FOH engineer Trevor Gilligan has just completed a UK tour with Beverley Knight using a Midas PRO6 live audio system. This was Gilligan’s first time out with a PRO6. “I put together a 37 channel mix using one stereo sub group for Beverley and another for the backing vocals,” he says. “This was so I could insert a frequency compressor on each sub group, and they worked beautifully. As I mixed our … [Read more...]
Rat Sound opts for Midas PRO6 digital console
In preparing for the 2010 summer tour season, Rat Sound knew it would be adding some new equipment to its inventory. Starting the season doing five stages at the Coachella festival in April and with several arena tours booked, the company is poised for a big summer. “We’re seeing demand we haven’t seen in several years,” notes company president Dave Rat. “This will definitely be our strongest year … [Read more...]
Midas adds mystical touch to M tour
Long-term Midas user Olivier Lude is touring with French rock singer Matthieu Chedid, aka M, using his very own PRO6 live audio system. Lude, who has worked with M on stage and in the studio since 1996, is using the PRO6 at front of house for the Mister Mystere tour, which has travelled throughout France, Belgium and Switzerland and will end in June at the Zenith concert hall, Paris. Over on … [Read more...]
Padco supplies Midas PRO6 for Europe-wide Gospel tour
German rental company Padco has supplied a Midas PRO6 for a spectacular European tour by Queen Esther Marrow and the Harlem Gospel Singers. The tour, which moved through Denmark, France, Austria, Switzerland and Germany, ended in Belgium at the end of January. Putting the system through its paces on this brilliantly vibrant show was German front of house engineer Werner Schmidl who, by his own … [Read more...]
Ian Bond deploys his Midas PRO6 on Porcupine Tree
Ian Bond of IPB Audio, owner of one of the first Midas PRO6 live audio systems to roll off the production line, has been using it on a 10-week European tour with five-piece progressive rock band Porcupine Tree. Bond has a long association with the band, having been their front of house engineer for 10 years. Bond waited a long time before investing in a digital console for his rental company. … [Read more...]