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    AVID PRO TOOLS | MTRX Audio Interface

    Apr 26, 2018 5 minutes
    Review: Mark Davie

    ‘DADMan?’ Was all I could think about when I installed the control software for the Pro Tools | MTRX interface from Avid. I mean, it’s hilarious, completely fuddy duddy, but what’s up with that? Avid is nothing if not particular about its software releases, and DADMan sounds like an in-joke or development codename that slipped through to the keeper.

    Well, as it turns out, while the MTRX faceplate might be branded Avid in glowing purple splendour, inside it’s all someone else’s work. The MTRX is essentially a Digital Audio Denmark (DAD) AX32 in Avid guise, with Digilink connectors pre-installed on the rear.

    The AX32 is a first choice interface for post houses, often spec’d alongside large consoles as a means of whizzing around scads of digital audio channels

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