MIDAS EXTENDS PRO SERIES WITH LAUNCH OF PRO3
Las Vegas, 9 June 2010: Midas is delighted to announce the launch of PRO3, a new addition to its PRO Series of digital audio systems that includes the simultaneously-launched PRO9 and the well-established PRO6. The entire PRO Series can be seen on Booth C6650 at InfoComm.
The Midas PRO3 will ensure that even more touring riders and professional installations can take advantage of Midas’ digital features, made popular by established Midas digital systems, the XL8 and the PRO6. This includes the overwhelmingly successful VCA and POPulation groups, which allow users to navigate channels intuitively, without the hindrance of layers or pages of faders. PRO3 naturally features the legendary and much-loved Midas sound characteristics, which have their roots in the classic Midas analogue boards.
The PRO3 also benefits from the same comprehensive choice of effects and dynamics processing as the PRO6 and XL8, including the much-acclaimed XL8 compressor options. The PRO3 brings these features and more within reach of tighter budgets, offering 48 input channels with remote controlled mic pres, 27 buses and six stereo effects. At the heart of the PRO3 is another new arrival from Midas, the DL251 fixed format, 5U I/O rack, designed as a more cost-effective solution for those not requiring the flexibility of Midas modular I/O hardware. However should investors require more connectivity over time, a simple and affordable upgrade path supersizes the system to the fully-loaded, 88-channel PRO9 with additional hardware and firmware upgrades.
“All the new systems use exactly the same technology and components as the XL8 and PRO6,” says John Oakley, managing director of Midas Klark Teknik. “This is a perfect example of the way our highly advanced networked audio strategy allows us to bring new products to the market very quickly.”
Adds Richard Ferriday, brand development manager for Midas and Klark Teknik, “Midas customers can now gain additional benefits from our open-architecture approach to system design and our modular hardware implementation. The new PRO Series additions, PRO3 and PRO9 offer both easier affordability and increased capacity while remaining true to the brand values.”
- Classic Midas sound
- Sample-synchronous audio quality – all audio time and phase coherent
- Daylight-viewable screens
- 24 bit, 96kHz sampling
- 192 x 192 channel bi-directional snake included
- Up to 288 inputs and 294 outputs patched and routed on a scene-by-scene basis
- IEM-safe low latency
- Dual solo busses for in-ears and wedges
- ‘Area B’ for quick, easy access to selected inputs
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Editors' information:
Midas live performance mixing consoles have been used by the world's most demanding sound engineers, performers and rental companies for three decades. The company strives to raise the standards of sonic quality through its programme of continual research and development, implementing new control functionality and user-friendly desk operation to anticipate and accommodate the ever-evolving needs of audio professionals who specify Midas consoles for their major tours, festivals, international events, broadcast projects and prestigious fixed installations.