Key Features - Midas PRO SERIES Owner's Manual

Key features

I/O unit(s) are dependent on system type. The PRO Series Control Centre and rack
units are interconnected by a networked data system, which carries both proprietary
control data and open architecture AES50 digital audio, and uses readily available
standard cabling and connectors. The PRO Series uses a proven stable Linux operating
system. All of the control centre's internal and network routing ("patching") is
managed via the graphical user interface (GUI).
You can assign up to 36 1/3 octave KT DN370 graphic EQs, which can be controlled via
an optional KT DN9331 Rapide. There are four type of compression on the inputs and
five on the outputs.
The PRO Series have easy-to-use routing/patching, redundant power supplies and a
modular FPGA processing engine with n+1 redundant module. The DSP engines of the
PRO3 and PRO6 can be upgraded to the PRO9 specification. The audio transport
system is international AES50 standard. Component hardware connections support
redundant cables for copper (option of fibre-optic for PRO6 and PRO9). Each control
centre has dual redundant Linux master controllers (MCs), either of which can run the
entire system on their own, and they are switchable without loss of audio.
The PRO Series Live Audio System is tolerant of many types of hardware or software
failure. To achieve this the system employs dual redundancy, where a key component
has an identical redundant spare that is ready to take over should it fail. Other failure
scenarios are managed by the N+1 principle, where redundant components form an
acceptable fraction of the system.
The Klark Teknik DN9696 Recorder can be used with the PRO Series Live Audio Systems
for live multi-track recording and 'virtual' sound check. Optional I/O equipment
includes the XL8's DL451 Modular I/O and DL431 Mic Splitter, and the DL251 Audio
System I/O and DL351 Modular I/O. Other optional equipment includes the Klark
Teknik DN9331 Rapide Graphic Controller for remote GEQ operation.
Key features
Please remember, each PRO Series is not just a console, it's a LIVE AUDIO SYSTEM!
• High channel count — up to 80 mixed primary inputs (sourced from up to 288
input locations) and up to 35 output channels.
• Control centre — Small and very compact with an exciting but familiar and
ergonomic control surface, enhanced by a two-screen GUI.
• Performance — Reduced price, scale and features, but still with XL8 audio
performance.
• Operation — Easy to use with responsive interpolated controls and fast, intuitive
human interfaces that combine to produce that familiar analogue feel.
• User interface (speed and feel) — VCA groups (console comes to you!); POP
groups (console comes to you!); muscle memory (E-zone and D-zone on channel
strips, which have paged controls that do not change function); input and output
fast zones; electronic colour coding; and dedicated motorised master output
faders.
• User interface (status visibility) — Dual daylight-visible screens and integral
surface illumination; metering (23 discrete 20-segment LED meters), discrete
metering for dynamics, and all meters all of the time; "ST" assign switch; and
eight channels of key data plus a single channel strip on both GUI screens.
• Traditional Midas and Klark Teknik audio quality:
• Headroom — High headroom, which is well behaved, even when pushed a little
too hard.
• Mic amps — High quality, overload tolerant microphone amplifier per input.
• Dynamics — High quality dynamic processing with traditional analogue
artefacts. Midas dynamics has four styles on the inputs and five on the outputs.
PRO Series Live Audio Systems
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