M&K Sound BMC-1 Bass Management Controller

M&K Sound's BMC-1 is a balanced and line level studio bass management controller, intended for use with M&K Sound's professional studio monitors and in high end home cinema installations. This controller's flexible architecture allows it to be used for monitoring mono, stereo, Dolby Surround™, Dolby Digital™, DTS and other formats. It comes in one 19" rack mount 1U package.

M&K Sound's BMC-1 is a balanced and line level studio bass management controller, intended for use with M&K Sound's professional studio monitors and in high end home cinema installations.

Although the BMC-1 is primarily designed for monitoring 5.1 audio, its flexible architecture allows it to be used for monitoring mono, stereo, Dolby Surround™, Dolby Digital™, DTS and other formats. The BMC combines several necessary functions in one 19" rack mount 1U package. Along with bass management and LFE channel control, it also provides individual channel adjustment capability to properly calibrate your entire monitor system.

With the introduction of digital audio, it has become necessary for loudspeaker systems to be able to accurately reproduce audio that has a bandwidth of 20Hz to 20kHz with wide dynamics. A satellite and/or subwoofer system is the best way to accomplish this. M&K Sound's BMC-1 controller consists of a series of five high pass filters, one each for the Left, Centre, Right, Left Surround and Right Surround channels, that route frequency information above 80Hz to their appropriate channel's amplifier and speaker. Each channel is also routed through a matching 80Hz lowpass filter. This low frequency information is then routed to a summing amplifier, which in turn sends this low frequency information, along with the LFE channel, to two subwoofer outputs.

The BMC together with a properly set up and calibrated MK Sound monitor system allows the engineer to hear their work with the greatest possible accuracy. The BMC correctly balances all six channels in a 5.1 mix so the engineer can accurately hear how the format processor will affect their mix. The goal is to be able to accurately monitor multi channel audio containing extreme dynamics and have that audio translate accurately when played back on other systems. A properly set up and calibrated MK Sound monitoring system with an MK Sound BMC will allow the engineer to make quick and accurate decisions in a listening environment that they will find satisfying and enjoyable.

Specification

Features

• Balanced, line level studio bass management controller
• For use with M&K Sound's professional studio monitors and in high end home cinema installations
• Accurately reproduce audio that has a bandwidth of 20Hz to 20kHz with wide dynamics
• Provides individual channel adjustment to properly calibrate your entire monitor system
• Consists of five high pass filters, one each for the left, centre, right, left surround and right surround channels
• 1RU 19" rack mount