TouchControl 5

Metering meets Monitor Control

Controls and meters on your monitor page

The SPL meter shows the calculated SPL value of your input signal.
You can show SPL either as a bar graph or as a number.

The downmix instrument outputs your 5.1 or 7.1 mix in stereo and mono.
The downmixed signal can be monitored on speakers or phones or routed back into the unit for metering purposes.

Each speaker can be muted or soloed, and you can turn the phase. Furthermore, the swap feature for the 5.1 surround format lets you swap speaker positions, for instance if you’d like to listen to your rear channels in your front speakers.

The talkback feature lets you talk to speakers or any destination in your Dante network.

LF Boost lets you boost your low frequencies with 10 dB.

 

Level Calibration

The speakers in your setup can be calibrated with regards to level, delay and EQ. The support for measurement microphones, the built-in test tone generator and the live-input SPL meter is the optimal tool combination for calibrating your speaker levels to ensure they are perfectly aligned.

 

Loudspeaker DSP Section

Each speaker has a DSP section for ultimate control. You can set individual delay, gain and phase, and a 4-band EQ is available for each speaker in your setup.Calibrated speaker levels can easily be recalled by the press of a knob.

Bass Management

Up to two LFE channels with adjustable crossover frequencies can be adapted to your requirements using the bass management. Full-range speakers and smaller speakers can be finely tuned to each other and operated in the same system, while HP filters for bass-controlled speakers, all-pass filters for other speakers and an additional SUB output channel for formats without LFE are also available.

 

RTW Metering inside

 

As you know, metering plays a significant role in any RTW device, and so it does in the TouchControl 5.

The PPM metering engine is taken from our high-end TouchMonitor meters, and you get a wealth of ways to tailor your own metering experience, including scales, color settings and more.

True Peak metering is of course part of the metering story, as well as VU and ‘British PPM’.

 

Basic 4-Channel PPM and TruePeak Meter

Beside the level control fader instrument, TouchControl 5 also comes with a basic PPM meter for reliable measurement of any Dante® channel.
Beside PPM, there is a correlation indicator that helps identifying stereo correlation problems.
The switchable peak hold indicator, peak memory and over indicator complete the functionality.

 

PPM

TouchControl 5 supports all the different scale types need for a professional production environment.

The Moving Coil instrument is avilable in 2-channel stereo mode.

It provides several scales and setting options. The PPM (British) or VU displays can be shown as single or combined, vertical or horizontal instruments.

Loudness scales or a combined PPM and Loudness display (BBC mode) are also available.

Built-in Microphone for SPL or Talkback

TouchControl 5 features a built-in microphone that can be used for calibrated monitoring.

Alternatively, it can be used for intercom talkback and can address any node in the audio network .

 

Loudness, SPL and LRA

For many years, RTW has taken part of forming the international loudness standards in ITU and EBU. Loudness is key to us, so in TouchControl 5 we have implemented the full loudness engine known from our high end broadcast meters.
TouchControl 5 supports all international loudness standards such as EBU R128, ITU-R BS.1770-4/1771-1, ATSC A/85, ARIB, OP-59, AGCOM, CALM, LEQ(M), TASA and SAWA.

• Full implementations of the latest loudness standards and recommendations
• Bargraphs for summed Loudness with Momentary, Shortterm, Integrated values
• Numerical display of all relevant values like M, S, I, LRA, TPmax, Mmax, Smax, Itime
• Dedicated Loudness Range instrument (LRA)

Loudness Sum

With the Loudness Sum instrument you get a bargraph display of the summed Loudness values M, S, and/or I of a Loudness measurement acc. to EBU R128, ITU BS.1770-4/1771-1, ARIB, ATSC A/85, OP-59, AGCOM, CALM Act, LEQ(M), TASA, SAWA, or specified by customer.
An SPL meter is also included.

 

Loudness Num

With the Loudness Num instrument you can monitor some or all relevant values of a loudness measurement on a numerical display: M, S, I, LRA, TPmax, Mmax, Smax, Itime.

 

LRA (Loudness Range)

The LRA (Loudness Range) instrument displays a graphical representation of the loudness variances within short time periods.
These are measured against the Loudness Range (LRA) descriptor specified in EBU R 128.

It is used to show whether a program has a continuously constant loudness or a high variation between low and high level components.
It allows for making assumptions on whether the program has seen or requires dynamic processing with regard to the intended distribution path.

 

Network Level Control with Fader Instrument

The Fader instrument allows level control of any Dante® channel in your network, and you can freely configure each fader to control the number of channels you wish.
More faders can be combined, so you can control multiple groups of channels, and if you do so, levels are controlled relatively, using TouchControl 5’s knob.

TouchControl 5’s touch screen can of course also be used to control each fader.

You can create faders with surround- or immersive formats or single channels up to 32 channels.

 

Design Your Own View Pages

TouchControl 5 lets you design your own view pages.

For each instrument you can decide on size, ratio and placement, and several instruments can be rotated to fit your needs.

Buttons can be placed anywhere on the screen, those that are placed in the side bar are avaiable across view pages.
Say you want your input selector to be avilable also on the metering page – just place it in the side bar.

To allow for more space for instruments, the side bar can be hidden.

 

Extensive Routing

 

 

The Routing page lets you route your audio channels to and from TouchControl 5.

With support for 32 Dante® channels plus the physical I/Os, there is a lot of possibilities.

 

 

 

 

Built for Dante® Audio over IP networks

 

TouchControl 5 is built for Dante® Audio over IP networks.

It supports 32 channels in and out, up to 96 kHz.

 

 

 

 

Plugged In

 

Easy Setup with Web-based Interface