S5 Fusion

Automate with precision

As S5 Fusion is a fully digital console, it’s designed with Total Automation for high-precision mixing. You can dynamically automate changes to almost every parameter on the console to time code, including volumes, EQ, pans, Aux sends, dynamics, processor in/out, and fader on/off... With motorized, touch-sensitive controls, you can write changes the minute you touch a fader or knob, with all automation moves displayed on the unique illuminated displays during playback, and automation statuses displayed on the dedicated LEDs. Each switch that can be automated has its own automation punch key. Use the dedicated automation keys in the center of the console to select objects for automation and the object status. You can write automation in small discrete sections to handle detailed post work, or as continuous moves throughout the length of your project.

Jump to different mix states

Freely experiment without fear of commitment, or isolate specific channels for easier fine-tuning. With SnapShot Recall, you can store all current console settings as a SnapShot for recall at any time, making it easy to jump to any past mixing state of one or multiple channels... You can choose and later edit the parameters in any given SnapShot—from saving every setting across all channels, a single channel, or maybe just the EQ or pan settings on a single channel—and name them for easy identification. You can save up to 240 SnapShots per Title (project), all of which will be accessible whenever you reload that Title.

Running eMix software, you can set up and customize the system, manage files, and perform diagnostics from the console. It also includes PatchNet, a powerful digital patching system that enables you to route all console inputs and outputs—unlike a traditional patchbay, you can store and recall every single patch that you make. Add additional DSP cards to the computer to increase your channel and bus counts—all of which you can reconfigure to suit your needs using eMix.

Each S5 Fusion channel features:

• Two inputs, which may be fed from analog or digital sources (using appropriate converters)
• Phase reverse
• Gain trim
• Delay (up to 2 seconds)
• Insert send and return
• 4-band fully parametric EQ
• Two filters
• Dynamics, including compressor/expander/gate with hysteresis, key input, and side chain filter
• Touch-sensitive motorized fader
• Multiformat panning to group and mix busses
• Up to 32 mix busses, 24 group busses, and 16 Aux send busses
• Solo button (APL, PFL, SIP)
• Two direct outputs (pre-fader and post-fader)

If you connect a mic preamp to the channel, you can access its additional controls from the surface (the following is an example if you connect the ML530 remote mic/line interface):

• Input impedance—hi/lo
• Phantom power
• Hi-pass filter
• Analog input gain

With EUCON Hybrid, included with S5 Fusion, you get extended console control capabilities—beyond the dedicated DSP cards—to the outside world, bringing DAW tracks from multiple workstations onto the console surface for mixing.

You can select, place, and control tracks on the S5 Fusion surface from any DAW running the EUCON Client Application on your network. Position tracks anywhere you want on the surface. You can even place multiple tracks from separate DAWs in any order on the surface, simultaneously, next to the S5 Fusion DSP channels. You can then save these channel placements as Layouts for easy access and organization —for example, you can have one Layout for DSP channels, one for Pro Tools, and one with combinations from multiple DAWs. This greatly extends the capability of the console, enabling you to access DAW tracks that would otherwise be available only as traditional playback sources. With EUCON Hybrid, it’s now possible to have direct, high-speed access to any of these tracks, their plug-ins, and metering.

S5 Fusion includes an I/O interface that provides four MADI inputs and outputs (256 x 256 audio channels), and can be expanded to support up to 512 audio I/O channels. Because the system is modular, you can customize your I/O with a full range of high-quality Avid converters—both analog and digital—to meet your needs now and in the future.