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Re: Sound Devices MixPre-3 and 6, Part 5
« Reply #120 on: July 17, 2018, 09:45:12 PM »
I can't get my MP6 to play back any files. They play fine on my PC, but not on the recorder. What am I missing?
Do they show up on the recorder and not play? Or do they simply not appear? The bug with the old firmware is that they would not appear, once the card was re-inserted into the MixPre.
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Re: Sound Devices MixPre-3 and 6, Part 5
« Reply #121 on: July 17, 2018, 10:00:41 PM »
I can't get my MP6 to play back any files. They play fine on my PC, but not on the recorder. What am I missing?
Do they show up on the recorder and not play? Or do they simply not appear? The bug with the old firmware is that they would not appear, once the card was re-inserted into the MixPre.

They show up on the recorder, but do not play
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Re: Sound Devices MixPre-3 and 6, Part 5
« Reply #122 on: July 19, 2018, 05:36:12 PM »
Forgive me if this has been mentioned before, but this thing is a GREAT headphone amp.
I was using a Mytek DSD DAC (1500) into a Rudistar (italian) headphone amp (900)

This might sound better, need more listening but it's very good. Dont like the midget knob.
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Re: Sound Devices MixPre-3 and 6, Part 5
« Reply #123 on: July 19, 2018, 06:29:18 PM »
Dont like the midget knob.

You can get a 3D printed knob extender here. Cheap, even with shipping, but he also provides the files to print it yourself.

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Re: Sound Devices MixPre-3 and 6, Part 5
« Reply #124 on: July 19, 2018, 07:14:37 PM »
Sweet, just ordered a clear one ($9.18 shipped, from Slovakia)...

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Re: Sound Devices MixPre-3 and 6, Part 5
« Reply #125 on: July 21, 2018, 01:30:19 AM »
Just got my MP-6 today. This thing is really cool. It packs a lot of features in a small package.
Is there any way to activate and use the grayed out symbols when naming presets? Why would they tease me by letting me see them, but grey them out so I can't use them?  ???

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Re: Sound Devices MixPre-3 and 6, Part 5
« Reply #126 on: July 21, 2018, 01:59:14 PM »
Is there any way to activate and use the grayed out symbols when naming presets? Why would they tease me by letting me see them, but grey them out so I can't use them?  ???
The issue is that the preset name which you enter has to comply with standard filename conventions,  i.e. no special characters, such as symbols, etc. When you save your preset to the SD card (which is a VERY good idea imho) you will find a file MYNAME.XML in the "SETTINGS" folder of the card. This can then be backed up, or copied to another card, shared with people, etc.  As it's an XML file,  it's readable with any application which can view text, & is quite interesting if you're into that kind of thing...

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Re: Sound Devices MixPre-3 and 6, Part 5
« Reply #127 on: July 21, 2018, 02:48:10 PM »
Is there any way to activate and use the grayed out symbols when naming presets? Why would they tease me by letting me see them, but grey them out so I can't use them?  ???
The issue is that the preset name which you enter has to comply with standard filename conventions,  i.e. no special characters, such as symbols, etc. When you save your preset to the SD card (which is a VERY good idea imho) you will find a file MYNAME.XML in the "SETTINGS" folder of the card. This can then be backed up, or copied to another card, shared with people, etc.  As it's an XML file,  it's readable with any application which can view text, & is quite interesting if you're into that kind of thing...

Awesome answer mjwin! Thank you very much. It might be easier to make presets that way, to use a txt editor. I'm going to give it a try.
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Re: Sound Devices MixPre-3 and 6, Part 5
« Reply #128 on: July 21, 2018, 09:51:34 PM »
Awesome answer mjwin! Thank you very much. It might be easier to make presets that way, to use a txt editor. I'm going to give it a try.
Good luck. I've opened up a few of my preset .XML's and it looks like a huge bunch of code with very little interesting stuff.
I hope SD eventually makes a PC / Mac / Linux program to let us edit, store & file them.
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Re: Sound Devices MixPre-3 and 6, Part 5
« Reply #129 on: July 22, 2018, 12:34:57 PM »
Awesome answer mjwin! Thank you very much. It might be easier to make presets that way, to use a txt editor. I'm going to give it a try.
Good luck. I've opened up a few of my preset .XML's and it looks like a huge bunch of code with very little interesting stuff.
I hope SD eventually makes a PC / Mac / Linux program to let us edit, store & file them.

I have a website, so I'm quite familiar with .XML files. When opened in an HTML editor they make sense and are easy to edit.
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Pre-amps: Naiant littlebox, Naiant littlekit v2.0, BM2p+ Edirol UA-5, Church STC-9000
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Re: Sound Devices MixPre-3 and 6, Part 5
« Reply #130 on: July 23, 2018, 01:01:12 PM »
I had a few really weird bugs with 2.21 this weekend at the Gorge.  I was powered up and ready to roll and I could not get get wingman to see my recorder.  Wumbo couldn't get his to work either.  My Bluetooth saw neither device.

On night one or two I was ready to roll and physically flipped the power switch OFF and and it would not turn off.  I disconnected my external battery and it flipped to internals.  I had to pull my internal pack to get the deck to power down. 

Why the heck does a deck NOT power down when you hit the kill switch? 
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Re: Sound Devices MixPre-3 and 6, Part 5
« Reply #131 on: July 23, 2018, 01:09:50 PM »
I had a few really weird bugs with 2.21 this weekend at the Gorge.  I was powered up and ready to roll and I could not get get wingman to see my recorder.  Wumbo couldn't get his to work either.  My Bluetooth saw neither device.

On night one or two I was ready to roll and physically flipped the power switch OFF and and it would not turn off.  I disconnected my external battery and it flipped to internals.  I had to pull my internal pack to get the deck to power down. 

Why the heck does a deck NOT power down when you hit the kill switch?

Been having the bluetooth bug on 2.2.1 also. Full reset fixed it for 2 shows, but it's back again. I can get bluetooth to work by going into settings and turning it off and back on again. It then shows up in Wingman. Using iOS.

Re: powering down. Any chance you were in play mode? it won't power down in that condition...
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Re: Sound Devices MixPre-3 and 6, Part 5
« Reply #132 on: July 23, 2018, 01:31:12 PM »
I had a few really weird bugs with 2.21 this weekend at the Gorge.  I was powered up and ready to roll and I could not get get wingman to see my recorder.  Wumbo couldn't get his to work either.  My Bluetooth saw neither device.

On night one or two I was ready to roll and physically flipped the power switch OFF and and it would not turn off.  I disconnected my external battery and it flipped to internals.  I had to pull my internal pack to get the deck to power down. 

Why the heck does a deck NOT power down when you hit the kill switch?

Been having the bluetooth bug on 2.2.1 also. Full reset fixed it for 2 shows, but it's back again. I can get bluetooth to work by going into settings and turning it off and back on again. It then shows up in Wingman. Using iOS.

Re: powering down. Any chance you were in play mode? it won't power down in that condition...

Yes, it was in play mode.  The reason I tried to power down was because hitting the stop button wouldn't stop playing the file.  I'm hoping I didn't corrupt a file but yanking battieres in the middle of playback. 

With my preset I'm forced to turn Bluetooth on every time, intentionally.  I toggled it on/off a couple of times to no avail.
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Re: Sound Devices MixPre-3 and 6, Part 5
« Reply #133 on: July 23, 2018, 01:50:55 PM »
Regarding power up and down the tiny switch - is that a mechanical or logic power switch?
I've began leaving he MP in power on setting and instead power the unit up and down with my USB-C power bank switch instead.

Not sure it's a recommended solution but it's far more manageable when the MP-3 is stuck deep into the bag all wired up.

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Re: Sound Devices MixPre-3 and 6, Part 5
« Reply #134 on: July 23, 2018, 04:03:42 PM »
I recently had an opportunity to test the MP6 limiters when an unexpectedly very loud lightning crack came through the mics during a thunderstorm recording. Here's a link to a 45 sec clip containing the sound:

https://app.box.com/s/5rm7j9bhm4i064gywu79hg523obp6xfh

The sound occurs at around the 00:13 sec mark.

CAUTION! It's pretty loud, so be sure to listen first at low volume.
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