Avid Pro Tools S3 Control Surface

Full Description

Improve your workflow

The powerful and intuitive controls of the S3 let you streamline and improve you workflow, minimising the need for using the keyboard and mouse, housing everything you need to edit, mix and arrange your sounds in a convenient, compact unit. Combining the traditional console design with the digital layout of Pro Tools, the S3 gives you the ability to intuitively operate your DAW regardless of your experience.

The S3 gives you optimal control over all your parameters from recording and editing to recalling snapshots and automating mixes, the S3 does it all in a sleek, compact control surface. When combined with Pro Tools your workflow will improve vastly, applying the unique features that will improve your efficiency.

EUCON technology

The EUCON technology incorporated in the S3 means not only can you mix using Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Cubase and other popular DAWs but you can also customise your surface and its controls to your liking. You can create up to 12 customer mixer presets and recall them at any time, making this ideal for use with mixing drums and other grouped sounds. You can also switch between applications seamlessly, letting you use any DAW for a range of different projects.

Compact yet powerful

The S3 is ideal for relatively any studio environment, with its compact size making it highly portable, letting you setup and go anywhere you are. With its powerful and intuitive controls and compact build and size, the S3 can be used in a range of different environments adding a new level of versatility to your work.

The 4x6 interface lets you record,mix and monitor session with just the S3 and a computer. Alternatively you can use the S3 as a standalone unit to monitor audio. The S3 itself features 16 channel strips each with a touch-sensitive motorized fader and 10-segment signal level meter plus 32-touch sensitive, push-button rotary encoders for panning, gain control and more.

Industry-quality controls

With the S3 working in conjunction with other DAWs as a control surface, it has to have a range of powerful and intuitive parameters that give you optimal control over everything your DAW has to offer. The S3 itself features a 32 high-resolution OLED display for viewing track names, metering data, parameter values and more.

The touch strip gives you access to transport controls and the built-in 4x6 AVB Core Audio interface includes 2 XLR mic/line inputs, 2 TRS line inputs, 2 XLR line outputs, 2 TRS line outputs and a stereo headphone output. With all these powerful functions and its compact, portable design, the S3 is the ideal unit for any sound engineer/music producer in need of an all-in-one integrated control surface.

Features

• 16 High Quality Touch Sensitive Alps Faders
• 32 Touch Sensitive Rotary Encoders
• Rich visual feedback with 32 OLED displays, 32 LEDs for track color coding and modes, as well as 10 segment meters
• 4x6 AVB Audio Interface
• Standalone Monitor Section
• Compact for ultra portability to take your mix with you
• Eucon Enabled for Compatibility with Leading DAWs and Non-linear editors

Specifications

• Intel processor (PowerPC not supported)
• OS X 10.8.5 or higher
• 2 GB RAM
• 500 MB available hard drive space
• 10/100 base-T Ethernet port (Ethernet switch required to connect additional units or to connect to a network)

• 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
• Windows 7 and Windows 8 Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate (32- or 64-bit)
• 2 GB RAM
• 500 MB available hard drive space
• 10/100 base-T Ethernet port (Ethernet switch required to connect additional units or to connect to a network)

• Pro Tools 11.2.1 or higher
• Pro Tools HD 11.2.1 or higher
• Nuendo 6.5 or higher
• Cubase 7.5 or higher
• Media Composer 8.1 or higher
• Logic 10.0.7