This is a feature I would love to see in any DAW, but will ask for here as well.
A 5-10 second audio snip of the track that would be auditioned when scrolling through saved projects, the same way samples are auditioned when scrolling through.
I don’t know about you guys but I have 100s of tracks and I don’t remember a lot of them. Would save a lot of time loading projects.
Imo something that will be very useful and will be constantly asked for is ducking or even a simple compressor with side chain.
The Deluge has a great one on it.
fair words but if they stick a comp in this would want a good one over a simple ducker, can get ducking anywhere in pc land or by patching out and back in
If you played with the Deluge ducker you might agree with me. Not a full on comp.
i might. i am just being selfish 
i just imagine we have only so many cycles to use and if they are to put a comp in i would rather it be a good full featured one
you could load a quick file here and show us how great it sounds?
As much as I am in support of the all important effects like delay, reverb, compressor etc.
I would REALLY love to have a spectrum analyzer on this.
Recently I have started paying a lot of attention to the tuning of the low end…making sure my kick drum has its own space in regards to the bass etc. A spectrum analyzer would be seriously helpful to me as its the stuff I kinda get sorted as early as possible after I’ve got my sample chops in…and seeing as I’m going to be using the s2400 as my creative starting point it would be ideal for me to be able to have.
What you think?
Anyone else would like to see one?
You think the screen size has the potential for one?
Im a douchebag that should “just use your earrrrrrrs man” ?
I would instead recommend a multi-band parametric EQ in conjunction with a spectrum analyzer. What good is a spectrum analyzer if you can’t correct any of its problematic frequencies?
I would even take a multi-band parametric EQ over a spectrum analyzer if both aren’t possible because you could still correct problem frequencies entirely in the S2400 with an external RTA without the need for any bounce downs or tracking out; however, without a multi-band parametric EQ you’d still be forced to track / stem out to fix frequencies no matter what.
i don’t know man, a speccy analyser? i would rather get micro detailing in a pc with a large screen than trying on this, i also have some reasonable plugins as does everybody i imagine, i want this for hardcore fun and creation, not mastering tiny fragments
the eq idea is cute, how about a banded eq though ? performance filtering/kill bands whatever
Yeh as i said i use it to mainly get my drum sitting in its own space to the bass…hence why id like to get it in the machine so i can nip it in the bud as early as possible
I’d also only want that in the mixing/mastering stage. Then again I can’t understand the want for onboard sidechain compression. Maybe I’m just old 
Not because your old, maybe the type of tunes your into.
Image an awesome lo-fi crunchy instrumental loop you’ve got going, then suddenly you bring in your kick and snare. As the kick punches you in the balls your loop is quiet for that moment and quickly fades back up in an instant. No need for a fancy compressor, just get out the way.
Before i start i just wanna say by no means am i being argumentative…just talking
So, do you tune your kicks with your bass or just use your ear and go with what sounds good?
I always did by ear, but i got to hearing about this thing where you have your kicks 5 notes or 7 notes up from your bass note, i think its called the perfect 4th and perfect 5th or something…
It really has helped me in having a solid low end with the kick and bass in their own space and at the same time being “in tune” with each other.
I got super nerdy with it and got out my notepad and a pen and went through the full album of Dr. Dre - 2001
Using the analyzer to see where the bass and kick frequencies were hitting…
And 90% of the tracks were following the perfect 4th and 5th rule.
The thing with doing it after in the box at the mixing and mastering stage is you cant exactly just eq it “in tune”, and if i were to re tune the kick with pitch it obviously can change the whole tone of the kickdrum to something i might not like.
I’m not good at tuning by ear in general, especially with stuff like a kick drum…
Apologies for my nerd rant
That’s why I would love to see a tuner in there.
Oooooh yeah, ok…I thought you meant EQing them to allow space for each in the lower frequencies. What I’d recommend is tuning your kicks beforehand and labeling what notes they are. Obviously you can hear what note a bass is playing. Also, you could skip that step and just pitch like you said. If you’re following that rule they’re not going to sound out of tune because you’ve followed a rule designed to keep them in tune. But yeah no, I don’t care about that. That said, we just have different taste. I’d take the clarity of something like the original Soul Survivor album over 2001 all day.
Good points wax100 and thanks for stating you are not being argumentative, the forum so far is nice and i hope it stays this way - this said i dislike that we feel the need to pre qualify our opinions with a peace offering, what a shame that the race has become so over sensitive that we need to apply calm before we speak, sad.
i don’t tune my kicks, i know many do and i know the theory behind it, i go with what sounds good and i know if i can hear it all in the mix, when or if i check it i will be there or thereabouts, and i am no way trained musically, far from it in fact 
absolutely no point in having a wanted features area if we cannot make our wishes heard, so keep pushing the idea brother, keep pushing - maybe they will build it for you
Second that 
glad this place is chill. No need to put each other down over subjective opinions.
Yeh id settle with a tuner for sure
Yeh ive been thinking about this route, to be honest its not much work really…good few hours going through some basses and kicks…would have its limitations to basically how much i organize in that method…but it could work yeh…and yeh i dunno, 2001 album was just my first “go to” thought for a reference. Intrigued about your suggestion though.will check it out
Very true ha, these chats turn into pissing contests very easy…
And yeh i kinda miss just doing it by ear, its become something i rely on now and can take the fun out of it a bit…but saves a lot of headaches with getting that low end right, its basically done and dusted after you got the right kick…might take browsing 500 kicks but you get there in there end.
Hi all.
OK, for me coming from an SP1200 & 950 background the S2400 already incorporates a few things I hope will mean I can use this one box instead of the two machines via midi.
To really make this an all in one production tool (I realise that’s not what it’s nesarily meant to be).
These are the additional features I would love.
Three band EQ on each output (on each sound would obviously be amazing).
Compression on each output (again on each sound would be incredible).
A very close 950 low end filter emulation, maybe it has this already 
A warm tape echo effect per output (again or sound)
None of which I think is beyond the realms of possibility in future updates.
Personally I wouldn’t need any other studio hardware if these features were added.