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

[checht]

Has anyone had success using a card larger than 64GB? If so, what card?

[dallman]

Has anyone had success using a card larger than 64GB? If so, what card?

I have only used 128gb cards, and have had no issues usually recording 6 channels, with phantom on the 4 channels that supply phantom power at 24/48. I have used
SanDisk Extreme PRO 128GB SDXC Flash Memory Card
Lexar Platinum II 300x SDXC 128GB UHS-I/U1
Sony 128GB UHS-I SDXC Memory Card (Class 10)

There were others, but I don't have the info. Fuji comes to mind, I know I have 128gb Fuji cards. I have never had an issue.

[justme]

I received my MixPre-6 as a replacement for the MP-3 which suffered from uncalibrated fader knobs.
The calibration precision on the mixpre 6 is spot on.
The mechanical position and electrical dB values are in perfect sync.

I’m as happy as anyone can be.

Ohh and it came with the latest firmware installed so I guess it’s quite fresh of the production line.

[tgakidis]

I've been using Tekkeon MP3300's with my MP6 with great success.  I use the MX-Powersled Hirose adapter to get the job done.

Me too.  I also use a usb a > usb c cable with no issues. For a typically two band gig I use a battery sled with 8 AA rechangables. I use whatever card I have with no issue.  Guess I’m just lucky.

[morst]

I just spoke to Nelson at Sound Devices. He said it is a card problem and not the machine. I will return the card to the place I bought it for replacement, and they'll send it in to SD for the company to examine, and then I will not find out what happened.


Hope everyone is satisfied with that.


 

I had a bad experience with my MixPre6 today. After soundcheck, I returned to my machine in advance of showtime, and the SD gave me a card error. I removed and reinserted the card, then it said BAD CARD.


This is the SD 32 GB card. YEAH, the one with the Sound Devices branding, which is the ONLY recommended card for this unit. I have a spare, but I used a Sandisk today and it seemed to go fine.


But I'm not pleased.

Thanks for letting us know about this.

I hope you will contact Sound Devices customer Service and let us know what happens after that. If I were in charge of SD, I would not be happy about something with the name of my company on it failing. I would definitely want my people testing out this particular card to find out (if possible) what happened. They say on their website that they extensively test these cards and it only makes sense that they would.

[relefunt]

Well, it’s good to hear that it is a card failure.

However, I personally would rather physically mail the card to someone at Sound Devices (Nelson? Yes, you, Nelson. I’m looking at you) so they could check it out, send you a replacement, and keep track of who you are. Let’s say the card checks out perfectly well. Then maybe it might wind up being your deck (or some third explanation). But if you send it into your dealer and eventually it gets checked out by SD and nothing wrong is found, then how are they going to tell you that?

[morst]

Well, it’s good to hear that it is a card failure.

However, I personally would rather physically mail the card to someone at Sound Devices (Nelson? Yes, you, Nelson. I’m looking at you) so they could check it out, send you a replacement, and keep track of who you are. Let’s say the card checks out perfectly well. Then maybe it might wind up being your deck (or some third explanation). But if you send it into your dealer and eventually it gets checked out by SD and nothing wrong is found, then how are they going to tell you that?

naw, the card is fucked, it won't be refurbished, it doesn't even read properly every time now.


I left a folder on it, named with my email & phone number and a request for contact, if someone actually looks at the card testing it.
 


My problem now is that I don't know if I can trust the other card I got from the same supplier in the same order!?!

[justme]

My problem now is that I don't know if I can trust the other card I got from the same supplier in the same order!?!

I would never trust it.
The risk of it being from the same bad batch/wafer/serie is way to high.
I would return it as well.

[justme]

I’m hearing rumors about firmware 3.0 is on the way.
I’ve not received any information about this in my email though.

Any of you?

[Chuck]

Nope.

[sos]

https://www.sounddevices.com/news/sound-devices-news/sound-devices-showcases-the-ultra-versatile-mixpre-series-at-ibc-2018

[Ronmac]

“Sound Devices recorders have been used for Ambisonics field recording for many years, so it was a natural progression for us to bring our MixPre recorders into the new world of VR 360 recording,” said Matt Anderson, CEO of Sound Devices. “We are happy to partner with Sennheiser to provide a high-quality VR recording and monitoring option for our MixPre-6 and MixPre-10T customers.”


Support for the free Ambisonics plugin is a key feature of the MixPre version 3.00 Firmware, a free update being demoed at the show. The highly anticipated version 3.00 also enhances the user experience with all MixPre recorders by supporting full integration with four third-party USB fader controllers: Korg’s NanoKontrol Studio and NanoKontrol2, Novation’s LaunchControlXL, and Akai’s Midimix. The new firmware also introduces wireless remote transport control and monitoring of MixPre M models from iOS or Android mobile devices via the Wingman app.

[rigpimp]

“Sound Devices recorders have been used for Ambisonics field recording for many years, so it was a natural progression for us to bring our MixPre recorders into the new world of VR 360 recording,” said Matt Anderson, CEO of Sound Devices. “We are happy to partner with Sennheiser to provide a high-quality VR recording and monitoring option for our MixPre-6 and MixPre-10T customers.”


Support for the free Ambisonics plugin is a key feature of the MixPre version 3.00 Firmware, a free update being demoed at the show. The highly anticipated version 3.00 also enhances the user experience with all MixPre recorders by supporting full integration with four third-party USB fader controllers: Korg’s NanoKontrol Studio and NanoKontrol2, Novation’s LaunchControlXL, and Akai’s Midimix. The new firmware also introduces wireless remote transport control and monitoring of MixPre M models from iOS or Android mobile devices via the Wingman app.

Well, that is stupid.  Why not just make the transport control device wide instead of just the M models?  How long have we been asking for more features in the Wingman app?

[aaronji]

^ Currently, the M versions aren't compatible with Wingman at all. The monitoring and transport they are adding are probably the same ones that are already available for the non-M versions. If they are adding new features (that aren't specific for the M), they will likely add them to the regular models as well.

[justme]

Thanks a lot!

Even though I would have liked wireless transport control - at least they are giving us USB faders

“Sound Devices recorders have been used for Ambisonics field recording for many years, so it was a natural progression for us to bring our MixPre recorders into the new world of VR 360 recording,” said Matt Anderson, CEO of Sound Devices. “We are happy to partner with Sennheiser to provide a high-quality VR recording and monitoring option for our MixPre-6 and MixPre-10T customers.”


Support for the free Ambisonics plugin is a key feature of the MixPre version 3.00 Firmware, a free update being demoed at the show. The highly anticipated version 3.00 also enhances the user experience with all MixPre recorders by supporting full integration with four third-party USB fader controllers: Korg’s NanoKontrol Studio and NanoKontrol2, Novation’s LaunchControlXL, and Akai’s Midimix. The new firmware also introduces wireless remote transport control and monitoring of MixPre M models from iOS or Android mobile devices via the Wingman app.