Behringer X32 - Audio Media

MIDAS SHARC-BASED PROCESSING
The SHARC-based effects and dynamics algorithms are identical
on all of Midas’s digital consoles, from the Pro Series up to
the flagship XL8. They are incorporated within the console’s
automatic delay management system, so wherever they are
patched, the audio will be completely phase-coherent when
summed into the user’s mix. It is also possible to assign up to
36 1/3 octave Klark TekninDN370 graphic EQs, all of which can be
controlled using the optional Klark Teknik DN9331 Rapide moving
fader remote. There are four types of compression available on
inputs and five types on outputs; and FX options, configurations,
settings and patching are all changeable with each scene recall.
best, so we need to make sure that the audio quality we
generate will always be excellent; and thirdly, we insist on
a seamless user-interface: everything needs to be builtin,
so the user has no need to administrate third-party
solutions.”
Angel says processing and effects expectations have
increased massively in recent years, and as a result,
Yamaha has chosen to collaborate with a small and select
number of processing partners.
“Our main partner is Rupert Neve Designs; both
through Yamaha and our sister company, Steinberg,
we have been able to provide these plug-ins, and in
the future we certainly hope to expand upon that,” he
adds. “Everything is based around our Virtual Circuitry
Modelling technology, of course, and we also have
many classic pieces of in-house hardware we are able to
model digitally: a number of classic reverbs, EQs, and
compressors, for example.”
Angel reiterates that above all, it’s about quality, not
quantity:
“We are not going to go for a complete plug-in system
– that brings problems, which we have seen in several
YAMAHA VIRTUAL CIRCUITRY MODELLING (VCM)
Yamaha’s VCM technology was designed to create highly accurate
digital copies of analogue hardware. It does this through the
digital reproduction of individual components in analogue
circuits such as resistors and capacitors; and besides modelling
the functionality of a circuit and the interaction between single
components, VCM focuses on the musical simulation of analogue
sound qualities, including saturation and non-linearity, which less
complex digital simulations cannot capture as accurately.
“We are not
going to go for a
complete plug-in
system – that
brings problems,
which we have
seen in several
competing
manufacturers...
anything that
isn’t completely
solid is not
acceptable.”
Chris Angel,
Yamaha
competing manufacturers; we may have a slightly ‘closedgarden’
approach, but anything that isn’t completely solid
is not acceptable to us as a Yamaha solution.”
Shut Down
Overall, quality is clearly paramount for all of these
manufacturers, be it through reviving the old analogue
sounds of yesteryear through plug-ins or using other
new technologies; in fact, it’s the one thing that does
seems constant: people still want to recreate the classic
processing of the 60s and 70s, and it doesn’t look like that
is going to change any time soon. ∫
Midas Consoles
W www.midasconsoles.com
DiGiCo
W www.digico.biz
Soundcraft
W www.soundcraft.com
Yamaha
W www.yamahacommercialaudio.com
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