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<blockquote data-quote="William Kueppers" data-source="post: 115314" data-attributes="member: 4925">Re: New Midas M32 ConsoleI&#039;m none of the requested persona but I can answer most of the question.The&nbsp; faders are displayed in both the Midas and the Behringer sites and they&nbsp; are clearly different. The Midas unit looks far more robust. The&nbsp; preamps are different per Mfg. ad and John has given his impression&nbsp; based on the 251 above. The preamp/A/D&nbsp; chain I&#039;m sure will be maximized&nbsp; for great performance. The PLS show on 3/12/14 will answer the last.Let&nbsp; me take the comparison a step further. It&#039;s quite clear that the&nbsp; control surface PCB&#039;s are different just from the visual. The output&nbsp; section may be the same physical layout but the boards can&#039;t be the same&nbsp; based on new preamps. That leaves the processing section which I have&nbsp; found no info on. Using the X32 as a baseline and comments from the&nbsp; developers leads me to this speculation. The X32 DSP&#039;s are 3rd gen parts&nbsp; and 4th gen are available as is the option to add more DSP&#039;s in the&nbsp; design (per developers). The main CPU is the bottom of the barrel in the&nbsp; FreeScale iMX series that goes up to 1 Gig+ with many additional&nbsp; feature. No dead end there. Memory can always be expanded to the&nbsp; addressing limits. That leaves the software. This appears to be similar&nbsp; to the X32 and certainly does not require a re-write but certainly needs&nbsp; mods if for no other reason than the Logo and possible use of new&nbsp; hardware features. Conditional compile at best, common code base.&nbsp; Communications wise AES50 may be initially used but there is the&nbsp; HyperMac a technology that&#039;s been around for at least 10 yrs. (1 Gig&nbsp; Ethernet), again expanding performance. The M32 is a transitional&nbsp; product for the MG well placed for the Behringer crowd that want to go&nbsp; higher or satisfy riders.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="William Kueppers, post: 115314, member: 4925"] Re: New Midas M32 Console I'm none of the requested persona but I can answer most of the question. The faders are displayed in both the Midas and the Behringer sites and they are clearly different. The Midas unit looks far more robust. The preamps are different per Mfg. ad and John has given his impression based on the 251 above. The preamp/A/D chain I'm sure will be maximized for great performance. The PLS show on 3/12/14 will answer the last. Let me take the comparison a step further. It's quite clear that the control surface PCB's are different just from the visual. The output section may be the same physical layout but the boards can't be the same based on new preamps. That leaves the processing section which I have found no info on. Using the X32 as a baseline and comments from the developers leads me to this speculation. The X32 DSP's are 3rd gen parts and 4th gen are available as is the option to add more DSP's in the design (per developers). The main CPU is the bottom of the barrel in the FreeScale iMX series that goes up to 1 Gig+ with many additional feature. No dead end there. Memory can always be expanded to the addressing limits. That leaves the software. This appears to be similar to the X32 and certainly does not require a re-write but certainly needs mods if for no other reason than the Logo and possible use of new hardware features. Conditional compile at best, common code base. Communications wise AES50 may be initially used but there is the HyperMac a technology that's been around for at least 10 yrs. (1 Gig Ethernet), again expanding performance. The M32 is a transitional product for the MG well placed for the Behringer crowd that want to go higher or satisfy riders. [/QUOTE]

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