Rick Bonadio, the owner of Midas Studios in the city of São Paulo, recently became one of the first studios to install Solid State Logic’s new Duality δelta console.

Being used for large-scale audio production in Studio 2, the Duality joins two other SSL consoles; an AWS 948 Analogue Workstation System and a classic 4048 G+ Special Edition.

Midas is a big name in Brazil, having hosted album projects by many Latin American artists, including the multi-platinum rock bands Mamonas Assassinas, Titãs, NX Zero and Charlie Brown Jr.; the pop singer Luiza Possi; the sertanejo duo Fernando e Sorocaba; the guitarist and songwriter Andreas Kisser; as well as the young musician and actor Mika Borges.

Bonadio, a long-time music executive with the Virgin Records and Universal Music labels as well as a producer, engineer and songwriter, uses the Duality for the recording and mix projects of his label, Midas Music, as well as for commercial purposes by all of the four-room facility’s clients.

“I wanted to have another big SSL,” he says of the Duality, which replaced a console from another manufacturer. “I love the SSL sound: I have used the 4048 G+ for almost 20 years, so Duality was the logical option.”