The SX-1 is:
•A sophisticated 40 input, 32x8x8 digital mixing console with highly flexible routing, advanced internal automation, and a plug-in effects architecture
•A high-end MIDI sequencer that offers professional editing tools integrated with the audio recorder
•A professional hard disk recorder and editor with industry-wide audio file compatibility and surround- stem recording capabilities
•A powerful digital, analog and computer audio interface
disk recorder for slating or funky tracking. Also, if you own high- end analog outboard processors (maybe a pair of 1176’s or a Fairchild 670), you could easily patch them into inserts on any mixer channel.
The SX-1 takes the digital console concept even further with pres- tige, name brand, onboard effects by TC Works and Antares. It also possesses one of the best surround mixing interfaces on the market today, making routing and creation of 5.1 mixes as easy as a few button presses.
The SX-1’s tactile control sur- face features 17 touch sensi- tive, 100mm, long throw motorized faders…16 channel faders plus one master. The throw of these faders is the same as those on large-format recording consoles like those from SSL and Neve. Other fea- tures of the control surface include: horizontal channel
strip, Jog and Shuttle wheel and transport control, and 10-key pad. A color-matched computer keyboard and mouse come as standard equipment with the SX-1. To offer even more functionality, the SX- 1 has 16 fader banks that determine which parameters are con- trolled by the SX-1’s faders.
Both a large LCD display and a full-color VGA output are provided for displaying mixing and editing data.
Not only is the SX-1’s mixer easy to route - it’s even easier to auto- mate. It offers the most extensive automation system ever released for a standalone DAW. All of the audio mixing parameters on the console can be automated from the control surface. Innovative automation capabilities, such as rendering library recall events into the dynamic automation data, set the SX-1’s automation system apart from less-advanced systems. One of the most important fea- tures of the SX-1’s automation system is that it is largely transpar- ent, so the operator can concentrate on the mix instead of "run- ning" the automation system. Most functions are accessible by pressing a single button, as opposed to other systems that require paging through a labyrinth of menus, submenus and parameter settings for even simple operations. While the SX-1’s VGA Graphic User Interface allows very detailed editing of automation and other data, it isn’t required to make a great mix or even to use the automation.
