🇬🇧 Midas

Modular System Mixers

1972 – 1975

Technical specs

Channels 16
Layout Modular — discrete, transformer-coupled
Groups 4
EQ Bass / treble / presence
PPM-calibrated VU meters Triple-range crossover network Fold-back with pre/post-fade switch

Medium-scale modular chassis with space for sixteen inputs — the architecture that defined Midas's approach through the decade. Input modules included sensitivity control, fader, pan, output group switch, fold-back with pre/post-fade switch, bass, treble, presence equalisation and reverb/echo mix. The top level carried four output modules with PPM-calibrated VU Meters and compressors; the middle level handled fold-back output, talkback, headphone facilities, acoustic compensation filters and triple-range crossover network. Fully discrete, transformer-coupled.

Notable Recordings

  • UK broadcast and studio productions, early-to-mid 1970s

Studios

  • UK recording and broadcast facilities