After a shootout between four British-manufactured consoles, VTR chose the Midas Verona. "Although VCAs are a nice feature to have, we don't need them very so much, so we focused more on the audio quality," says Mischa Volavsek, technical director of VTR. "When it came to mic pre quality and EQ sound, Verona was the clear winner. When it came to bass frequencies in particular, Verona achieved a clarity we couldn't get from the other desks, which sounded mushy by comparison and blurred the whole image. With Verona everything was clear and well within the control of our fingertips. When we used Verona on a site where we always had noise and hum problems in the past, we couldn't believe how silent it was. The noise cancelling buss technology Midas speaks of is the most impressive 'hidden' feature for rental companies like us with a lot of video and lightning equipment."
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
