FRANKFURT, Germany — Midas launched Generation-II software for all of the company’s digital consoles at Prolight + Sound 2012, Hall 8, L80. The update reflects user feedback that Midas has gathered for the last five years. The company notes that while this research also led to new features on the Midas PRO2, those advances are now migrating to the entire range of Midas digital consoles.
More details from Midas (www.Midasconsoles.com):
The Advanced Navigation modes include:
- Collapsed Flip – hides any channels not assigned to the selected bus
- FX Navigation – displays FX processors when appropriate bus is selected
- GEQ Navigation – flips VCA faders to GEQ control when appropriate bus is selected
- MCA (mix control association) mode – a separate bank of VCAs for each of the consoles’ buses
In addition to the new console navigation modes, Generation-ll software includes many new high resolution FX plug-ins, designed not only to exceed the performance of 3rd party algorithms and hardware devices, but also to operate within Midas’ automatic latency management technology, ensuring a phase-coherent mix, regardless of how and where the processing is deployed.
The new FX plug-ins include:
- Five new high definition reverb processors – Ambience, Chamber, Hall, Plate and Vintage room
- Dynamic EQ
- 8 x 8 matrix mixer with EQ and delay
- Dual stereo chorus
- Dual stereo tap delay
G-II also contains new features developed in conjunction with leading live sound engineers, which contribute to making Midas digital consoles even faster and easier to navigate than ever before. A brand new multi-tabbed Preferences screen with new user options means that all Midas digital consoles can be ‘customised’ to the operator’s personal predilections. The new ‘console overview’ screen for PRO3, 6 and 9 provides at-a-glance reporting of the entire system’s audio status. Other new G-II features include aux pan linking, global pre/post selection and per-channel viewing of VCA and POP group membership.
The final component of Midas Generation-II software is an onboard DHCP server, which permits remote control of any Midas digital console wirelessly from an Apple iPad, via any standard Ethernet-equipped wireless router.
