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Re: Mix-Pre 3/6 SD Memory Cards (What works and what doesn't?)
« Reply #15 on: September 07, 2019, 03:07:47 AM »
Mix-Pre type: 6, FW 3.03, preroll off
Manufacturer: Lexar
Model: Professional 1667x 128GB SDXC UHS-II/U3 Card,  purchased 9/2019 from Amazon (directly), $37.99
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NLY7N7L

Model number: LSD128CBNA1667
Card Size: 128GB (119GB usable)
Country of Origin: Korea
Class: UHS-II, V60, U3, class 10
Serial #: L041887 00972-V60-128BML A 1919B
Tested speed (h2testw on Lexar SR2): Writing speed: 81.3 MByte/s, Reading speed: 147 MByte/s
(please note this was a UHS-II card on a proper reader with the additional pins that mixpre doesnt support)

Recording Format (Bit Depth/Sample Rate):24/192
Available recording time on full card at stated bitrate: 7h22m
Number of Channels: 8 (6 iso+mixdown)
Phantom (On/Off): 4 channels on

Test #1: card quick-formatted in mix pre
Result: FAILED:Record Buffer Error. after 4h55m of recording. Filled rest of card without issue

Test #2: card slow-formatted as exFat, default 128kilobyte allocation size
Result: FAILED:Record Buffer Error. after 2h24m of recording. then again after 1 minute of recording(!). Recorded rest of 5 hour card capacity without incident

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Re: Mix-Pre 3/6 SD Memory Cards (What works and what doesn't?)
« Reply #16 on: September 07, 2019, 01:32:54 PM »
Mix-Pre type: 6, 6, multiple firmwares (see below)
Manufacturer: SanDisk
Model: Extreme Pro SDXC UHS-I Card,  purchased 9/2019 from Amazon (directly), $39.99
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H9DVLBB

Model number: SDSDXXY-128G-GN4IN
Card Size: 128GB (119GB usable)
Country of Origin: China
Class: UHS-I, C10, U3, V30, 4K UHD
Serial #: BP1922852852G
Tested speed (h2testw on Lexar SR2): Writing speed: 60.9 MByte/s, Reading speed: 73.5 MByte/s
Recording Format (Bit Depth/Sample Rate):24/192 (except test 4 which was 24/96)
Available recording time on full card at stated bitrate: 7h31m
Number of Channels: 8 (6 iso+mixdown) (except test 4 which was 6 channels of iso only)
Phantom (On/Off): 4 channels on

Test #1 - FW 3.03, pre-roll off, quick-formatted on mixpre
Result: FAILED:Record Buffer Error after 3h55m, and subsequently after another 58 min of recording. test aborted shortly after due to low battery

Test #2 - FW 3.30, pre-roll off, slow-formatted on windows to exFat default (128kbyte allocation size)
Result: FAILED:Record Buffer Error after 2h02m, and subsequently after 31 mins, 14 mins, 24 mins, 14 mins, 11 mins, 6 mins...aborted test and ran h2testw on remaining space on card. it wrote the rest of the card out at 66.4 MB/sec

Test #3 - firmware 2.21, quick formatted on mix pre
Result: FAILED:"SD Warning - media is too slow" error after 2 minutes and subsequently after 66 min, and 56 min, test aborted

Test #4 - firmware 2.21, immediately after test #3, reduced bitrate to 6 channels at 24/96
Result: FAILED:"SD Warning - media is too slow" error after about 7 hours (card capacity 20 hrs in this case). Rest of recording sesh was a disaster, was only able to record 30+ minutes before failing 2 out of 15 times (file 487 and 488 were an auto-split), and those two longer tests also failed after 65 and 38 mionutes respectively. There is something about writing past 40% on cards that it doesnt seem to like



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Re: Mix-Pre 3/6 SD Memory Cards (What works and what doesn't?)
« Reply #17 on: September 11, 2019, 12:08:26 AM »
Mix-Pre type: 6, multiple firmwares (see below)
Manufacturer: SanDisk
Model: Extreme Pro SDXC UHS-I Card,  purchased 9/2019 from Amazon (directly), $20.49
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H9J1YXN

Model number: SDSDXXY-064G-GN4IN
Card Size: 64GB (59.4 GB usable)
Country of Origin: China
Class: UHS-I, C10, U3, V30, 4K UHD
Serial #: BN1919252233G
Tested speed (h2testw on Lexar SR2): Writing speed: 63.0 MByte/s, Reading speed: 73.1 MByte/s
Recording Format (Bit Depth/Sample Rate):24/192
Available recording time on full card at stated bitrate: 3h45m
Number of Channels: 8 (6 iso+mixdown)
Phantom (On/Off): 4 channels on

Test #1 - firmware 3.03, preroll off, quick-formatted on mixpre
Result: FAILED:Record Buffer Error after 2h35m, and subsequently after another 6 min, 6 min, and 17 min of testing. test aborted

Test #2 - firmware 3.03, preroll off, quick-formatted on mixpre
Result: FAILED:Record Buffer Error after 52m, and subsequently after another 10, 17, 36, 5, 12, 10, <1 (seconds),  of testing. test aborted

Test #3 - firmware 2.21 quick-formatted on mixpre
Result: FAILED:"SD Warning - media is too slow" error after 24m, and subsequently after another 0.5seconds, 20 min, 10 min, and 1.5 seconds  of testing. test aborted


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Re: Mix-Pre 3/6 SD Memory Cards (What works and what doesn't?)
« Reply #18 on: September 11, 2019, 01:14:03 AM »
Mix-Pre type: 6, FW 3.03 & preroll On, FW 4.0.1 & no preroll
Manufacturer: SanDisk
Model: SanDisk 16GB Extreme UHS-I SDHC Memory Card (Class 10)
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/828325-REG/SanDisk_SDSDRX3_016G_A21_16GB_SDHC_Memory_Card.html
End of life since many years.

Model number: SDSDRX3-016G-A21
Card Size: 16GB
Country of Origin: China
Class: UHS-I, U1, class 10
Serial #: BL1210522025G
Tested speed BlackMagic Disk Speed Test: Writing speed: 39.2 MByte/s, Reading speed: 43.8 MByte/s

Recording Format (Bit Depth/Sample Rate):24/192
Available recording time on full card at stated bitrate: 45m
Number of Channels: 8 (6 iso+mixdown)
Phantom (On/Off): 4 channels on

Result: Success. Filled the card with 60 minutes of recording.
Although 1 hour might not be that much to celebrate over. 



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Re: Mix-Pre 3/6 SD Memory Cards (What works and what doesn't?)
« Reply #19 on: September 11, 2019, 06:39:52 PM »
yes it seems most tests ive done on 3.03 fail after 1 hour, smaller cards have an advantage (the lone one i qualified was a 32GB)

i just downgraded to 2.21 and will be updating the test reports above as testing occurs (update: 2.21 appeared to be worse than 3.03)
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Re: Mix-Pre 3/6 SD Memory Cards (What works and what doesn't?)
« Reply #20 on: September 23, 2019, 04:56:05 PM »
Updated some previous tests after running them again with firmware 4.01.
No difference really. Same FAILED: "SD - Warning Record buffer error"

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Mix-Pre 3/6 SD Memory Cards (What works and what doesn't?)
« Reply #21 on: September 25, 2019, 10:42:50 AM »
As requested:

Mix-Pre type: MixPre-6 II firmware 4.01
Manufacturer:  Sound Devices branded
Model: SAM-32SD SDHC UHS-I exFAT
Rated Speed: 620x 93MB/s
Class: U3
Serial #:
Card Size in GB: 32 (31.3 available)
Recording Format (Bit Depth/Sample Rate): 32bit 192KHz
Number of Channels: 8
Phantom (On/Off): 4/4
Results: PASSED

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Mix-Pre 3/6 SD Memory Cards (What works and what doesn't?)
« Reply #22 on: September 25, 2019, 10:49:22 AM »
As requested:

Mix-Pre type: MixPre-6 II firmware 4.01
Manufacturer:  Wise-Advanced branded
Model: Wise SDXC 128GB UHS-II exFAT
Rated Speed: 285MB/s
Class: Class 10 U3 can use in UHS-I slot
Serial #:
Card Size in GB: 128 (125 available)
Recording Format (Bit Depth/Sample Rate): 32bit 192KHz
Number of Channels: 8
Phantom (On/Off): 4/4
Results: PASSED tested 5.7 hours

https://www.coremicro.com/wise-sd2-128u3-128gb-sdxc-uhs-ii-memory-card

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Re: Mix-Pre 3/6 SD Memory Cards (What works and what doesn't?)
« Reply #23 on: September 26, 2019, 07:33:53 AM »
Updated some previous tests after running them again with firmware 4.01.
No difference really. Same FAILED: "SD - Warning Record buffer error"

same so far. The one card i had that worked on 3.03 also works on 4.01. Every card that failed on 3.03 that i tested again (so far) on 4.01 also failed. Seems to be a lot of initial failures around the 2h30min- 2h40m range, then a ton of failures at less than 1h intervals after that . this would be at about the 35-40GB mark on the card. (obv the 32GB cards that are working for us never get there)

It doesnt appear that 4.01 actually solves the problem. Can you retest the Integral card on 4.01?
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Re: Mix-Pre 3/6 SD Memory Cards (What works and what doesn't?)
« Reply #24 on: September 28, 2019, 03:40:12 AM »
Mix-Pre type: 6, FW 4.01
Manufacturer: Transcend
Model: SDXC/SDHC 700S Memory Card ("285 MB/sec read")
purchased 9/2019 from Amazon (directly), $56.99
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DSV9HG2

Model number: TS64GSDC700S
Card Size: 64GB (57.5 GB usable)
Country of Origin: Taiwan
Class: UHS-II, C10, U3, V90, 8K UHD
Serial #: F31348 0881
Tested speed:
(h2testw on Ricoh PCIe SDXC/MMC Host Controller (UHS-I)): Writing speed: 44.2 MByte/s, Reading speed: 63.9 MByte/s
(h2testw on Lexar SR2 (UHS-II)): Writing speed: 117 MByte/s, Reading speed: 137 MByte/s
Recording Format (Bit Depth/Sample Rate):24/192
Available recording time on full card at stated bitrate: 3h38m
Number of Channels: 8 (6 iso+mixdown)
Phantom (On/Off): 4 channels on
Powered by: USB-C battery
Formatted at low-level with SD formatter (default 128kb cluster size), then quick formatted on mixpre

Result: FAILED after 16 hours of testing. Filled entire card twice thru with no errors. failed on third pass after 47 minutes and subsequently after another 47 minutes. both failures were within a minute of starting a new file, which seems to be a trend ive anecdotally observed in my testing



CPDT on Ricoh PCIe SDXC/MMC Host Controller:



additional test using Zoom F6's internal "Performance test" (lower numbers better, 100=fail):
Average access rate: 26%
Max access rate: 61%

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Re: Mix-Pre 3/6 SD Memory Cards (What works and what doesn't?)
« Reply #25 on: October 01, 2019, 11:11:00 PM »
found another card laying around that works well with 4.01. only 32GB but rock solid. >30 hrs with no errors

Mix-Pre type: 6, FW 4.01
Manufacturer: Samsung
Model: "95MB/s" (U1) MicroSD EVO Memory Card with Adapter 32 GB
purchased 4/2019 from Amazon (third party vendor "T.H.E HIT EVOLUTION"), $7
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XWJM2FV

Model number: MB-MP32G
Card Size: 32GB (29.x GB usable)
Country of Origin: Philippines
Class: UHS-I, C10, U1, V90
Serial #KND73RRAC741
Tested speed:(h2testw on Ricoh PCIe SDXC/MMC Host Controller): Write: 23.6 MByte/s, Read: 63.4 MByte/s

Test 1:
Recording Format (Bit Depth/Sample Rate):24/192
Available recording time on full card at stated bitrate: 1h55m
Number of Channels: 8 (6 iso+mixdown)
Phantom (On/Off): 4 channels on
Powered by: USB-C battery
Formatted at low-level with SD formatter, then quick formatted on mixpre for first pass. subsequent passes quick formatted on mixpre

Result: PASSED. Filled entire card 8x thru with no errors. >15 hrs recording with no errors

Test 2:
Recording Format (Bit Depth/Sample Rate):24/96
Available recording time on full card at stated bitrate: 3h51m
Number of Channels: 8 (6 iso+mixdown)
Phantom (On/Off): 4 channels on
Powered by: USB-C battery
quick formatted on mixpre subsequent to 24/192 tests above
Result: PASSED. Filled entire card 4x thru with no errors. >15 hrs recording with no errors




CPDT on on Ricoh PCIe SDXC/MMC Host Controller:
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Re: Mix-Pre 3/6 SD Memory Cards (What works and what doesn't?)
« Reply #26 on: October 03, 2019, 12:16:26 AM »
Have had the best luck with 32GB SDHC cards so im trying this SanDisk pro full size

Mix-Pre type: 6
Manufacturer: SanDisk
Model: Extreme Pro 32GB SDHC UHS-I Card ("Older generation" - "95 MB/sec")
purchased 10/2019 from Amazon (direct), $13
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01J5RHBQ4

Model number: SDSDXXG-032G-GN4IN
Card Size: 32GB (29.7 GB usable)
Country of Origin: Taiwan
Class: UHS-I, C10, U3, V30
Serial #BM19197807880
Tested speed:(forgot to record)
Test 1:
Firmware: 4.01
Recording Format (Bit Depth/Sample Rate):24/192
Available recording time on full card at stated bitrate: 1h55m
Number of Channels: 8 (6 iso+mixdown)
Phantom (On/Off): 4 channels on
Powered by: USB-C battery
Formatted at low-level with SD formatter (default 32gb cluster size), then quick formatted on mixpre for first pass. subsequent passes quick formatted on mixpre

Result: PASSED, 3X through no errors
Test 2:
Firmware 3.03 (reverted after display lock up errors on FW4.01)
Recording Format (Bit Depth/Sample Rate):24/192
Available recording time on full card at stated bitrate: 1h55m
Number of Channels: 8 (6 iso+mixdown)
Phantom (On/Off): 4 channels on
Powered by: USB-C battery
quick formatted on mixpre subsequent to tests above

Result: PASSED, 6X through, no errors

Test 3:
Firmware 3.03 (reverted after display lock up errors on FW4.01)
Recording Format (Bit Depth/Sample Rate):24/48
Available recording time on full card at stated bitrate: 7h3xm
Number of Channels: 8 (6 iso+mixdown)
Phantom (On/Off): 4 channels on
Powered by: USB-C battery
quick formatted on mixpre subsequent to tests above

Result: PASSED, once through, no errors



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different card (#2), also purchased from Sandisk on Amazon, same specs and origin as above, SN BM19323807880

Tested speed:(h2testw on Ricoh PCIe SDXC/MMC Host Controller): Write: 49.1 MByte/s, Read: 66.5 MByte/s

CPDT on Ricoh PCIe SDXC/MMC Host Controller:


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different card (#3), also purchased from Sandisk on Amazon at same time as card #2, same specs and origin, "Serial Number" same as card #2 above (BM19323807880), so obviously more of a "lot number" of sorts

Tested speed:(h2testw on Ricoh PCIe SDXC/MMC Host Controller): Write: 49.3 MByte/s, Read: 66.5 MByte/s

CPDT on Ricoh PCIe SDXC/MMC Host Controller:


CPDT on Lexar SR2 USB reader:

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Re: Mix-Pre 3/6 SD Memory Cards (What works and what doesn't?)
« Reply #27 on: October 03, 2019, 12:29:39 AM »
I’ve found that cards that perform poor on random writes will get hit with buffer error failures.

Running tests with CPDT on freshly formatted cards shown that cards with random writes around 1MB/s will fail in MixPre-6 within a few seconds only when running 8 channels in 24bit at 192kHz. Even if the cards do manages to write 30-40MB/s sequentially.

When cards reaches 3.5MB/s* at random writes they appear to be stable for 8ch recordings.
Some cards with random write in between 2-3.5 MB/s seems to be more down to for how long you record and some shear luck.

https://maxim-saplin.github.io/cpdt_results/?about=

* revised from 5MB/s
** revised from 3-4MB/s
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Re: Mix-Pre 3/6 SD Memory Cards (What works and what doesn't?)
« Reply #28 on: October 03, 2019, 12:37:51 AM »
Mix-Pre type: 6, FW 4.01
Manufacturer: Lexar
Model: Professional 1000x 32GB SDHC UHS-II Card
purchased 10/2019 from Amazon (direct), $12.50
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PLENZF2

Model number:
Card Size: 32GB (29.2 GB usable)
Country of Origin: Korea
Class: UHS-II, C10, U3
Serial #L121472 00772-V3032GBML A 5218B
rear of card is marked "Lexar, an affiliate of Longsys, an Chinese Company"

Tested speed:
(h2testw on Lexar SR2 USB3 (UHS-II)): Write: 13.0(!) MByte/s, Read: 114 MByte/s
(h2testw on Ricoh PCIe SDXC/MMC Host Controller (UHS-I)): Write: 23.0 MByte/s, Read: 66.1 MByte/s
card does not meet U3 spec for sequential write! rear of card is marked "Lexar, an affiliate of Longsys, an Chinese Company". I have heard Lexar quality has fallen off since becoming acquired

Test 1:
Recording Format (Bit Depth/Sample Rate):24/192
Available recording time on full card at stated bitrate: 1h53m
Number of Channels: 8 (6 iso+mixdown)
Phantom (On/Off): 4 channels on
Powered by: USB-C battery
Formatted at low-level with SD formatter (default 32gb cluster size), then quick formatted on mixpre for first pass. subsequent passes quick formatted on mixpre

Result: PASSED (surprisingly), 6X through so far, additional testing in progress




CPDT on on Ricoh PCIe SDXC/MMC Host Controller:
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Re: Mix-Pre 3/6 SD Memory Cards (What works and what doesn't?)
« Reply #29 on: October 03, 2019, 12:40:11 AM »
I’ve found that cards that perform poor on random writes will get hit with buffer error failures.

Running tests with CPDT on freshly formatted cards shown that cards with random writes around 1MB/s will fail in MixPre-6 within a few seconds only. Even if they do manages to write 30-40MB/s sequentially. When running 8 channels in 24bit at 192kHz.
When cards reaches 5MB/s at random writes they appear to be stable for 8ch recordings.
Some cards with random write in between 3-4 seems to be more down to for how long you record and some shear luck.

https://maxim-saplin.github.io/cpdt_results/?about=
outstanding info. will test cards and update posts
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