MIDAS M32 LIVE 40 CHANNEL DIGITAL MIXER

• Live performance and studio recording digital console with up to 40 simultaneous input channels
• 32 award-winning Midas PRO microphone preamplifiers
• 25 time-aligned and phase-coherent mix buses
• AES50 networking allows up to 96 inputs and 96 outputs
• 32 bidirectional channels of live recording/playback on dual SD/SDHC (cards not included)
• Up to 3 hours of 32-channel PCM recording in one session, stored as uncompressed WAV files
• High-performance aluminum and high-impact steel structure
• 40-bit floating point digital signal processing
• 8 DCA and 6 mute groups
• 8 digital signal processing effects engines
• 25 Midas PRO motor faders
• Daylight viewable 7" full color TFT display screen
• 32 x 32 channel USB 2.0 audio interface
• DAW remote control emulations of Mackie Control and HUI protocols
• Optional wireless remote control with Midas Apps for iPhone and iPad
• Autoranging universal switch-mode power supply

• The groundbreaking M32 LIVE console combines legendary Midas sound quality with advanced digital technology, futureproof floating point audio engine, extremely low-latency design, and industry-leading 192 kHz ADC and DAC converters, creating a revolutionary mid-format live console. M32 LIVE features ultrasleek styling, offering you a truly luxurious mixing experience. High-end construction materials including carbon fiber provide unparalleled durability and strength and substantially lower weight than comparable consoles.
• The M32 LIVE utilizes award-winning Midas PRO Series microphone preamplifiers and custom-designed Midas PRO motorized faders that are rated for 1 million life cycles—three times more than other leading consoles.
• The Midas M32 LIVE is a future-forward console that completely raises the bar for live mixing.

• The Midas preamplifier design eliminates typical imbalances of gain-setting stages, thereby improving the common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR) and harmonic distortion to an almost immeasurable level. The constant high-frequency bandwidth topology assures excellent stability, RF rejection, and noise performance at all gain levels, contributing to its transparent, open, and dynamic sound. But it doesn’t end there. Over the years, many mix engineers have found that this robust and overload-tolerant design takes on a whole new dimension of sound when driven hard. The pristine audiophile reproduction gives way to just the right combination of harmonics, a warm and organic sound heard by millions of concertgoers and recorded for posterity on countless live albums over the years.
• Since pristine sound always begins with the microphone preamplifier, the first point where your signal enters the console, M32 LIVE features genuine Midas microphone preamplifiers, which faithfully reproduce every sonic detail, so no part of a performance will ever be missed. Transparent and pristine sound, low noise, and high common-mode rejection are all hallmarks of this classic design.
• The microphone preamplifiers are the very same ones used in the industry standard Midas XL4 and HERITAGE 3000 consoles, which many consider to be the greatest analog live consoles ever built. Over the past decade, the XL4 and HERITAGE 3000 have been utilized by countless top artists including Bon Jovi, Alanis Morrisette, AC/DC, Coldplay, Kid Rock, Metallica, Alicia Keys, Foo Fighters, Christina Aguilera, Sir Paul McCartney, Pearl Jam, and many more.
• The M32 LIVE draws from this same legacy to bring you an elite professional level of audio quality and performance.

• The brilliance of the M32 LIVE is its simplicity and workflow. Tactile controls allow smooth adjustment to critical elements as the mix progresses, while the TFT screen keeps you informed every step of the way. This integration of tactile controls, motorized faders, and the array of LCD and TFT displays make the M32 LIVE experience the premiere solution for live sound, broadcast, studio recording, and postproduction applications.
• M32 LIVE changes the game by completely rethinking what is possible in a digital mixer. An intuitive workflow coupled with a fully interactive user interface ensures immediate familiarity and instills confidence. Advanced engineering and meticulous design delivers stellar sonic performance at an extremely affordable price—changing the game entirely.

• The M32 LIVE Channel Strip puts the most important channel processing parameters into one section, so it does not matter which channel you are using, the controls are always the same.
• This highly efficient layout stems from decades of Midas console design and input from users. Optimized control illumination ensures a clear indication of levels or status from any viewing angle.
• Illuminated rotary encoders and switches give you control of preamp settings, frequency shelving, and dual dynamics sections, as well as a fully parametric multimode EQ, bus sends, and main, mono, and stereo panning.

• M32 LIVE’s 7" day-viewable color TFT (Thin-Film Transistor) display shows the setting parameters you need when you need them.
• Selected for its high-contrast performance and outdoor visibility, TFT is ideal for concert and open-air festival venues. Flanked by high-precision context-sensitive tactile encoders, the screen comes to life and immediately reports in high definition all adjustments applied to a wide range of parameters.
• Intelligent design puts the control of vital functions such as effects, metering, routing, and much more, only 1 or 2 button-presses away.

• M32 LIVE brings the convenience of digital mixing to your aux and output bus mixes too, thanks to its integrated Sends on Fader feature. This incredible function allows you to build powerful dedicated submixes for monitor, secondary zone feeds, and much more—all without affecting the front of house mix or levels.
• The M32 LIVE allows you to send your choice of signals to any aux or output bus, and then dial in the perfect mix via the channel faders.
• The console remembers where you set the faders and instantly recalls them when you select a bus for quick adjustments.

• DCA (Digitally Controlled Amplifier) groups allow control over several signals at once without actually mixing them into a subgroup bus. M32 LIVE’s 8 DCA groups let you control multiple signals via a single fader, such as the entire drum mix, the horn section, or the backup vocalists, etc.
• DCA control affects the FOH mix, while allowing the individual buses to remain unchanged. The result is a customizable workflow that provides maximum flexibility, but still allows individual buses and subgroups to serve the purpose for which they were intended, such as zone sends, broadcast feeds, etc.

• Across the M32 LIVE, you’ll find 11 strategically placed View buttons associated with various functions. These buttons enable immediate access to information about that specific function.
• For instance, if you press the View button in the Equalizer section, information for that channel’s EQ is instantly shown on the main display, providing in-depth editing of all related parameters.
• This direct access to visual fine-tuning gives the engineer a level of control previously available only on consoles costing exponentially more.

• The M32 LIVE includes a 100-band real-time analyzer (RTA) with full bar and spectrograph views on the M32-EDIT control application. This high-resolution RTA displays the audio energy distribution in 100 frequency bands over time, capturing a sonogram window of a full 10 seconds.
• You can switch between the large RTA view to display any available signal at full screen resolution, or select the Combined view, which displays the RTA view above each of the channel and bus EQ curves.
• This feature lets you see the results of your filtering choices in the audio spectrum directly. Additionally, the RTA can be displayed on top of the 31-band graphic EQs in the FX rack.

• Midas has included 16 FX plug-ins in the M32 LIVE, giving you access to a total of 50+ effects that would otherwise cost tens of thousands of dollars in hardware.
• This generation of high-end FX plug-ins is based on True Physical Modeling of classic audio hardware—essentially rebuilt classic analog gear in the digital domain and models of legendary processors such as Urei’s 1176, Teletronix LA-2A, and Fairchild 670 compressors, as well as the legendary Pultec EQP-1a and EQ5 equalizers, etc. You also get a cutting-edge 5-band multiband compressor.

• Gain Split mode separates channel gain (trim) from the head amp gain, allowing both the FOH and/or the monitor engineer to adjust local trim digitally and independently of preamp gain.
• Additionally, the HA Gain Remote option allows console gains to be remotely controlled by an external console, such as when using the M32 LIVE as a stagebox.

• The M32 LIVE’s routing is extremely robust and flexible. Output signals and XLR outputs are now treated separately, allowing signals from AES50 sources or expansion cards to be routed directly to the M32 LIVE’s analog outputs.
• For example, you can use the outputs from the M32 LIVE for directly routing back PA or monitoring signals from a main or FOH console. Plus, output tap points can be set as pre- or post-mute for greater usability with your P16 personal monitoring mixers. This is very useful in situations where you don’t want mute groups to interrupt your signal flow.

• M32 LIVE’s Cue List provides an innovative way to automate the loading of scenes and Snippets at different points during a show. Each of the 500 Cue entries can load any of the 100 Scenes or Snippets separately or at the same time. This gives you an amazing total of 500 Cues x 100 Scenes x 100 Snippets.
• For example, store your favorite EQ settings for drums on channels 1 to 8 as a Snippet, recallable in an instant as its own preset, completely independent of the console’s overall scene. It’s like taking a snapshot of a parameter on an input, return, FX slot, bus, Matrix, Main, or DCA group—and saving it for quick access whenever you need it.

• A total of 17 programmable LCD Scribble Strips offer channel/bus identification that mirrors what is being controlled.
• Use them to enter input/output tags, plus add icons you recognize at-a-glance. Then assign colors to create visual groups for immediate on-the-fly recognition of similar inputs.
• Simple, elegant, and effective, you’ll never need masking tape again.

• AES50 simultaneously provides high channel counts, extremely low and deterministic latencies, accurate phase-aligned networked clock distribution, error detection, and network redundancy, with simple deployment and ease of use to meet the needs of the live performance industry.
• This unique combination benefits both live and studio recording applications, as well as postproduction, broadcasting, and audio-routing infrastructure. SuperMAC is a proprietary implementation of AES50 owned by Klark Teknik. Originally developed by Sony Pro-Audio Labs in Oxford, UK, it forms the basis of the Audio Engineering Society’s AES50 open standard for digital audio networking—High Resolution Multichannel Audio Interconnection (HRMAI), as published by the Audio Engineering Society, Inc.
  • 48 bidirectional audio channels at 48 kHz over Neutrik etherCON-terminated shielded (STP) Cat 5 cable
  • Single-cable duplex interconnection for audio and sample clocks
  • Ethernet physical layer audio data transmission
  • High channel count and ultralow deterministic latency (2x3 samples = 1/8 ms per node)
  • Accurate phase-aligned clock distribution
  • Comprehensive error detection and management
  • Provision for redundant networking
  • Minimal configuration—total ease of deployment and use
  • Ethernet TCP/IP protocol-compatible auxiliary data channel

• A versatile powerhouse of a live console, the M32 LIVE provides robust studio functionality. Record and play back up to 32 tracks, which run on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8 operating systems, or Mac computers via integrated USB 2.0 connectivity. M32 LIVE supports both 44.1 and 48 kHz sample rates at 24-bIt, allowing you to record up to 32 tracks of live audio directly to your computer for mixing down later. Take advantage of M32 LIVE’s built-in FX engines to augment your DAW’s plug-in collection, or to free up valuable computer resources.
• M32 LIVE’s recall capability makes it easy for both project and professional studio engineers to stay organized by storing projects as scenes, either internally or externally on a USB stick.

• Just as in life, you can never have too many connections, and this applies to controlling the console itself. Simply connect the M32 LIVE to a laptop or desktop computer via LAN, wireless network, or Ethernet cable, and take total remote command of the M32 LIVE. Move a fader on the PC, and it moves on the M32 LIVE; press a button on the computer, and the button toggles on the M32 LIVE. The M32-EDIT app is designed for maximum flexibility, allowing you to use any MCU (Mackie Control Universal) compatible control surface to remotely control the M32 LIVE. This feature provides an extremely powerful and useful solution for side-of-stage monitor control and individual control of multiple installed M32 LIVEs or multiple remote control stations of the same M32 LIVE. The M32-EDIT lets you create scenes on your PC beforehand to minimize the time required for sound checks.
• With the M32-EDIT software for PC, Mac, and Linux, your computer becomes your virtual M32 LIVE.

M32-MIX (iPad)

• Front of House is wherever you and your iPad are, thanks to the new M32 MIX App for iPad. Just plug in a wireless router via Ethernet cable to the M32 LIVE, and then wirelessly connect up to 10 iPad devices, especially handy for custom monitor mixes.
• The M32-MIX app lets you control all 32 mic inputs, 8 aux inputs, and 16 buses, plus the FX stereo returns and the Matrix, Main, and DCA levels. Select a fader bank on the iPad and slide the virtual faders and M32 LIVE’s motorized faders to instantly mirror your action. Thanks to the Sends on Faders functionality, your iPad now controls 16 independent monitor mixes. The M32-MIX App gives you the flexibility and mobility to make running sound a breeze.

M32-Q (iPhone, iPod Touch, Android)

• M32-Q is the perfect tool for setting up your personal monitoring mix with the Midas M32 LIVE Digital Mixing Console. Compatible with iPhone models and iPod touch devices, each artist can run their own M32-Q App to adjust and tweak their personal wedge’s mix. M32-Q includes an assignable MCA (Mix Control Association) feature that makes monitor mixing simple enough to be adjusted during performance. Assign any input or combination of inputs to one of the 4 MCA controls inside M32-Q and instantly get more you, less band, or more click track, all with a single sweep of your finger.