ATC SCM12 PRO User Manual

SCM12 Pro

ACOUSTIC

ENGINEERS

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user manual

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In selecting ATC you have chosen an example of the finest audio engineering available.

Since its very beginning ATC has kept steadfastly to its founders’ aim of building, mostly by hand,

loudspeakers which employ the most effective of modern engineering principles.

That has meant striving to make loudspeakers as near perfection as it is possible to make them.

In order to get the very best from ATC equipment careful and thoughtful installation is essential,

so please read the manual fully to understand your ATC monitor and realize

the very best performance it has to offer.

Please contact ATC with any questions or issues that arise during installation

or use and we will do our very best to help.

ATC (Acoustic Transducer Company) was founded in London in 1974 by Australian Billy Woodman who still heads

the company today.An enthusiastic jazz pianist and engineer he was naturally drawn to loudspeaker design.

After working for ROLA in Melbourne Billy, in 1970, travelled to England and worked in R&D at Goodmans in

Wembley (the training ground of many well-known British loudspeaker engineers) before starting ATC.

The philosophy upon which ATC began the development of its studio products is a simple one: that at their best,

hi-fi loudspeakers are detailed and accurate but limited by dynamic range, whilst professional monitor loudspeakers

have plenty of dynamic range but lack the clarity and accuracy.

ATC bridged this gap by developing, in house, unique drive units of exceptionally low coloration performance

pro loudspe aker series

and large dynamic range. There is therefore no differentiation technically between an ATC hi-fi product and

professional monitor other than the way it is packaged.A high fidelity loudspeaker is a high fidelity loudspeaker

whether it is for home or work.

ATC is best known for its active professional Studio Control Monitors and in most cases this is the most economic

and highest performance solution available to the professional engineer. Passive loudspeakers, however, still have their

place and offer an excellent alternative to active in small 2-way systems. The latest professional passive loudspeaker

in the ATC range is the SCM12 Pro which is perfectly partnered by the ATC P1 Pro, 150 watts/channel

professional power amplifier.

ATC is also a long established audio electronics manufacturer. It all started in 1982 with the EC23 stereo, 3 way

electronic crossover incorporating phase correction and momentary gain reduction which is pre-set to prevent

the power amplifier from clipping at high drive levels and so protect the drive units.

This technology was incorporated into the 3 way Ampack developed for the SCM50A first produced in 1985.

ATC has been in continuous manufacture of electronic products ever since.

From modest beginnings ATC has grown to become one of the very few manufacturers successful across both

domestic and professional audio. By selecting ATC you join a group of music lovers, professional audio engineers,

educators, studios and musicians across the world that understand the value of the engineering that goes into

every ATC product.