The new Atmos system is a complete, system independent surround miking system including the ASM5 microphone with the superb Brauner VM1 capsules. Ten years of experience in surround miking technology from SPL and Brauner result in a reference system for surround sound in highest definition. The new Atmos Controller incorporates the five channel, remotely controllable preamplifier section, a LFE channel composer with level control and a headphone monitor. The Controller is now focused on basic features and can be complemented with further modules to meet individual demands, such as a remote control for the ASM5 pattern characteristics, and to reduce costs dramatically for a pure, high definition preamp/microphone setup.

The preamplifier section ensures a homogeneous preamplification over all channels for a coherent imaging of rooms and source widths. The high precision preamplifiers are based upon SPL‘s Triple Gain Stage to capture the superb sound of the ASM5 microphone in the most transparent, noiseless and uncoloured way. In the first stage, a Lundahl transformer provides galvanic isolation and a passive 1:5 preamplification. Amplification and DC offset compensation with SPL‘s ServoDrive circuitry are realized by the following two stages.

The ASM5 is based upon five selected and matched VM1 large diaphragm capsules. The positions of the all microphone heads are variable +/-90 degrees. Individual microphone solutions can be connected to the Atmos controller as well. The Atmos provides balanced XLR and DB25 outputs (parallel). .