Behringer Buys Midas (Page 1 of 3)

The Midas touch will probably go into reverse - everything they'll touch turns into Behringer/shite...

oh man, and klark teknik too..

while doing some research on the a80, i came upon many stories of how studer was bought by the Harman group.. its all true, those kind of companies turn these old respected brands to shit.. i've had lexicon products here that almost made me cry, shit they never ever would have done before harman bought them. now they want to move the entire production of studer from switzerland to the uk..destroying 60 years worth of knowledge and craftsmanship.

expect crappy 300 euro midas mixers made in china soon..

Not 300 euro, but they're quicker than you think...
At least stockholders might get their midas share.

Midas turned his food and daughter into gold as well, btw.

damn brian, now that you point it out...

the xenyx.. anyone who thinks thats a good name for a mixer should be shot on sight.

@alex: the alternative is simple: stay small and independent. do NOT become a public company so others can buy your shares and demand short term profits that'll kill long term possibilities. or if some things become too expensive (anything from r&d to parts buying) group together with other small brands.. there are plenty of companies that do succeed in both this market and in staying independent.. its very rare to be both a succesful high end brand in any industry, and be part of some big conglomerate of brands or big company...

the only ones i can think of right now are car brands like audi and skoda that benefited hugely from becoming part of the volkswagen group..

@Rude66

Yeah, I know what happens from the economic side of things, I am used to witness it (having worked in a financial
company gives you a certain insight in the markets)
I was wondering more on the side of things which is closer to our needs/desires/profession/hobby...
If a company like Midas gets acquired by Crappingher (sorry for the word play ), what are the brands in the audio
field  that are still holding by themselves and not going to be acquired by some industry giant?
Especially, does anybody know one of this company on whose commitment they specify that they want to stay
independent?

@alex: kawai, d&r, numark, ecler, sherman, rodec, dateq, manley.. the list is endless...

@mono: they are super nice mixers. good sound, lots of possibilities, nice eq's.. ive played live with them several times, and the difference with other mixers i've used live is amazing. i never used one in a studio environment though..

edit: in itself there is nothing wrong with manufacturing in china, there's some good products coming from there. but if youre a company that has always don this locally and then move there, there's also an ethical question...

@ruud i heard a lot off different story's.

But who nees such big desks nowadays?
I woukd get a nice old studer or something insted and a good patchbay and audio interface.

you don't need a big desk ruud.
A good patchbay system is what you need.

Midas is big in the PA businenss but they don't make good studio desks i think.

That's a bit of a odd statement to me. I find desks, like routing systems, can be instruments in their own right. There are plenty of styles of playing that depend on the desk being used as a instrument. Think of dub-style mixing, the usage of the mixer in turntablism or the continual eq tweaking in a lot of old gabber.

There are probably a lot of people that feel you don't need hardware modulars either....

a ''big powermixer'' is about so much more than just having lots of inputs.. its about build quality, sound quality, having much better access to knobs, etc etc..

as kas said: a good desk is an instrument in itself. i'm forever telling people how crazy it is that they spend thousands on synths, then buy a crappy 200 euro mixer to push it all through. a desk is a very important part of your overall sound, and each desk sounds different. big desks tend to be in the higher price ranges, so also have better components, and are easier to service than small desks...

Yeah, what I don't understand when people spend thousands on synths and a big powermixer, then buy a crappy 200 euro soundcard to record

.....but whats the fun in recording everything one input at a time?