Experience the most intuitive, immersive mixing workflows for modern sound engineers.
Avid S6
Specifications
- See the latest requirements for Avid S6
- For detailed measurement specifications for the S6 master modules, standard modules, and leg frame assemblies, please see this S6 Dimensions document (PDF).
What’s Included
- Avid S6 surface
- S6 software
- S6 frame and other accessories (as specified per your pre-configuration or customization)
- All necessary cabling
- One year of Avid Advantage ExpertPlus support with Hardware Coverage
PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS
Customize your surface
Design the perfect mixing surface for your workflow. S6 is fully modular, enabling you to build your own system with an accompaniment of Fader, Knob, Process, and Display Modules. Add optional modules for surround and post mixing. Personalize it further with a variety of accessories, from keyboard and script trays to speaker mounts. And because it can be scaled horizontally and vertically, you can configure the surface with the modules you need now to fit your budget, with room to expand in the future as your needs grow.
Get intelligent touch control
The Master Touch Module serves as the engine of your entire surface and central hub of operation. With its 12.1-inch tilting multipoint touchscreen, knobs, and other controls, you can quickly access and control different aspects of your mix and system. Navigate and edit tracks and plugins fast. Select, mute, solo, and record-enable channels. View metering and parameter statuses. Get extensive monitoring and routing control to handle the biggest, most complex mixes, including Dolby Atmos. Perform multistep tasks instantly with customizable soft keys. And much more.
See your mix in whole new ways
Stay on top of your mix with one or more Display Modules, which provide extensive and unique visual feedback. Not only can you view multiple channel meters, track names, routing, groups, and other information, but also insightful data that will elevate your mixing experience. View high-resolution scrolling Pro Tools waveforms, which you can edit right from the surface. Display track automation data, gain reduction metering, EQ curves, and more. And with the latest EUCON software, you can now turn the display into a Master Meter Module, so you can keep your Master and Bus meters visible at all times.
Work with what you want
You have a lot of choices when it comes to the tools you use to create music, sound for picture, or videos. So why not use a control surface that respects the choices you make? S6 does. That's because it features EUCON, a high-speed Ethernet-based technology that enables the hardware to communicate directly with any EUCON-enabled application—and vice-versa. And because it's application-aware, you can switch from a Pro Tools project to Logic Pro, Nuendo, and other audio software in seconds, even mix tracks from different DAWs on the surface at the same time. It's the only professional control surface that lets you simultaneously mix multiple music and/or audio post projects across different audio workstations.
Customize your surface
Design the perfect mixing surface for your workflow. S6 is fully modular, enabling you to build your own system with an accompaniment of Fader, Knob, Process, and Display Modules. Add optional modules for surround and post mixing. Personalize it further with a variety of accessories, from keyboard and script trays to speaker mounts. And because it can be scaled horizontally and vertically, you can configure the surface with the modules you need now to fit your budget, with room to expand in the future as your needs grow.
Get intelligent touch control
The Master Touch Module serves as the engine of your entire surface and central hub of operation. With its 12.1-inch tilting multipoint touchscreen, knobs, and other controls, you can quickly access and control different aspects of your mix and system. Navigate and edit tracks and plugins fast. Select, mute, solo, and record-enable channels. View metering and parameter statuses. Get extensive monitoring and routing control to handle the biggest, most complex mixes, including Dolby Atmos. Perform multistep tasks instantly with customizable soft keys. And much more.
See your mix in whole new ways
Stay on top of your mix with one or more Display Modules, which provide extensive and unique visual feedback. Not only can you view multiple channel meters, track names, routing, groups, and other information, but also insightful data that will elevate your mixing experience. View high-resolution scrolling Pro Tools waveforms, which you can edit right from the surface. Display track automation data, gain reduction metering, EQ curves, and more. And with the latest EUCON software, you can now turn the display into a Master Meter Module, so you can keep your Master and Bus meters visible at all times.
Work with what you want
You have a lot of choices when it comes to the tools you use to create music, sound for picture, or videos. So why not use a control surface that respects the choices you make? S6 does. That's because it features EUCON, a high-speed Ethernet-based technology that enables the hardware to communicate directly with any EUCON-enabled application—and vice-versa. And because it's application-aware, you can switch from a Pro Tools project to Logic Pro, Nuendo, and other audio software in seconds, even mix tracks from different DAWs on the surface at the same time. It's the only professional control surface that lets you simultaneously mix multiple music and/or audio post projects across different audio workstations.
You can, with EUCON
AVID S6 FEATURES
FOR AUDIO POST
Create custom knob layouts
Map the controls of an inserted plugin to your surface—for any plugin, from any EUCON-enabled DAW. You can also map layouts that target different areas of your surface. Even the default EQ and DYN function maps can be rearranged. This makes it easy to create custom knob layouts for all of your favorite plugins.
View PEC/DIR metering on your displays
Working with Post Modules and Display Modules? You can link them together, enabling you to view tracks from post layouts in five different metering views, two different color options, and up to 16 wide surround formats. Both input and output meters from any track, from any workstation, can be assigned to these post layout tracks.
Work faster with fewer touches
VCA Spill and Folder Track spill give you the ability to expand track folders onto separate tracks happens with a single touch. Rename Pro Tools tracks by simply double-tapping on the Home screen's track name in the Master Module. Access parameters quickly by expanding plugins across knob modules. View gain reduction and variable speed Pro Tools waveform scrolling. You can even edit clips directly from a channel strip.
A first-of-its-kind modular design for better cost efficiency
Customize and modify the surface at any time with the modules, options, and accessories you need to match your current workflow scale the horizontally and/or vertically—as your business grows in the future.
Critical visual insights
Note channel modes from the top-lit, multicolor knobs. View tracks, meters, panning, and other visuals on the master touchscreen. See track names, automation status, and other info through color OLEDs. And see channel names, multifunction meters, processing graphs, incoming clip names, and more on any Display Modules you have. See all modules
Immerse yourself in Dolby Atmos®
Dolby Atmos has become the most popular surround format in cinema and home theater, delivering bigger, more immersive audio experiences to viewers. And now you can get hands-on access to the most efficient Dolby Atmos mixing workflows in the industry—right from any S6 surface and in Pro Tools Ultimate.
Remote control your S6
With the free Avid Control app, you can control track recording, playback, and other transport functions on your S6 remotely from an iPad, giving you the flexibility to position yourself anywhere in the studio while mixing a music or audio post session. (Great for ADR and Foley applications.)
Expand control across your network
Through EUCON, S6 communicates directly with Pro Tools and other DAWs on your network. Simultaneously control up to eight audio workstations—even workstations in other rooms across your facility—with incredible responsiveness, making it easy to configure, scale, and reconfigure the surface.
FOR MUSIC
Work faster with fewer touches
VCA Spill and Folder Track spill give you the ability to expand track folders onto separate tracks happens with a single touch. Rename Pro Tools tracks by simply double-tapping on the Home screen's track name in the Master Module. Access parameters quickly by expanding plugins across knob modules. View gain reduction and variable speed Pro Tools waveform scrolling. You can even edit clips directly from a channel strip.
Create custom knob layouts
Map the controls of an inserted plugin to your surface—for any plugin, from any EUCON-enabled DAW. You can also map layouts that target different areas of your surface. Even the default EQ and DYN function maps can be rearranged. This makes it easy to create custom knob layouts for all of your favorite plugins.
Immerse yourself in Dolby Atmos®
Dolby Atmos has become the most popular surround format in cinema and home theater, delivering bigger, more immersive audio experiences to viewers. And now you can get hands-on access to the most efficient Dolby Atmos mixing workflows in the industry—right from any S6 surface and in Pro Tools Ultimate.
Command multiple DAWs
S6 provides easy control of multiple DAWs like Logic, Nuendo and more, enabling you to send commands from Soft Keys to connected DAWs simultaneously. Save a session, punch out of automation, and more on projects that span multiple audio workstations. Create up to 96 custom layouts using multiple tracks from different systems and instantly recall them from the touchscreen. And because it's application-aware, you can switch from a Pro Tools project to Logic Pro, Nuendo, and other audio software in seconds, even mix tracks from different DAWs on the surface at the same time.
View all of your meters in one
Want to keep your Master and Bus meters visible at all times? You can turn any S6 Display Module into a Master Meter Module, giving you greater visual feedback for mixing. By being able to leverage a separate display showing all of your meters in 1–4 rows—which can be stored as presets and recalled with layouts—you'll be more in tune with your mix than ever.
Remote control your S6
With the free Avid Control app, you can control track recording, playback, and other transport functions on your S6 remotely from an iPad, giving you the flexibility to position yourself anywhere in the studio while mixing a music or audio post session.
Create custom knob layouts
Map the controls of an inserted plugin to your surface—for any plugin, from any EUCON-enabled DAW. You can also map layouts that target different areas of your surface. Even the default EQ and DYN function maps can be rearranged. This makes it easy to create custom knob layouts for all of your favorite plugins.
View PEC/DIR metering on your displays
Working with Post Modules and Display Modules? You can link them together, enabling you to view tracks from post layouts in five different metering views, two different color options, and up to 16 wide surround formats. Both input and output meters from any track, from any workstation, can be assigned to these post layout tracks.
Work faster with fewer touches
VCA Spill and Folder Track spill give you the ability to expand track folders onto separate tracks happens with a single touch. Rename Pro Tools tracks by simply double-tapping on the Home screen's track name in the Master Module. Access parameters quickly by expanding plugins across knob modules. View gain reduction and variable speed Pro Tools waveform scrolling. You can even edit clips directly from a channel strip.
A first-of-its-kind modular design for better cost efficiency
Customize and modify the surface at any time with the modules, options, and accessories you need to match your current workflow scale the horizontally and/or vertically—as your business grows in the future.
Critical visual insights
Note channel modes from the top-lit, multicolor knobs. View tracks, meters, panning, and other visuals on the master touchscreen. See track names, automation status, and other info through color OLEDs. And see channel names, multifunction meters, processing graphs, incoming clip names, and more on any Display Modules you have. See all modules
Immerse yourself in Dolby Atmos®
Dolby Atmos has become the most popular surround format in cinema and home theater, delivering bigger, more immersive audio experiences to viewers. And now you can get hands-on access to the most efficient Dolby Atmos mixing workflows in the industry—right from any S6 surface and in Pro Tools Ultimate.
Remote control your S6
With the free Avid Control app, you can control track recording, playback, and other transport functions on your S6 remotely from an iPad, giving you the flexibility to position yourself anywhere in the studio while mixing a music or audio post session. (Great for ADR and Foley applications.)
Expand control across your network
Through EUCON, S6 communicates directly with Pro Tools and other DAWs on your network. Simultaneously control up to eight audio workstations—even workstations in other rooms across your facility—with incredible responsiveness, making it easy to configure, scale, and reconfigure the surface.
Work faster with fewer touches
VCA Spill and Folder Track spill give you the ability to expand track folders onto separate tracks happens with a single touch. Rename Pro Tools tracks by simply double-tapping on the Home screen's track name in the Master Module. Access parameters quickly by expanding plugins across knob modules. View gain reduction and variable speed Pro Tools waveform scrolling. You can even edit clips directly from a channel strip.
Create custom knob layouts
Map the controls of an inserted plugin to your surface—for any plugin, from any EUCON-enabled DAW. You can also map layouts that target different areas of your surface. Even the default EQ and DYN function maps can be rearranged. This makes it easy to create custom knob layouts for all of your favorite plugins.
Immerse yourself in Dolby Atmos®
Dolby Atmos has become the most popular surround format in cinema and home theater, delivering bigger, more immersive audio experiences to viewers. And now you can get hands-on access to the most efficient Dolby Atmos mixing workflows in the industry—right from any S6 surface and in Pro Tools Ultimate.
Command multiple DAWs
S6 provides easy control of multiple DAWs like Logic, Nuendo and more, enabling you to send commands from Soft Keys to connected DAWs simultaneously. Save a session, punch out of automation, and more on projects that span multiple audio workstations. Create up to 96 custom layouts using multiple tracks from different systems and instantly recall them from the touchscreen. And because it's application-aware, you can switch from a Pro Tools project to Logic Pro, Nuendo, and other audio software in seconds, even mix tracks from different DAWs on the surface at the same time.
View all of your meters in one
Want to keep your Master and Bus meters visible at all times? You can turn any S6 Display Module into a Master Meter Module, giving you greater visual feedback for mixing. By being able to leverage a separate display showing all of your meters in 1–4 rows—which can be stored as presets and recalled with layouts—you'll be more in tune with your mix than ever.
Remote control your S6
With the free Avid Control app, you can control track recording, playback, and other transport functions on your S6 remotely from an iPad, giving you the flexibility to position yourself anywhere in the studio while mixing a music or audio post session.
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