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New MixPre vs ?
HealthCov Chris:
Given the new MixPre series, is there any advantages to buying a MixPre-D or USBPre2? Seams like they may be obsolete for our purposes now.
HealthCov Chris:
touchy subject?!
drewloo:
Apples and oranges, really. They both do different things that the new mixpre units don't, and we haven't even heard the new units yet. Perhaps a better comparison might be w/ the 702/722/744. Except for some accessories, like the DVD drive, IMO if it says "Sound Devices" and still works then it ain't obsolete. ;)
HealthCov Chris:
--- Quote from: drewloo on May 02, 2017, 07:14:33 AM ---Apples and oranges, really. They both do different things that the new mixpre units don't, and we haven't even heard the new units yet. Perhaps a better comparison might be w/ the 702/722/744. Except for some accessories, like the DVD drive, IMO if it says "Sound Devices" and still works then it ain't obsolete. ;)
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Ok. Well, I'm just considering some sort of upgrade or addition to my current rig. I have been considering a USBPre2 for awhile. Obviously, it has 2-channels, where as, the MixPre-3 has 3 channels, is smaller, records, and costs less $. I guess I'll wait awhile until there is real world experience of the new machines.
Bruce Watson:
--- Quote from: CorFit Chris on May 01, 2017, 11:55:54 AM ---Given the new MixPre series, is there any advantages to buying a MixPre-D or USBPre2? Seams like they may be obsolete for our purposes now.
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Too different to compare really. The MixPre-D is aimed at dialog recordists who need a good mixer. And it is a excellent mixer. I use mine to feed my camera directly basically shutting down the nasty mic preamps in the camera. The MixPre-D works beautifully for this duty. The quality of the MixPre-D's micpres is (way way) beyond any camera I've ever come across, the analog limiters are amazingly good, and the meters are excellent (even if they are showing you dBu and not dBFS like the new MixPre-3/6 boxes). Everything a dialog person needs. Clearly not aimed at music, let alone tapers.
The new boxes are not just mixers, but full fledged recorders. As such they aren't really designed to feed a mix to a camera, they are designed to record the mix themselves. This is a completely different ball of wax. And something that would be much more interesting to a taper.
As to what the new MixPre-3/6 sounds like for music recording, I'd be willing to say that they sound at least as good as the MixPre-D, and probably better than any of the 7xx recorders. But we really won't know until someone does some comparisons with a 788T will we?
I'm thinking they really aren't targeted at the 788T crowd anyway. More at the Zoom F4/8 crowd. And I think they will sound better than the Zoom boxen. But perhaps not by as much as people might think. Again, we won't know without some comparisons, and I'm sure there are comparisons coming. There always are. :lol:
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