As audio creation enters the mobile era, RIME by Neumann marks a groundbreaking step forward: bringing the full experience of a world-class control room into the headphone environment. The result is so realistic that you don’t just hear the soundyou’re in it.
The Limitations of Traditional Headphone Monitoring
Headphone monitoring has long been the convenient choice for engineers, producers, and creators who work on the move. However, headphones cannot replicate the sense of real spatial interaction where sound WAVES reflect off walls, ceilings, and room surfaces.
This limitation makes it difficult to accurately judge stereo imaging, width, and frequency balance, often leading to errors in mixing or mastering. The issue becomes even more critical when working on complex projects such as film, VR, or multichannel audio, where spatial depth is essential to the experience.
RIME - Neumann’s Leap in 3D Monitoring Technology
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RIME (Room Impulse Modeling Engine) is Neumann’s proprietary room simulation technology, developed to address exactly these challenges.
Instead of simply mimicking reverb like conventional software, RIME accurately reconstructs the full acoustic characteristics of the Neumann Berlin control room including reflections, propagation direction, and real-world frequency response.
When paired with the NDH 30 reference headphones, RIME delivers a lifelike 3D listening experience where every instrument, vocal, and effect occupies its precise position in space just as if you were sitting among Neumann KH-series monitors.
The “Real Control Room” Experience, Anytime, Anywhere
RIME is designed to work seamlessly within the Neumann ecosystem, especially when combined with the MT 48 audio interface.
The MT 48 ensures ultra-accurate signal conversion and transmission, preserving phase integrity and tonal precision for RIME processing. Meanwhile, the open-back, linear design of the NDH 30 serves as the perfect “ears” to recreate a natural, three-dimensional listening space.
This integration turns your headphones into a reliable monitoring tool, enabling you to evaluate mixes, EQ, and stereo balance with the same precision as in a real control room.
Key Advantages of RIME for Audio Professionals
Reference-grade accuracy: Recreates the acoustics of Neumann Berlin’s studio with absolute consistency in every listening decision.
Spatial freedom: Work anywhere without the need for complex room treatment or bulky loudspeaker setups.
Workflow optimization: Easily switch between different listening environments without losing sonic reliability.
Wide applications: From film mixing, broadcast, gaming, and VR/AR to music production and mastering every workflow benefits from RIME’s realistic 3D space.
From Technology to a New Monitoring Philosophy
RIME is more than just a software solution it’s Neumann’s technological statement: bringing studio-grade monitoring beyond the walls.
It allows sound engineers, producers, and creators to feel sound as it truly exists, anywhere and anytime unlocking a new era of creative freedom while maintaining absolute precision and authenticity.
Conclusion
RIME represents the next logical step in the evolution of personal monitoring.
When combined with the MT 48 and NDH 30, it forms a complete, compact, and mobile ecosystem that meets the exacting standards of the Neumann Berlin control room.
The line between virtual and real disappears leaving only sound that is pure, natural, and perfectly true.