MIDAS Launches Generation-II Software at Prolight + Sound 2012

Midas announced the launch of Generation-ll software for all MIDAS digital consoles at Prolight + Sound 2012.

Generation-ll software encapsulates the user feedback Midas has been gathering for the past five years. The new software results from many years of research, development, and much valued feedback from Midas digital console users. The new software brings the advanced navigation features pioneered on the ground-breaking Midas PRO2, and retro-fits this innovative methodology into the entire range of Midas digital consoles.

The Advanced Navigation modes are:

• 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 high resolution FX plug-ins, designed not only to exceed the performance of third 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
• 8x8 matrix mixer with EQ and delay
• Dual stereo chorus
• Dual stereo tap delay

G-ll also contains new features developed in conjunction with leading live sound engineers, which the company says contributes to making Midas digital consoles faster and easier to navigate than before. A brand new multi-tabbed preferences screen with new user options means that all Midas digital consoles can be customized to the operator's personal predilections. The new console overview screen for PRO3, PRO6, and PRO9 provides at-a-glance reporting of the entire system's audio status. Other new G-ll 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-Il 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.