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Old 11-08-2015, 11:27 AM
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Default Can a pair of S3's be used for 32 faders?

Title says it all. Since I am stuck with a brain that won't shut off, is this feasible?
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IIRC, no.
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IIRC, no.
Why not? Any chance of that changing? 2 S3's with a Dock would be pretty cool!
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Because Avid wants to sell S6.... And will spend development and QA/test dollars on larger configs there...

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It's possible that there's a technical limit. If each S3 is considered as 1 module in the EuCon ecosystem, I suppose it's possible that it uses up its data bandwidth "headroom". Or Darryl could very easily be right.
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I am still curious due to the fact that one can use 4 ARTIST MIX units(for 32 faders) and Dcommand/Dcontrol use Eucon(or DO they?) as well.
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I am still curious due to the fact that one can use 4 ARTIST MIX units(for 32 faders) and Dcommand/Dcontrol use Eucon(or DO they?) as well.
ICON desks doesn't use Eucon and I read somewhere that atleast 2 S3's will be able to be used but for now only one.
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ICON desks doesn't use Eucon and I read somewhere that atleast 2 S3's will be able to be used but for now only one.
Just to clarify, are you saying that in the future, it will be possible to use 2 S3's together for 32 channel control?
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Just to clarify, are you saying that in the future, it will be possible to use 2 S3's together for 32 channel control?
No one other than avid will know this at this time.
There has been no announcement made and as far as I'm aware no off the record posts.

I could be wrong but I've heard nothing to think they have plans for this or why it would be needed.

Banking and navigation on the S3 is so easy to get around I'd personally have absolutely no need for it.

Others opinions may vary though :)
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No one other than avid will know this at this time.
There has been no announcement made and as far as I'm aware no off the record posts.

I could be wrong but I've heard nothing to think they have plans for this or why it would be needed.

Banking and navigation on the S3 is so easy to get around I'd personally have absolutely no need for it.

Others opinions may vary though :)
Honestly, I don't think I have a need for it either but was just curious.
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