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Sound Devices MixPre-3 and 6, Part 3
lubage:
Previous threads:
http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=181803.0
http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=182278.0
noahbickart:
I wonder if people on this thread might be able to help, because my issue involves channels 5 and 6 on the mixpre6.
As I asked here: http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=182533.0, I had trouble with the Mixpre6 line in the other night. The source was
Schoeps mk4v> nbob KCY> Naiant littlebox (high power, 0 gain)> SD Mixpre6 aux 1/8 inch input to Channels 5 +6 with 22db gain.
Jon at Naiant confirms, via e-mail, that the clipping was likely at the AD stage after the littlebox.
It was loud onstage (soulive with scofield see for a matrix of the mk22 and mk3 sources: http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=593684), but nothing the mixpre6 couldn't handle via its xlr ins. I've never had a problem feeding a m10 from the littlebox, but I admit to never having used it with any other recorder.
How might I prevent this in the future? It just seems so odd that the ad on the Mixpre6 would clip given that the littlebox was giving 0 gain! How could it not be possible to use this my kcy littlebox to use channels 5+6 of the Mixpre6?
Here are the images of the files
normal file: http://taperssection.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=182533.0;attach=126553;image
clipped file: http://taperssection.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=182533.0;attach=126555;image
rigpimp:
Maiden voyage tonight. When I turned my unit on it DID NOT retain the settings from when I had turned it off after tests at home. Channels were unlinked and I couldn't get it to start a recording for the life of me.
I powered it down, set preset to default, and re-followed Todd's instructions to get the settings back under control.
I also powered down the unit in between sets. When I turned it back on all tracks were disarmed and USB-c was switched from power only to audio. I noticed the green battery meter was low. I had to re-set USB-c to power only and then unplug and re-plug the power cable on the USB-A end to get the MP6 to see the external power again. This may have been an oversight in my part after changing settings to default.
It took a couple of songs before I noticed the tracks were disarmed. The meters bump and the knob LEDs light up whether it is rolling or not. The only indication a track is armed is the tiny track number lit red on the touchscreen unless you press a channel knob and check there. The Wingman app saved my ass as that is where I noticed that they were disarmed.
johnw:
I have found that in custom mode with basic gain and everything else advanced, it keeps the tracks armed when I power it on or change to that preset. When I switch to a preset with advanced mode or power on when the last state was in advanced mode, none of the channels are armed and the gain is reset back to 6, no matter where the gain was previously set. I'm not sure about the USB mode, why channels would be unlinked or not able to start a recording.
johnw:
--- Quote from: noahbickart on June 18, 2017, 01:15:07 AM ---I wonder if people on this thread might be able to help, because my issue involves channels 5 and 6 on the mixpre6.
As I asked here: http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=182533.0, I had trouble with the Mixpre6 line in the other night. The source was
Schoeps mk4v> nbob KCY> Naiant littlebox (high power, 0 gain)> SD Mixpre6 aux 1/8 inch input to Channels 5 +6 with 22db gain.
Jon at Naiant confirms, via e-mail, that the clipping was likely at the AD stage after the littlebox.
It was loud onstage (soulive with scofield see for a matrix of the mk22 and mk3 sources: http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=593684), but nothing the mixpre6 couldn't handle via its xlr ins. I've never had a problem feeding a m10 from the littlebox, but I admit to never having used it with any other recorder.
How might I prevent this in the future? It just seems so odd that the ad on the Mixpre6 would clip given that the littlebox was giving 0 gain! How could it not be possible to use this my kcy littlebox to use channels 5+6 of the Mixpre6?
Here are the images of the files
normal file: http://taperssection.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=182533.0;attach=126553;image
clipped file: http://taperssection.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=182533.0;attach=126555;image
--- End quote ---
Anyway you could have had the aux in set to mic in? Mic in starts at +10dB...
The line in for the aux in starts at -10dB and I wouldn't think that would have clipped
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