Avid presents its latest developments for studios in Madrid

Avid demonstrates how the Avid S4 and S1 control surfaces open up a world of possibilities never before possible for music mixers, small studios and educational facilities.

Avid has presented this Friday at Utopicus Club in Madrid some of its latest solutions for studio audio in both musical, television and film post-production.

In this event he has participated together with Avid, Dolby y Audio-Technica, who have addressed the latest news in Dolby Atmos immersive sound and the different applications of monitors Genelec. Avid partner, SES Audio, official distributor of the S4, was also present.

Precisely the new console has been the star of the day, making evident the endless flows and integrated solutions that fit countless needs.

Pep Agullo, Territory Account Manager Sales EMEA Audio at Avid, after welcoming the attendees, gave the floor to Dave Tyler, EMEA Audio Pre-Sales Manager at Avid who has outlined some of the characteristics of the new products launched by the manufacturer at NAMM 2020 and that could be seen for the first time in Spain.

Avid has shown how Avid S4 and S1 control surfaces open up a world of possibilitiesIt's never before possible for music mixers, small studios and educational facilities, meeting our customers' needs for the power, workflows and key features of Pro Tools S6 in more streamlined and affordable studio solutions. Avid control surface, software, audio I/O and monitoring capabilities combine to create a professional system with control and flexibility at the user's fingertips

As for the S4 brings the power and workflows of Avid's Pro Tools S6 control surface to budget-conscious audio professionals and small to medium-sized music and audio professionals in a more compact, ergonomic package.

Designed for small and medium studios music and audio installations, Avid S4 delivers S6 workflows to any editor or mixer. It acts and feels like a physical extension of the software, providing an exceptionally integrated experience with any Eucon-compatible audio application, such as Pro Tools, Nuendo, Pyramix, Logic Pro, Cubase and other audio programs.

S4 also allows engineers to quickly assign and control sources and talkback, listenback and speaker levels directly from the surface to handle everything from simple cue mixes for music recording to monitoring immersive audio projects.

At the same time, it provides a extensive visual feedback, con la capacidad de mostrar todo, desde medidores de canal, grupos, curvas de ecualización y datos de automatización, hasta formas de onda de alta resolución de Pro Tools, que se pueden editar directamente desde la superficie. La superficie semimodular y fácil de configurar ofrece a los usuarios la flexibilidad de construir el sistema ideal para un flujo de trabajo específico, de 8 a 24 faders, con la posibilidad de añadir módulos de visualización, joystick, post y knob. Cuando se combina con Pro Tools Ultimate, S4 ofrece la mezcla Dolby Atmos más eficaz y práctica de la industria en cualquier habitación.

S1 y Pro Tools MTRX Studio

For its part, Avid S1 gives audio professionals the speed, precision and software integration needed to deliver better sound mixes, faster. From recording and editing tracks, to mixing and monitoring in stereo or surround, S1 provides the Complete control and visual feedback to speed up any music workflow. Like the S6 and S4, the new S1 is equipped with Eucon to offer a Deep integration with Pro Tools and Media Composer, in addition to native support for third-party applications such as Logic Pro, Cubase, Premiere Pro….

With S1, users can easily scale the footprint as their needs grow. Audio professionals can connect up to four units together, and even add Pro Tools Dock, to create a single expanded and integrated surface. From responsive motorized faders and knobs to quick-access touchscreen workflows and programmable keys to complete complex tasks with a single touch, S1 provides the speed and versatility to accelerate any music, audio or video project.

Another novelty is Pro Tools MTRX Studio. The latest addition to the MTRX family of audio interfaces has been developed together with Digital Audio Denmark. Pro Tools MTRX Studio combines high-quality inputs and outputs, Extensive routing and monitoring capabilities in a single 1U rack space. In this way, it is emerging as the centerpiece in a studio, ideal for music and professional audio post-production facilities and studios of all sizes.

Whether they connect analog and digital signals, facilita la conexión y consolidación de todo el equipamiento externo y las conexiones deseadas. Los 18 canales de E/S analógica están preparados para aceptar una amplia gama de instrumentos, micrófonos, altavoces, procesadores y otros dispositivos externos. La conectividad digital cuenta con DigiLink, 64 canales de Dante y ADAT, lo que facilita la combinación y la simplificación de su cadena de señales.

Además de todas las posibilidades de conexión de la señal de audio, Pro Tools MTRX Studio utiliza el software de control DADman to assist in routing, creating and retrieving monitor profiles. MTRX Studio also offers SPQ speaker calibration, built right into the box so users will be able to recall monitor profiles along with monitor settings.

Prot Tools 2020

Avid has shown the most recent version (2020) of its DAW Pro Tools, which in addition to the expected support for macOS Catalina, provides a demand that users have been asking for decades: the use of track folderss.

Las Folder Tracks is a new function that allows you to organize tracks into folders that can be assigned different colors as with audio and MIDI folders, and can also be expanded and contracted on the fly, which allows you to eliminate the visual burden of having many tracks in a session, or to keep groups and stems more clearly ordered.

Finally, in terms of product demonstrations, it is now possible to bring all the power of Pro Tools HDX to a desk or studio rack with the chassis of Pro Tools HDX Thunderbolt 3, designed in partnership with Sonnet. The 1U rackmount chassis can accommodate a single HDX PCIe card (not included) and the Mac mini, providing portability and easy connection to the latest high-performance computers, or have a ready-to-use HDX system in one simple package.

Ricardo Vinas, Senior Sound Consultant, Content Services for Dolby Atmos, has addressed the requirements necessary for Dolby Atmos Home Entertainment certification for studios. For its part, Roberto Lopez, Brand Manager of Studio and Broadcast at Audio-Technica Iberia, has presented the applications of the revolutionary The Ones series of monitors from Genelec, which is becoming increasingly widespread in studios around the world.
The day concluded at noon with a series of personalized presentations of the S4 console by Jean Gabriel Grandouiller, Southern EMEA Audio Solutions Specialist en Avid.