LSS directors Phil Johnson and Ian Preston say they were drawn to the Legend by its versatility. "The kinds of productions we stage are often short on real estate," said Johnson. "It's rare, for example, that we have room for a separate monitor desk, but yet the same production is likely to be very hungry in terms of sends required for delays or feeds for radio mics or in-ear monitors. The Legend was quite simply the only desk on the market that offered us the ability to run all of these things from the same control surface and still have room to spare. The other thing we find a real godsend is the ability to link the console directly to your signal processing equipment and then have control from a laptop. That's a particularly valuable feature for complex shows that last more than one night."
Another point Johnson was keen to stress was the Legend's inherent ability to remain current. "I call it 'future-proof!" he says. "Whenever there's an upgrade to the software, someone from Midas just turns up, fires it into the desk, and off we go again. It means we're always working with the most up-to-date version of what's available, and I feel confident that I've invested in a product that will remain current for many years to come."
The pair have no doubt that the ability to program and run complex set-ups including standard FOH duties, delays, relay feeds and monitors including in-ears all from the same desk is what sets Legend apart from the competition. "When we first started the business 24 years ago, it was our ambition to own a Midas console," he says. "Well, it's taken me a while, but I think Legend was worth the wait!"
(Lee Baldock)
