LAKE PEOPLE MC100 Pro Monitor Controller

LAKE PEOPLE MC100 PRO Overview

Take control of your studio monitors with the Lake People MC100 Pro, a professional monitor controller with a USB port that features a high-quality D/A converter, two slave outputs, three loudspeaker outputs plus subwoofer, and a headphone amplifier with X-Feed.

The MC100 Pro offers significantly more than conventional monitor controllers and includes a complete set of stereo signal manipulation options including Solo L/R, Channel Swap, Phase Reverse, Mono, Mute, and Dim function. This high-quality volume controller is as low in noise and distortion as physics allows.

At a Glance

• Monitor controller for professional use with extensive features
• High-quality volume control with 2" knob
• 256-step relay controlled attenuator
• For controlling 3 monitor pairs plus subwoofer
• USB input with high-quality D/A converter

Stereo Inputs

• Two rear balanced inputs (input 1 and 2) via balanced XLR sockets
• Rear unbalanced input with RCA sockets (input 3)
• Unbalanced input on the front with a 3.5mm jack (input 4)
• Rear USB input with high-quality D/A converter for PCM signals up to 384 kHz / 32-bit and DSD 256 (input 5)
• Inputs are either individually activated via buttons on the front or summed up, active inputs are displayed by LEDs
• Unbalanced inputs can be set to a sensitivity of -10 dBV or +4 dBu
• USB input LED shows PCM signals in green and DSD signals in blue

Stereo Signal Functions

• Left or right channel solo
• Swapping left and right channel
• Inverting the phase of the left channel or switch the signal to mono
• Dim (-20 dB)
• Mute are also present to complete the set of options

Volume Control

The Lake People MC100 PRO comes with a 2" control knob with a 256-step relay-controlled attenuator with advantages over conventional solutions in terms of sound, crosstalk, channel mismatch, and life cycle

Stereo Outputs

• The rear slave outputs " Slave Out 1" and " Slave Out 2" come as balanced XLR sockets. The outputs can also be operated unbalanced. Level meters and other devices can be supplied here, bypassing the volume control
• The rear outputs œ A, B, C, and Sub (Mono) feature balanced XLR sockets. The level of all groups may be set to 0, -6, -12 dB by switches on the back
• The output groups œ A, B, and C can be switched in single mode or in adding-up mode by push buttons on the front panel. The œ Sub output is activated individually, the assignment to the respective group is stored and recalled when the output is activated again

Headphone Output

• The headphone amplifier is activated by a button and has its own volume control
• X-Feed is activated separately and is designed to minimizes the " In-Head-Localization" when listening through headphones by simulating a playback by loudspeakers
• The X-Feed effect is adjusted by a turn pot
• The headphone amplifier is extremely powerful, headphones with 1/4" and 3.5mm jacks can be connected