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Midas XL8 Offline Editor V1.12

The Midas Offline Editor allows you to create, edit and view show files for a XL8 on any Intel-based Apple Macintosh computer running OSX 10.5 or OSX 10.6. You can now prepare shows ahead of time, learn the console operation, migrate your XL8 show to a PRO6 or vice-versa and so on – all from the comfort of your room without access to a console. The Offline Editor allows full control of all parameters – including creation of showfiles, management of preset libraries, system setup and patching and so on: anything you can do on the console you can do on the Offline Editor, without learning any new operational methods. You can run either the XL8 version or the PRO-Series (PRO3, PRO6 or PRO9) version to create your show – as on the physical consoles, both will open the same showfiles, but you are limited to the available resources on that console. The PRO-Series Offline Editor is sized for a PRO9 console – that is, it shows 80 inputs; to use this version for smaller PRO6 and PRO3 consoles simply use the appropriate number of channels for your console.

The Midas Offline Editor runs in exactly the same manner as the console software with the addition of one extra screen on the PRO-Series OE, which is an overview screen designed to ease navigation (the XL8 version does not contain the overview). You load and save your show to and from a USB key and import onto your control centre in the normal way.

Version numbers: note that the versions are 'in sync' with the console version numbers, which indicates what they will work with – that is, XL8 Offline Editor V1.11.01 will only work with the XL8 V1.11.01. No other combinations are officially supported, though our forward and backward showfile convertor technology on the console means that you can load shows to different console versions.

Installation
Download the file below to your computer, and simply double-click on the disk image. Accept the license agreement, and then drag the Midas Offline Editor icon onto the "Drop here to install" icon. The program is then installed and you can click on it to start it.

System requirements
Intel-based Apple Macintosh computer 512 MB RAM or higher (1GB recommended) Minimum 1024x768 screen resolution recommended (will run on lesser resolutions with scroll bars) 200 Mbytes free disk space. Mac OSX 10.5 and 10.6

Download the Midas XL8 Offline Editor V1.12

Click Licence Agreement for PDF copies of the agreement.