Hi Slau and Katie, I have the S3, and the performance with Pro Tools 12 is very tight, and deeply integrated. . I also use the Euphonic MC Transport with the S3 which provides an incredible amount of options for controlling Pro Tools. Coincidentally, this weekend, I am starting the training with a client on his workstation my company had configured using the S3 and MC Transport with Pro Tools 12.
For years I have been recommending and using several differing control surfaces with VR clients that my company serve, and I firmly believe this is the future for all DAW programs with regard to the use of EuCon protocol. Hopefully, EuCon will provide a protocol that will allow for people such as Tim Burgess, to refine his Surface Reader that can one day support a comprehensive solution. This will enable us to work more directly with the DAW software, and eliminate the loss of access when scripts, operating systems and DAW software shifts direction. Standardizing a communication platform between software and devices, will enable speech output to provide clear and succinct verbalization that can even be customized by the individual user. Slau, I think you will be very pleased by what you see and hear about the S3 at AES. Talk with the Avid folks about EuCon, and where it's heading. And by the way, Unbeknownst to most, EuCon has been implemented in most all of the major DAW software's; even going back as far as Sonar Producer 8. Take Care, Sean seanacumm...@gmail.com (928) 301-0518 -----Original Message----- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 3:34 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Avid S3 or C24 control surface? Hi Katie, I know of no blind users with an s3 yet. To be certain, the C|24 is fully supported and is very accessible but undoubtedly much further along in its life cycle. It's clearly still supported and will probably be supported for a few more years but I'd say that 5 years is perhaps pushing it a bit. I'm not sure. In addition, the s3 is half the price but, as you pointed out, doesn't necessarily have all of the same features that come in so handy with the C|24. I'll be at AES this week and will have a chance to take a closer look at the S3 and, since I have a C|24, might be able to compare/contrast the two. I'll see if I can paint a fuller picture by next week. Best, Slau On Oct 27, 2015, at 4:53 PM, Katie Zodrow <kzodrow...@att.net> wrote: > Hi, everyone. Sorry this email is under Ashley Cox's name, I'm not sure why this happened when I put in PT Accessibility in the to field. I'll try to delete that next time I email the list. > > I haven't emailed this list in a long time, but I have a question about control surfaces. I'm currently working at Rick Boggs' studio Audio Eyes part-time as an audio engineer. We do postproduction work producing video description. I'll be going full time by next year and will be getting my own digital audio workstation so I can work remotely from home or at the studio. I reopened my case with DOR in California, and they will be purchasing this system for me. I was planning to get the C24 control surface since that's what we have at the studio, and I'm really familiar with this board. But I was browsing on Google a couple weeks ago and last night too. I found information about another control surface made by Avid. I think it was introduced earlier this year or last year. Its called the Avid S3 control surface. Have any of you guys used this before, and do you know if this is accessible with Voiceover? I've never seen the S3 control surface. I've used the C24 at the studio many times, so I'm very familiar with using that board. > > I know Rick told me if I get the C24, I would have to purchase a separate desk for the console. I know the S3 is a much smaller control surface compared to the C24, but I wasn't sure which one would be the best option for me to use with ProTools. Does the S3 come with its own desk, or do you need to purchase it separately? > > I've heard the S3 is EUCON enabled which is cool, so you can use this with other applications besides ProTools like Logic or Digital Performer. This board has 16 channels you can work with instead of 24. I'm not sure though if the S3 has a lot of analog controls like the C24 or not. I've read that the S3 doesn't have a lot of audio editing functions though, so I think I'd have to get the Artist Transport to use for editing and recording. I like that the C24 includes the transport controls as well as the jog wheel, and the scrub and shuttle modes all in one unit. Is the Artist Transport a good device to use for editing? > > > Let me know what you guys think. I'd like to get a control surface I can use and that's still supported by Avid for at least five years or longer. Should I go with the C24, or the Avid S3? > Thanks. > Katie > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
