Midas Consoles
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Midas has been designing and manufacturing audio consoles since the early 1970s. Later on it became part of the Telex group. Since in January 2006 Telex Communications was acquired by the Bosch group Midas consoles is now part of the business unit "Bosch Communications Systems".
Midas consoles are currently being used around the world by audio engineers largely in the live sound realm. Applications for these boards include but are not limited to, Front Of House (FOH) and monitor console positions. Common consoles now include the Heritage 1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000, the venerable XL4, XL3 and XL250 large frame professional touring consoles and a variety of newer, slightly downgraded versions aimed at the club and regional sound market. These consoles include the Verona, Legend, Siena and extremely popular Venice.
The newest addition to the range is the first digital console from Midas, the XL8. Launched at the Frankfurt Music Messe in 2006, the XL8 takes over from the XL4 as the top of the range Midas console. Notable features include no less than three pre-amps per channel; to enable Front of House, Monitor and broadcast control surfaces to be fed from the same input rack, dual redundant master control processors, and integration with the Klark Teknik Helix EQ system via the Rapidé remote.
