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<blockquote data-quote="Samuel Rees" data-source="post: 123415" data-attributes="member: 3136">Re: New Midas M32 ConsoleI can&#039;t tell if this business does or does not care about actual audio quality related components. Before digital, what would you call a console with new preamps, faders, and a surface? A different console! Now just because two desks share a software package people are calling them clones. Everyone was SO worried about how the preamps in the X32 would sound, but now that Midas Heritage / XL4 preamps are available in a $5000 desk no one cares about preamps anymore. The converters from the pro series are seemingly of little discussion as well, despite being one in the same with the Pro series. From what I can tell, everyone said &quot;hey lets worry about the X32 because the sound of preamps and converters, and the reliability of critical components like faders matter&quot;. In comes M32 with historically successful and high end pres, converters, and faders, and nobody cares about those components anymore! All anyone will talk about is how it is the same software - which has been pretty damn well received anyway. Discussions of music group products around here are apparently pretty logically inconsistent.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Samuel Rees, post: 123415, member: 3136"] Re: New Midas M32 Console I can't tell if this business does or does not care about actual audio quality related components. Before digital, what would you call a console with new preamps, faders, and a surface? A different console! Now just because two desks share a software package people are calling them clones. Everyone was SO worried about how the preamps in the X32 would sound, but now that Midas Heritage / XL4 preamps are available in a $5000 desk no one cares about preamps anymore. The converters from the pro series are seemingly of little discussion as well, despite being one in the same with the Pro series. From what I can tell, everyone said "hey lets worry about the X32 because the sound of preamps and converters, and the reliability of critical components like faders matter". In comes M32 with historically successful and high end pres, converters, and faders, and nobody cares about those components anymore! All anyone will talk about is how it is the same software - which has been pretty damn well received anyway. Discussions of music group products around here are apparently pretty logically inconsistent. [/QUOTE]

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