Midas M32 Brochure & Specs page 2

MIDAS—40 Years of
Legendary Performance
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 Jeff Byers and Charles Brooke,
MIDAS originally designed and manufactured
musical instrument amplifi ers. Jeff soon became
fascinated by the concept of improving and refi ning
professional audio systems, and so MIDAS went on
to develop the fi rst fully integrated modular audio
system, comprising consoles, crossovers, amplifi ers
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and speaker systems. Indeed the powered mixers
built by Jeff in his fl at in West Hampstead, London
can be regarded as the very fi rst MIDAS consoles.
A fortuitous collaboration came about in 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 fi xture