Topic: Sound Devices MixPre-3 and 6, Part 5

[Gordon]

Thanks!

2.21 has been fine for my needs but here are a few things I noticed.  I've never used the headphone settings but messed with them yesterday as I want to try streaming from the headphone out. Here's what I noticed regarding the headphone presets. If you fuck up and save it you can't edit it in custom mode. You can try but it doesn't work. Changing temporally to advanced mode allows you to edit. Also in custom you can only select post fade (blue) for the presets. Again switching to advanced allows you to select pre or post fade. Same with routing for the stereo out. I don't pretend to understand pre and post fade. I have channels 3&4 sent to the stereo out to send a board feed to someone else. In post fade it basically sends a line level signal which is what I want. That said it should work either way. In older firmware it did. On 2.21 you can only select post fade on stereo out and headphone out.

I may try out 3.02 at a show next week that doesn't matter if something goes wrong.  Are you using preroll?  I've seen lots of post on the FB group of "media slow" messages when using it.  Personally preroll isn't an issue as I always just start my deck and cut dead air as needed.

[Brian G]

anyone brave and been running v3.02 in the wild?

No issues after a few runs. I like 3.02

Same here. No issues with 3.02.....

[Gordon]

anyone brave and been running v3.02 in the wild?

No issues after a few runs. I like 3.02

Same here. No issues with 3.02.....

Good to hear!  I'll test it out soon.

[jbell]

Let me know how it goes!

anyone brave and been running v3.02 in the wild?

No issues after a few runs. I like 3.02

Same here. No issues with 3.02.....

Good to hear!  I'll test it out soon.

[Gordon]

in custom you can only select post fade (blue) for the headphone presets. Again switching to advanced allows you to select pre or post fade. Same with routing for the stereo out. I don't pretend to understand pre and post fade. I have channels 3&4 sent to the stereo out to send a board feed to someone else. In post fade it basically sends a line level signal which is what I want. That said it should work either way. In older firmware it did. On 2.21 you can only select post fade on stereo out and headphone out.

this was not fixed in 3.02.  You still can not select between pre and post fade in headphone preset and stereo out if in custom mode.  they did fix being able to edit the preset after you save it.

[Ronmac]

Not sure if this will fit, but as soon as I saw this simple device I thought it may be good for the fidgety USB-C port on the MixPre series.

It is designed to stick to the area around the port and keep the cable from detaching easily.

https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/CLINGON1PK/

[darby]

Not sure if this will fit, but as soon as I saw this simple device I thought it may be good for the fidgety USB-C port on the MixPre series.

It is designed to stick to the area around the port and keep the cable from detaching easily.

https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/CLINGON1PK/

that would block the power switch

[DavidPuddy]

I've had no problems at all using a right angle usb-c cable.

[Ronmac]

It”may” fit if it was turned 180.

[dallman]

I've had no problems at all using a right angle usb-c cable.

Same here but I'm told that if the mixpre is on the ground or in a bag on the floor and you grab the mixpre by USB C cable and use the cable to whip the mixpre around and up and try to catch it up high, that could eventually cause problems. 

[Gordon]

I've had no problems at all using a right angle usb-c cable.

[borjam]

It”may” fit if it was turned 180.

Nice design but I think the power switch is just too close to the connector.

[rigpimp]

It”may” fit if it was turned 180.

Nice design but I think the power switch is just too close to the connector.

Just gonna jump in and saw I feel bad for people with big fingertips.  It is hard enough to move the power switch as it is.  There is not a lot of real estate in that front corner!

[Chuck]

I love this recorder, but I hate that hard to reach power switch.

[justme]

I'm with you.
The placement of the switch made me first believe SD had a plan or an idea of using a logic power button on the front while the switch was a mechanical main power switch.
But I was wrong.

Would be great if they actually could manage to do that.