TrueMatch RMC

Standalone Converter

TrueMatch

TrueMatch® Reference Microphone Converter – Stage Tec’s high-end A/D converter for accurate and optimum sound imaging features an excellent 28-bit resolution and a dynamic range of 153 dB (A) with sample rates of up to 96 KHz (version-dependent).

truematch-logo_neuMicrophones are connected straight to the TrueMatch RMC – the use of conventional analog microphone preamps and A/D converters has become a matter of the past. Our patented TrueMatch conversion technology shows a lower digital noise floor than the thermal noise of any microphone: at last, it is the microphone that determines the sound – not the preamp or the converter.

Further, the outstanding resolution of the conversion technology employed with the TrueMatch RMC allows for using the input noise of the microphone as »natural« dithering and for avoiding quantization noise while the TrueMatch RMC itself does affect the sound in no respect.

No existing A/D-converter circuit is perfect; however, thanks to the TrueMatch system, which constantly traces and eliminates all circuit-related inaccuracies, the TrueMatch RMC produces a perfectly linear result.

The large dynamic range provides for processing all conventional analog studio signals between -128…+22 dBu, with no need for enabling a PAD function. Clipping of microphone as well as line signals is virtually impossible. This makes live recording safe and simple.

truematchFeatures such as the linearity and the extended dynamic range are the bases of the neutral and natural sound produced by the TrueMatch RMC. This becomes obvious especially in multitrack-sound applications where the artifacts produced by traditional systems are multiplied by the number of channels. Compared to conventional technologies, the benefits of the TrueMatch RMC become immediately obvious: now, it is just the microphone that shapes the sound.

The TrueMatch RMC standalone converter can be supplied with the most versatile output formats: AES/EBU, S/PDIF, ADAT, TDIF, Y2, or MADI. There is another version that features 24-bit line inputs, thus introducing the TrueMatch technology in areas where only line-level signals are present.

The TrueMatch technology is not only available with the TrueMatch RMC but also with the NEXUS routing system and the CANTUS mixing-console system by Stage Tec.

TRUE MATCH RMC Overview:

  • no microphone-signal clipping possible at the inputs; processes a dynamic range of –131dBu…22 dBu
  • 100 % earth-free inputs, CMR 140 dB@50 Hz, so microphone splitting is feasible with no active splitter
  • automatic synchronisation to external wordclock without signal interruption
  • processing time only 0.6 ms
  • 8…24-channel versions available
  • remote control using PC-Remote, with level monitoring
  • internal input-channel routing to digital outputs using PC-Remote supported
  • all standard digital output formats available – AES/EBU, S/PDIF, MADI, ADAT, TDIF, Y2 …
  • 4 analog outputs for talkback and studio-out applications optionally available
  • also available as 8-channel 24-bit line version for surround-workstation applications
  • line-version: extra 8-channel D/A converters optional
  • optimal for installation close to the recording location as no fan is included