FAQs

The standard system has 56 mic /line inputs, patchable to up to 64 processing channels, depending upon console configuration.

156 network inputs, dependent upon hardware configuration.

24 aux mixes, plus Left, Right and Mono. All aux mixes can be configured as stereo pairs, with separate level and pan controls.

Up to 80, all with EQ and dynamics processing, if 16 aux mix busses are configured as additional input channels.

The PRO2 can have 24 input faders, the PRO2C can have 16.

They are essentially identical. The PRO2C has eight fewer faders and a smaller footprint is the only difference. They have the same number of inputs and outputs, channels and buses.

The standard PRO2 system uses a 5U 19" rack mounted stage-box (DL251). However there is a choice of optional I/O from DL451 to the DL431.

Yes, the PRO2 connects directly to a KLARK TEKNIK DN9696 recorder, or any other AES50 recorder, via Cat-5 cables.

Yes, the PRO2 connects directly to a KLARK TEKNIK DN9696 recorder, or any other AES50 recorder, via Cat-5e cables.

Yes, the PRO2 can source directly from another MIDAS digital system, or from the "B" digital outputs of a DL431 input splitter, or use DL351's or DL451's as an alternative input source to its own DL251 stage-box.

Yes, via a KLARK TEKNIK DN9650 network bridge.

Less than 30 seconds from cold.

No. The PRO2 uses stable, open-source Linux as an operating system, and most plug-ins are designed to run on a Windows or Mac O.S. Also running third party software on the PRO2's platform would compromise the automatic delay management system, as a lot of the currently available (and popular!) plug-ins have serious latency problems. However, it is possible to insert any 3rd party plugins using a LYNX studio systems AES50 PCI-bus card, and an external computer as a host.

Yes, the PRO2 has normal stereo, SIS (LCR panning) Quad (4 ch.) LCRS (Left, Centre Right Surround) and 5.1 panning implemented.

The PRO2 has separate control and audio processing computers. In the unlikely event of the Linux control computer failing, it can be rebooted without switching off the power to the console. All of this takes place without any interruption of audio.

The PRO2's latency is DETERMINISTIC and AUTOMATICALLY MANAGED is the correct answer to this question. Don't allow customers to compare latency, thinking that the smallest number is the best. Latency is application-specific. Small numbers are important only in IEM (in-ear monitoring) applications, which the PRO2 is quite capable of providing. Of much greater importance for superior audio reproduction is that the latency through a system is synchronised. This means that all audio is phase-coherent at all times. MIDAS PRO series and XL8 are the only live audio consoles in the world which do this automatically. PRO2 minimum latency including A-D and D-A with all delay compensation off is less than 2ms.

PRO2 can be connected to any other manufacturers' equipment via AES3 (AES/EBU) and AES50 interfaces.

The PRO2's latency is DETERMINISTIC and AUTOMATICALLY MANAGED is the correct answer to this question. Don't allow customers to compare latency, thinking that the smallest number is the best. Latency is application-specific. Small numbers are important only in IEM (in-ear monitoring) applications, which the PRO2 is quite capable of providing. Of much greater importance for superior audio reproduction is that the latency through a system is synchronised. This means that all audio is phase-coherent at all times. MIDAS PRO series and XL8 are the only live audio consoles in the world which do this automatically. PRO2 minimum latency including A-D and D-A with all delay compensation off is less than 2ms.

Yes, remote control of the PRO2 is via iPAD and a wireless access point.