Torso Electronics
Torso Electronics S4 White + Case + Cover
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Torso Electronics S4 White + Carry Case + Cover is the version of this sampler that travels. The S4 is built for shaping material rather than browsing presets: you record a few seconds of anything and pull it apart from there. This set adds the hard case for transport and the polycarbonate cover for the days it simply sits on a desk. The white version differs in finish alone; the electronics and the included accessories are identical to the black variant.
Four tracks, five devices in each
Most compact samplers fall apart at the third idea, when everything shares one signal path and starts fighting for it. The S4 runs four parallel stereo tracks, and each carries its own chain of five devices: Material, Granular, Filter, Color and Space. Percussion can sit on short grains while a pad stretches out on the track beside it, without both of them being forced through the same effect.
The instrument that survives the trip home
A sampler in this price range usually gets damaged in a bag rather than during a set. The Carry Case has a shock-resistant hard shell and an interior moulded to the S4 outline, so nothing shifts in transit. The Cover handles the other situation, the everyday one where the unit sits out between sessions and collects dust in the encoders. It fits over the contours without disturbing anything, so the state you left it in is the state you come back to.
KEY FEATURES
- Complete set: S4 sampler in white, Carry Case and Cover as one item
- Four parallel stereo tracks with independent effect chains
- Mosaic granular engine with buffer lock and the Scan control
- Built around your own recordings rather than stock libraries
- Full studio and stage connectivity: MIDI, analog sync, USB-C
- Class compliant audio interface, 10 in and 10 out, no drivers
- Firmware updates installed yourself, at no cost
- Case and cover matched by the manufacturer, no universal substitutes
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Four parallel stereo tracks, each with a chain of five audio devices
- Devices per track: Material, Granular, Filter, Color, Space
- Processing: 24-bit / 48 kHz stereo
- Memory: 4 GB, expandable over USB
- Audio inputs: 2x 6.3 mm jack
- Audio outputs: 2x 6.3 mm jack, 3.5 mm TRS headphone
- MIDI: 3.5 mm TRS (Type A), in and out
- Analog sync: 3.5 mm TRS, in and out
- USB-C: class compliant audio interface, 10 in and 10 out
- Display: 3.5 inch high-resolution colour LCD
- Power: external DC 12 V / 2 A
- Dimensions: 242 x 156 x 39 mm
- Weight: 820 g
- Carry Case: shock-resistant hard shell, matte polyurethane finish, interior moulded to the S4 outline
- Cover: polycarbonate, built by Decksaver, shields encoders, RGB buttons and display without disturbing settings
