Midas VeniceF Series - Now with Firewire
2011-08-19 08:04:54 by FS
It's been quite the wait, but no more - MIDAS VeniceF Series is here! Without consulting the history books, it feels like about 10 years ago when MIDAS Venice first made the kind of splash you usually only get by doing a bomb off the top board at the local swimming pool. The mic preamps had gain for days, eq was super powerful, and the three frame sizes were enough for most small-mid applications that demanded high quality audio.
Anyway, that was then... thesedays everyone wants more for less, so without any further ado - VeniceF series (yes, the 'F' stands for firewire).
With a mic preamp and EQ section designed by Alex Cooper (XL3, XL4 and Heritage consoles) and still 'crafted from discrete components rather than the cheaper IC option', Venice F brings big game to a small frame. 100mm faders are sure to bring a smile to many dials - the older 60mm faders on the orignal Venice Series were the one thing that had power-users pouting, but that's all fixed now. And firewire? The 32 x 32 inbuilt firewire interface makes VeniceF extraordinarily powerful. Forget about if you want, and you've got yourself a high quality totally analogue mixing console. Or you can treat the firewire as output for recording purposes - either on the road, or due to the excellent sound quality, in the studio.
OR you can harness the power of what MIDAS has dubbed DigiLog - the best of both worlds. As your live FOH console, all stage inputs go to your VeniceF (maybe a few backing tracks and sound effects come from the director's laptop), AND you can call upon your 'massive' suitcase of plug-ins from your computer to harness the DSP within your laptop, for multiple compressors, gates, reverbs, delays and more. Whether your a Waves user, Mainstage, Ableton, Logic, or just about any other program you can think of - simply create yourself a send/return bank of happiness and go to town!
If you haven't been in to Factory Sound for your touch and feel session yet, check out the individual model details, and let us know what you think!
VeniceF160, VeniceF240, VeniceF320.


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