Description
The S4 carries the S6's vocabulary (strip modules, Master touchscreen, EUCON) in a shorter chassis at a gentler price. It's the Avid surface for post and music rooms that found the S6 too big or too dear.
Technical
Specifications
Processing
| Modularity and expansion | Master Touch Module with tilting 12.1-inch touchscreen and 8 rotary encoders · Up to 4 Display Modules and 3 optional modules; Automation Module with jog/shuttle wheel |
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| Channel processing | Each Channel Strip Module: 8 faders, 32 top-lit knobs (4 per channel) |
Surface
| Physical faders | 24 |
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| Motorized faders | Yes |
| Touchscreen | No |
| Faders | Semi-modular: up to 3 Channel Strip Modules for 8, 16 or 24 motorised faders |
| DAW control | EUCON; controls up to two applications simultaneously (Pro Tools, Nuendo, Logic Pro…) |
Recording
| Onboard recording | No |
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Networking
| Redundant PSU | No |
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| Redundant networking | No |
Strip & details
Rotate your phone to landscape for a better view of the strip.
Rotate your phone to landscape for a better view of the strip.
Rotate your phone to landscape for a better view of the strip.
Rotate your phone to landscape for a better view of the strip.
Rotate your phone to landscape for a better view of the strip.
Rotate your phone to landscape for a better view of the strip.
Software
WSControl (S4/S6 Workstation Software)Download
Avid Control (ex Pro Tools | Control) v2026.4.0Download
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Documents
Editorial & artists
Our take
History & design
Announced in 2019, the S4 is a semi-modular control surface that condenses the S6 experience. It takes up to three Channel Strip Modules (8, 16 or 24 motorised faders), a Master Touch Module with a tilting 12.1-inch touchscreen, an Automation Module with jog/shuttle wheel, up to four Display Modules and three optional modules.
Like the rest of the family it speaks EUCON and deeply controls Pro Tools, Nuendo, Logic Pro and other compatible applications, up to two at once. It sits between the S1/Dock and the S6 in Avid's surface range.
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