors from Neutrik).

The inputs are diveded as follows:

• Musician input (balanced jacks)
• Mix input (balanced jacks)
• 2-Track A to D (2 x bal. jacks, 2 x unbal. jacks)

Specifications
Frequency Range: 10 Hz - 100 kHz (+/- 3 dB) Input Impedance balanced via Sub-D: 50 kOhm unbalanced via RCA: › 10 kOhm Output Impedance balanced via RCA: ‹600 Ohm THD + N: 0,006 % Noise (A-weighted): › 80 dBu Overload Resistance: +22 dBu Dynamic Range: 110 dB CMRR: › 70 dBu Phase: -20°@20 kHz Crosstalk L-R: › -70 dB@1 kHz/0 dBu Dimensions: H x B x T (mm): 91 x 272 x 220 Weight 2,3 kg	Enlarge Rear Panel   Enlarge Diagram