Telarc Chooses ATC Loudspeakers For Studio And Location Monitoring

3-Jan-03

Telarc International, famous for its legendary vinyl recording of the Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture, a recording which caused many Hi Fi enthusiasts to upgrade cartridges and loudspeakers, now offers a catalog of wide-ranging musical genres. For the last four years, Telarc has been recording in high definition surround using the DSD (Direct Stream Digital) recording technology developed by Sony and Philips for Super Audio CD (SACD). The company boasts a rapidly growing and highly acclaimed catalog (catalogue ó UK and ROW) of releases, including a new SACD No: 60541 and DVD-A No: 70541 Multichannel recording of the 1812 Overture, with newly recorded Canons, Carillons and Choruses. To accurately monitor the ultra high resolution of the DSD technology, Telarc has installed a multi-channel monitor system from ATC Loudspeaker Technology at its Cleveland facility and has taken delivery of a portable ATC 5.1 system for monitoring while recording on location. The newly installed Studio Multichannel system comprises five ATC SCM150A active three-way speakers and two 15-inch, 1000W Sub1/12 Pro subwoofers. Five ATC SCM20ASL two-way nearfield monitors and a 12-inch SCM02 subwoofer provide accurate monitoring for location recording. ìWe feel like weíre finally hearing the detail of our work for the first time,î says Telarc president Bob Woods of the installed ATC monitor system. ìAs a professional studio product weíve never encountered anything quite like it. You want something thatís accurate, but to have a system that can handle all types of musical programming equally well is downright remarkable. We do as much popular music these days as we do classical and jazz, especially through our new label partner, Heads Up International. The ATC system handles it all without flinching.î Telarc recording engineer Michael Bishop reports, ìStarting over on a whole new system would usually be fairly difficult, but this was incredibly trouble-free. The thing thatís immediately apparent about the ATCs is how effortless it is to mix a record on them. The mix decisions are easy, especially with such things as the relative levels of vocals to orchestra and challenging instruments in the mix. The whole process goes that much faster.î The Grammy Award-winning engineer continues, ìEverywhere that Iíve played the mixes theyíve translated perfectlyósomething I havenít experienced with other systems previously. And theyíre extremely easy on the ears. You can listen for long periods at high levels without becoming fatigued.î Bishop reveals that using the combination of Studio and Location systems, presents no problems. ìI can do that with the ATC speakers because they all have the same sonic footprint and signature. The ATC design philosophy is consistent across all of their monitors, which gives great flexibility to mix and match different models for multi-channel monitoring.î