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For over four decades, MIDAS has enjoyed a long

history of innovation and leadership in the world

of audio mixing consoles - a legacy that continues

ontoday.

Formed in 1970 by Je Byers and Charlie Brooke,

MIDAS originally designed and manufactured

musical instruments and ampli ers. Je soon

became fascinated by the concept of improving

and re ning professional audio systems, and so

MIDAS went on to develop the  rst fully integrated

modular audio system, comprising consoles,

crossovers, ampli ers and speaker systems. Indeed

the powered mixers built by Je in his  at in West

Hampstead, London can be regarded as the very

 rst MIDAS consoles.

A fortuitous collaboration came in about 1972

when MIDAS found new premises near Euston

Station in London, which just happened to be

next to already-established speaker manufacturer

Martin Audio. The two co-located companies

became synonymous in the minds of many live

sound customers and the calibrated MIDAS / Martin

modular PA systems became a regular  xture

on concert tours in the 1970s, with Martin Audio

responsible for the loudspeaker cabinets, whilst

MIDAS manufactured the electronics.

The  rst MIDAS console to achieve major success

was the modular PRO4 system, which came

about through Je Byers’s time on the road

with Supertramp on their 1974 ‘Crime of the

MIDAS—40 Years of

Legendary Performance

Century’ tour. The PR series, named after the

modules available for the consoles, found fame with

acts including Billy Joel, Yes, The Beach Boys and on

Pink Floyd’s 1977 and 1979 world tours.

1980 saw MIDAS supplying the legendary Frank

Zappa with a custom PRO5 console. This innovative

console changed the way a generation of engineers

approached the art of mixing and opened new

creative possibilities, and led to the PR 40, generally

referred to as the ‘PRO40’ becoming the console of

choice throughout the 1980s.

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