An essential element of the installation, the included DL251 stage box serves as the digital snake, providing 48 Midas mic/line inputs and 16 analogue XLR outputs at the stage end. MIDI (In, Out, Thru) plus three AES50 ports and one Ethernet connection round out the DL251 rear panel. Connectivity to the FOH console is via shielded, twisted-pair Cat 5e cable with a range of up to 100 metres/330 feet. Dual-redundant power supplies are standard.
Trof Group, which operates Gorilla, The Deaf Institute, Albert Hall Manchester and Trof Northern Quarter, tasked their head of sound, Sean Kelly to select the new console for the venue. Kelly first experienced the Midas PRO Series at Shepherd's Bush Empire FOH and was impressed with the sound and ease of use - especially the EQ.
"Gorilla hosts a wide variety of events, from the loudest rock to the quietest spoken word, so we needed a board that could handle that - and also had wide acceptance with visiting engineers", said Kelly. "Midas PRO Series ticked these boxes and I love the sound - so I had no hesitation in specifying the MIDAS PRO2 for Gorilla."
(Jim Evans)
