S32 User Manual

Welcome to the Shik S32 User Manual.

The S32 is a 32-knob MIDI controller with a built-in MIDI processing engine, 16 LFOs, and flexible routing options. This manual explains how to set up the S32, control your MIDI gear, build MIDI racks, use modulation, and save your setups.

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Use Search in the header, or press Ctrl+K, to quickly find any page, device, or parameter.

What you can do with the S32

Control your gear

Each knob can send up to four MIDI macros. These can control MIDI CC, Program Change, SysEx, device parameters, and more.

Process MIDI

Build MIDI racks using devices such as arpeggiators, scale tools, harmonizers, delays, Euclidean sequencers, filters, and other MIDI processors.

Add movement

Use 16 LFOs to modulate device parameters, macro values, and other controls inside the system.

Save your setups

Save your work as projects and snapshots. Use Save Project to keep setups across power cycles; add a microSD card for extra backup (see Storage Info).

Route MIDI anywhere

Send and receive MIDI through USB, two MIDI outputs, MIDI Thru, USB Host, and virtual ports between racks.

First steps

1. Read Hardware — controls and rear-panel connections.
2. Follow Quick Start — power on, open menus, build your first rack.
3. Learn Perform — the screen you see every time you power on.

Main sections

Topic	Page
Physical controls	Controls
Knobs & macros	Perform
Knob & external mapping	Mapping
MIDI effect chains	Rack chains
LFO modulation	Modulation
Every MIDI device	Device reference
Messages & errors	Troubleshooting