"What I love about this board more than anything is the feel of it: it's like Midas has always felt, which is reassuring," says Richards. "So many digital boards are so flimsy and light, there's no foundation, but I don't think of this as a digital desk, to me it's a Midas.
"I like the 'fast zone' controls which take you to any instrument or control parameters wherever you are on the desk. You don't have to search through layers or change pages, everything you need is on the surface, which again is reassuring."
The support bands - a total of five across the tour - were also mixed on the PRO6. "They've all fitted into the same basic channel list that Maximo Park does, and it's so quick to set scenes up for each one and flip between them," says Pain. "The respective engineers have found it really easy to pick up, and from my point of view it's been a lot easier just having the one console to look after."
(Jim Evans)
