Yesterday I was in Paris checking out the SPQ implementation with a customer, I felt that a visit was necessary as the initial test were made long distance with me in London and the MTRX with SPQ card in Amsterdam! This timeI wanted to be in the same room as the TMC-1/2, MTRX and SPQ card, to check for myself that it is working correctly and that the documentation was understood by the customer, installer and myself!
When we designed the TMC-1-Penta the SPQ card did not exist, the SPQ card adds a lot of functionality to the NTP system, we want to incorporate this with the TMC. The SPQ is like any other card within the NTP rack unit and the SPQ channels are defined by the card slot and Channel number which can be assigned to any speaker channel using the TMC insert points.
The TMC-1 has been available for three years now, following suggestions from some users we have added the TMC-2. The TMC-2 has 13 more keys than the TMC-1 but it is only 20mm wider.
I have been asked several times how to calibrate the speakers using the TMC-1, you can find the answer buried in the reference manual or read this quick post.
There are two ways of calibrating the inputs and speaker outputs
We designed the TFT-422 remote at the same time as we designed the DFC-422 Remote. The DFC remote is designed to fit in the AMS Neve DFC console. A number of DFC-422 remotes were built for Twickenham Studios , Goldcrest and others. A prototype of the TFT-422 was made and photographed but none were sold at the time. . The advantage of the TFT-422 over the UR-422 or SR-422 are that the 3.5” TFT Display that allows for the status of multiple machines to be displayed and that the 7 LCD macro keys may be reprogrammed without the need to update a paper label.
Yesterday I was in Paris checking out the SPQ implementation with a customer, I felt that a visit was necessary as the initial test were made long distance with me in London and the MTRX with SPQ card in Amsterdam! This timeI wanted to be in the same room as the TMC-1/2, MTRX and SPQ card, to check for myself that it is working correctly and that the documentation was understood by the customer, installer and myself!
When we designed the TMC-1-Penta the SPQ card did not exist, the SPQ card adds a lot of functionality to the NTP system, we want to incorporate this with the TMC. The SPQ is like any other card within the NTP rack unit and the SPQ channels are defined by the card slot and Channel number which can be assigned to any speaker channel using the TMC insert points.
In order to synchronize Protools it is necessary to use a Protools-Dante Bridge. The current Protools software disables synchronization when using a network Dante Port!
Last week I visited Olivier Chouteau at Eclair in Paris, Olivier installed the first TMC-1-MMP1 system in a 7.1.4 studio. Daniel Gollety who makes the french translation of our manuals accompanied me on the visit - my French is not to good. Although configured as a 7.1.4 room one of the main reasons for using the TMC-1 is the ease in switching between Stereo, 5.1, 7.1 and 7.1.4.
This week I have been interfacing the TMC-1 with the Yamaha MMP1. We have been waiting for a MMP1 since it was announced last year, a loan unit finally arrived last week . Before starting we had to buy a I-Pad (we are Android users and our OSC software runs on both), this arrived two days ago since then I have been writing code.
