Midas MR12

The Midas MR12 is a 12-input portable digital mixer for iPad and Android tablets. It has four Midas PRO mic preamps, eight line inputs and a built-in Wi-Fi module. It also has MIDI I/O and a USB port for stereo WAV recording. You mix it from the M AIR apps, so the mixer can sit on stage or in a rack. Showcaller AI gives the Midas MR12 voice and chat control through the Showcaller Bridge App. The Behringer X AIR and Midas MR integration page lists every function.

How Showcaller works with the Midas MR12

The Bridge App reaches the mixer over your network and sends OSC on port 10024. Then Showcaller turns plain requests into Tool Function calls. For instance, you can say mute the panel mics or bring the presenter up 3 dB in bus 2. Starter covers channel faders, mutes and names, the main LR output and the mix buses. Pro adds the four DCA groups, preamp gain and 48V phantom power, polarity and the high-pass filter. It also adds the channel EQ, gates and compressors. Finally, Enterprise adds effects sends, FX and aux return levels, channel colors and snapshots 1 to 64. Before Showcaller loads or saves a snapshot, switches phantom power or changes an effects send, it asks you to confirm.

What applies on this model

Pick the MR12 model when you connect, because the model sets the bus range. On the MR12, Showcaller offers mix buses 1 to 4. By contrast, the MR18 gets buses 1 to 6. The MR12 has two aux outputs on TRS jacks, and Midas lists six aux buses in its processing. Phantom power and preamp gain matter on inputs 1 to 4, the four Midas PRO preamps. The remaining eight inputs are line inputs. Also, Showcaller does not run the USB recorder. A wired Ethernet link is the better choice, since every read waits at most 0.3 seconds.

Midas MR12 vs Behringer XR12

Many people compare the MR12 with the Behringer XR12. Both brands are part of Music Tribe, and the two mixers share one layout. Each has 12 inputs, four mic preamps, eight line inputs, two aux outputs and the same Wi-Fi module. The main difference is the preamp. The Midas MR12 uses Midas PRO preamps, while the XR12 has preamps designed by Midas. The MR12 runs the M AIR apps, and the XR12 runs X AIR. In addition, the MR12 weighs 2.9 kg and the XR12 weighs 2.4 kg. For Showcaller, the two are the same. They share one XAir model family, one set of Tool Functions and buses 1 to 4. See the Behringer XR12 page for that model. For full specs, see Midas’s MR12 product page.