S3L WIN7/8 Compatibility?

[Nish]

No Windows-based computers are supported for use with S3L Systems at this time, can anyone shed us some light on when support for Windows based users is coming?
It would be nice to know when to order a system without getting forced to jump on the Mac wagon...

Thx

[Kristo Kotkas]

Originally Posted by Nish

No Windows-based computers are supported for use with S3L Systems at this time, can anyone shed us some light on when support for Windows based users is coming?
It would be nice to know when to order a system without getting forced to jump on the Mac wagon...

Thx

You better get that mac now. The AVB drivers used for recording from S3L are built into OSX, not provided by Avid. Mac's want to do music I have built a mac mini into my S3L case and have KVM switch in there too to select either to control S3L or Mac. I'm very happy I did it that way, no hassle or worrying if my laptop would fall or get stolen and it's always there for recording and virtual soundcheck. Here is the thread where you can see how I did it: http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=346039

[Nish]

Hey thanks for the reply, Mac Mini is indeed something to consider as looks like not a lot of people are waiting for S3L to be compatible with windows based systems and assuming it's not on the Avid priority list.
Although I thought it was as it's supposed to be a studio control surface as well in the near future. Cheers

[Kristo Kotkas]

Originally Posted by Nish

Hey thanks for the reply, Mac Mini is indeed something to consider as looks like not a lot of people are waiting for S3L to be compatible with windows based systems and assuming it's not on the Avid priority list.
Although I thought it was as it's supposed to be a studio control surface as well in the near future. Cheers

It's Apple's drivers they use for audio not Avid's. AVB connectivity is built into OSX.
In studio, the S3 surface will be EuCon controller and EuCon works perfectly well on Mac and PC, but on the Mac side you get the audio I/O connectivity of S3 as well.

Windows might include AVB drivers too one day, but Mac does it now. So it's up to anyone to either hope and wait or get something that works today. For me it was a no-brainer to stick a mini in the case, considering it added like 6% to the overall cost of the system to get a permanent 64 track recorder-playback device with the system at all times.