Specifications
VeniceF
VeniceF is much more than a compact live audio console. VeniceF is the platform for
a completely integrated audio mixing, recording and processing package.
At MIDAS, we know what it takes to design and build live sound consoles for the
world’s most demanding tours and installations. One look at the VeniceF conrms
that this console is continuing the legacy established by the groundbreaking XL3 and
XL4 consoles, then consolidated in the industry-leading Heritage series.
From the VeniceF’s horizontal fader panel, through the class-leading parametric EQ
lters, to the latest expression of that legendary MIDAS mic pre, this is a console
without compromise. Professional features are apparent everywhere, some of which
are unheard of on consoles of this modest footprint.
The hybrid VeniceF bridges the gap between analogue and digital audio consoles,
and oers the user the ease-of-use, warmth, feel, and zero-latency of analogue,
combined with the power, choice and exibility of outboard digital processing.
Although specically designed for live sound, the superb audio performance, and the
addition of a FireWire digital audio interface mean that the VeniceF is equally at home
in recording and mix down applications. Many manufacturers cut quality when they
design small mixers. At MIDAS we understand that a modest footprint doesn’t have
to mean compromised performance and a poor feature set. The VeniceF embodies
quality, from its rugged construction and top-of-the-range components through to
the unmistakable MIDAS sound, it is obviously a truly professional audio console.
VeniceF’s FireWire* interface can be used with any computer tted with a 1394 port
and is eectively a multichannel digital audio link. This connects directly to your
computer and allows the use of third party audio processing software in conjunction
with the console. Applications include multi-track recording from the VeniceFs
digital direct outputs, software-generated FX processors driven from aux sends or
direct outputs, and your favourite “plug-ins” inserted on input channel FireWire send/
returns. All with a heart of pure MIDAS.
Although the FireWire interface will work with nearly all computer-based audio
processing software, included in every VeniceF package is a free 60-day trial version
of REASON, by Propellerhead. This software suite includes multi-track recording,
virtual racks full of FX and dynamics processing, and even a software mixer, which
can be patched in parallel with the analogue VeniceF permitting full external digital
processing of each VeniceF input channel.
A-D and D-A conversion is achieved using techniques and advanced lter designs
developed for the Industry-leading MIDAS XL8 digital mixing system. This ensures
that the conversion process is transparent, and free from any undesirable digital
artefacts - preserving that unmistakeable MIDAS sound right into the digital domain.