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

[noahbickart]

Any info on when 3.0 will be released?

[tim in jersey]

Buffer is nice, but in this day and age where battery life and memory are a'plenty who really gives a shit? I recently recorded a gig where the band dicked around for about 40 minutes before starting.

Recorder was running a full 30+ minutes beforehand. Just had to make slight adjustments to levels once they got going.

[noahbickart]

Buffer is nice, but in this day and age where battery life and memory are a'plenty who really gives a shit? I recently recorded a gig where the band dicked around for about 40 minutes before starting.

Recorder was running a full 30+ minutes beforehand. Just had to make slight adjustments to levels once they got going.

I agree, and tend to start the recording as soon as I get everything set up, and create a new track by pressing "record" when the house lights dim.

On the other hand, It's a fairly standard feature for Digital recorders, so it only makes sense for SD to implement it.

[tim in jersey]

As an aside: Apparently you know Jamie and Amy B?  J&A are Philly taping buds of mine.
Do you know Kenny and Dee/ or JJ and Margie H.? Also friends...

Hope our paths collide at some point...

[microburst]

I bought one of the MP-6 decks a few weeks ago and finally took it out of the box this morning. I have been reading through the manual playing with setting up and saving a few presets for different scenarios I encounter regularly.

Stupid question but I can't figure it out:  Is there no way to adjust gain on the individual channels other than in the channel menus?  The knobs seem to be faders only?  Any way to change that in the menus to turn the knobs into gain control?

[Gordon]

Change it to custom mode.  Then set the gain to basic mode, which will allow you to use the knobs to control gain on the individual channels.

[junkyardt]

Change it to custom mode.  Then set the gain to basic mode, which will allow you to use the knobs to control gain on the individual channels.

yeah, set gain to basic but leave everything else advanced (you can set output to basic too if you're not streaming or no one is patching off of you). one thing i'd add is if you're linking stereo pairs of mics to 1-2 and 3-4 and gain is set to basic, then you don't so much control gain for each individual channel with each knob. instead, knob 1 sets the gain for stereo pair 1-2, while knob 2 acts as a fader for that pair. same thing for 3 and 4, 3 is the gain knob for 3-4 while 4 is the fader knob.

[microburst]

Thanks guys, that solves it for now.  Pretty simple and intuitive so far other than that one piece. 

[microburst]

I take the above back.  Can't seem to get the wingman app to identify the deck.  Bluetooth is on on both devices.  I setup a password on the deck since i'm guessing in the NYC area I could be in vicinity of multiple decks but I can't seem to locate the deck in the wingman app.  Is there something else I need to do in the app or on my phone?

[jbell]

It should just pick up your deck if bluetooth is on!!  Android or ios?

I take the above back.  Can't seem to get the wingman app to identify the deck.  Bluetooth is on on both devices.  I setup a password on the deck since i'm guessing in the NYC area I could be in vicinity of multiple decks but I can't seem to locate the deck in the wingman app.  Is there something else I need to do in the app or on my phone?

[microburst]

iOS iphone X.  Being a new phone for me I've never used the bluetooth but it is on. 

[jbell]

I use android and haven't ever had a problem.  I'm sure you've tried, but if not restart the deck and see if that works.

iOS iphone X.  Being a new phone for me I've never used the bluetooth but it is on.

[microburst]

Yup I just restarted both devices and I'm in business now.  Should have tried that first

[jbell]

The wingman is a nice feature.  Hopefully they will add level adjustments in future firmware.

Yup I just restarted both devices and I'm in business now.  Should have tried that first

[morst]

Yup I just restarted both devices and I'm in business now.  Should have tried that first

I found wingman fails a lot on both IOS & droid with my old phones. Restarting the phone should be sufficient, though it doesn't always work.