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Legendary MIDAS

Sound Quality

While the MIDAS PRO X design, styling and

construction will surely turn a lot of heads, it’s

the sound that matters most to engineers and

performing artists. And that’s where the PRO X

shines even brighter - as the latest in a long line of

pristine-sounding MIDAS consoles, it descends from

a celebrated lineage that literally set the standard

in electrical design and sound quality. Ever since

MIDAS consoles  rst found fame 40years ago with

acts like Billy Joel, Yes, The Beach Boys, Pink Floyd

and others, the MIDAS legacy has always been

about uncompromising quality and the ultimate in

sound reproduction.

Built For Tomorrow

The PRO X is a console built for today and

tomorrow - driven by its future-proof 96 kHz open

architecture design and industry-leading audiophile

Cirrus Logic* multi-channel 192 kHz-capable A/D

converters, which boast a 114 dB dynamic range,

ensuring impressively low distortion and low

noiseperformance.

Award-Winning

MIDAS Mic Preampliﬁ er

The MIDAS microphone preampli er is considered

by leading live sound and recording engineers to be

the very essence of the famous MIDAS sound. More

than 40 years of design experience, paired with the

 nest choice of premium-grade components lead to

the acclaimed warmth and depth, bring out subtle

ambience, maintain spacial positioning, and more

e ectively capture a precise image. The acclaimed

sound of the award-winning MIDAS microphone

preampli er has inspired generations of live

sound engineers to their best work, creating sonic

landscapes that have captivated audiencesworldwide.

Creating Sonic Landscapes

The MIDAS preampli er design eliminates typical

imbalances of gain-setting stages, thereby improving

the common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR) and

harmonic distortion to an almost immeasurable level.

The constant high-frequency bandwidth topology

assures excellent stability, RF rejection and noise

performance at all gain levels, contributing to its

transparent, open and dynamic sound. But it doesn’t

end there; over the years many mix engineers have

found that this robust and overload-tolerant design

takes on a whole new dimension of sound when

driven hard, the pristine audiophile reproduction

giving way to just the right combination of harmonics,

a warm and organic sound heard by millions of

concert-goers and recorded for posterity on countless

live albums over the years.

Since pristine sound always begins with the

microphone preampli er, the  rst point where

your signal enters the console, PRO X features

genuine MIDAS microphone preampli ers which

faithfully reproduce every sonic detail, so no part of

a performance will ever be missed. Transparent and

pristine sound , low noise and high common-mode

rejection are all hallmarks of this classic design.

In MIDAS’ relentless pursuit for the ultimate in audio

performance, the microphone preampli er used in

MIDAS PRO Series is an enhanced version of the classic

design found in the XL4 and HERITAGE series consoles,

which many consider to be the greatest analogue live

consoles ever built. Over the past decade the XL4 and

HERITAGE 3000 have been utilised by countless top

artists including Bon Jovi, Alanis Morrisette, AC/DC,

Coldplay, Kid Rock, Metallica, Alicia Keys, Foo Fighters,

Christina Aguilera, Sir Paul McCartney, Pearl Jam and

many more.

The PRO X draws from this same legacy to bring

you an elite professional level of audio quality

andperformance.

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