RTW GmbH & Co. KG Audio Metering

RTW, based in Cologne (Germany), has more than 50 years of experience in designing, producing, and marketing advanced recording-studio equipment, leading and innovating the market for high quality audio metering and monitoring tools. RTW operates a worldwide distribution and service network.

The company’s product portfolio includes innovative hardware and software solutions suitable for a variety of environments include broadcast, production, post production and live.

The premium products of the portfolio are surely the TM9, TM7 and TMR7 TouchMonitors. Equipped with high-grade 7“ or 9“ touch screens and an easy-to-use GUI, the TM9, TM7 and TMR7 products enter a new level of professional audio metering in terms of precision, performance, efficiency and flexibility.

The graphical user interface is controlled simply by using your finger or a mouse. Instruments can be scaled, randomly positioned and combined in almost every way for optimized use of available screen space. Even multiple instruments of the same type, assigned to different input channels and configurations, can be displayed simultaneously. Plus, a context-sensitive, on-screen help feature supports the user, allowing him to make setup changes with ease. The systems are available as table-top unit or as panel-mount version.

For applications where a more cost-efficient and/or space-saving solution is required, RTW provides the TM3 series as well as the TM3-Primus. The TM3 consists of a display unit for vertical or horizontal use and a remote interface box. It handles analog or digital stereo signals. TM3‘s flexible user interface allows the selection of up to 10 presets quickly and simply with just a finger swipe. The contained factory presets present a cross-section of the applications, audio connections and standards and allow you to start working right out of the box. The TM3 is also available with SDI interface. TM3 and TM3-3G (SDI version) can be also purchased as table-top unit or together with a 19” rack-mount kit.

RTW‘s TM3-Primus is a highly compact and innovative, easy-to-use product, giving music, voice, and multimedia producers in professional as well as non-commercial environments everything they need. Therefore, the loudness and audio metering devices include frequently used standard instruments and parameters in supreme quality to meet the demands of a wide variety of applications.

Beside the use as a standalone desktop or 2U panel-mount unit including analog and digital audio interfaces, as well as USB audio, the TM3-Primus also provides the innovative USB hybrid function for direct access of audio signals from a DAW. Metering will then be performed right from the DAW via RTW USB Connect software, and the TM3-Primus devices will process and visualize the information without the need for additional wiring or extensive signal routing, and without dropping the standard audio interface.

RTW’s software-based product segment features the Masterclass PlugIns series including RTW Loudness Tools (for basic level and loudness metering), RTW Mastering Tools (advanced analysis, metering and visualization), and CLC – Continuous Loudness Control (dynamic audio processing in live and post production) as well as logging software.