"The very competitive price of PRO2 and PRO2C has obviously created a lot of interest in itself, but the really interesting thing is that customers are now looking at Midas systems in a wider perspective," says Morten Uldbaek, sales manager, pro audio at Signal Audio. "Instead of merely focusing on a console with a snake and a stage box, there are now many networking opportunities, such as the ability to move show files between the different consoles and audio distribution in general."
The first two confirmed Danish clients for the new PRO2/PRO2Cs were Copenhagen rental company Prime, which placed its PRO2C order seconds after seeing a product demonstration at PLASA, and Sound & Light, which ordered a PRO2 and a PRO2C. Further PRO2s and PRO2Cs have gone to Nordic Rentals, Vejle Musik Teater and Soundcrew.
"We have a long term history of using Midas consoles from the XL and Heritage series," says Nordic Rentals' technical director Jens Elsborg. "Today, the majority of our work is complex and challenging. The Midas network allows us, on a scene-by-scene basis, to patch inputs and outputs from stage boxes in different locations. The possibility of patching directly from individual consoles or via laptop gives us the degree of control required to solve complex tasks."
Adds Jess Otzen, owner of Sound & Light, another long term Midas analogue user, "Our company has had its eyes on Midas digital for some time now, and the release of the PRO2/PRO2C made it clear that now is the time to add Midas digital to our existing inventory. To be able to buy a console with the sound quality of the XL8 and a feature set similar to the rest of the PRO series at low cost was a no brainer to us. And the addition of extra features like collapsed fader flip and the MCA function is fantastic."
(Jim Evans)
