S4 Sculpting Sampler

Torso Electronics S4

Encouraging all-new ways to think about sounds, Torso Electronics presents S4, a so-called Sculpting Sampler combining tape-style workflow with modern granular techniques and boasting tons of modular flexibility. S4 gives you four stereo audio tracks as your sonic canvas, from which you can easily craft automated tape loopers, polyphonic granular swarms, and more. Sounds may be captured from the built-in microphone, dual line inputs, or pulled from internal sample memory. You can even connect class-compliant USB audio interfaces for more I/O if needed.

In each of S4's tracks, different devices and modulators may be dropped in to create customized audio capturing and playback systems. From live granulation and a 48-band morphing resonator to more typical delay/reverb and drive, there's no shortage of ways to shape sounds into totally new forms. And because each device supports up to four modulators, sounds can be ever-changing and evolving. S4 lets you impart the influence of complex LFOs, generative sequencers, and envelopes onto practically any device parameter, ensuring that you're well-equipped to create truly malleable sound processing systems.

With the release of firmware version 2.0, S4 is more powerful than ever. Create dynamic changes in real time with the Perform feature, allowing you to craft and control global macros with eight performance knobs and four punch-in effects. Snap between disparate worlds of audio processing with Scenes, which save up to 128 full machine states for immediate recall. Temp allows for more flexibility in performance, saving the machine state to enable drastic changes on stage, then snapping back to the original state when Temp is released. Disc adds a whole new device to S4, enabling you to playback long-form audio directly from internal storage. Get sounds moving with you using the new envelope follower modulation source from Follow, perfect for dynamic movement and real time jamming with friends. Additionally, improvements across the board to S4's immensely powerful engine enhance every moment of musical discovery. Fulfilling the original vision and then some, V2.0 takes S4 to new heights of creative audio processing and performance. 

Of course, S4 can play along with other bits and pieces of your studio. I/O for MIDI, analog sync, and USB-C give you the ability to link up any other synthesizer, drum machine, or software you might be using to make music. Speaking of linking, Wifi and Ableton Link support give you more flexibility in connecting to other wireless music machines, including other instruments and iOS devices or tablets. Possibly one of the most modern-minded sampling devices ever conceived, the S4 is sure to challenge your notions of what samplers and loopers should be able to do.

S4 Features

• Open-ended sampling instrument
• Quad-core 1.5GHz processor
• 3.5" LCD color display
• 24-bit, 48kHz audio I/O
• 4 stereo audio tracks
• Live granular processing
• 48-band morphing resonator
• Other effects include overdrive, compression, bit crushing, delay/reverb
• 20 modulators per track, 4 per device
• Complex LFOs, generative sequencers, and envelopes
• Stereo audio I/O
• Expandable audio channels with Class-Compliant USB audio interfaces
• MIDI + Analog Sync I/O
• USB-C
• Wifi + Ableton Link support
• Firmware version 2.0 adds unique performance features, new playback and modulation modes, and global workflow improvements