[aftermid]

The plan would be to use the Midas preamps. I thought that maybe by connecting to the Omni, it would show up as extra preamps. I also wanted to use it as a automation controller, but if it's like you mention only 8 faders, it's not really worth the extra expense. Also, from the Midas pictures I see two SPDIF digtal RCA jacks, but I don't see any Toslink ports. Where does the Midas have the ADAT ports?
The other thing I would like to have is the use of 1/4" stereo jacks so as to connect external sound modules/rack effects to the Midas. From what I see on the pictures, there are about 6-8 1/4" jacks, but they look more like mono returns or maybe inputs.

Thanks for the pointers.