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That's the first I am reading of the SD-2 version of Hawkwoods...that's bad ass...I have 3 - 8800ma cells and 3 - 6600ma cells
Quote from: jbell on August 11, 2017, 12:48:48 PMThe mix track issues was fixed with firmware 1.11!! I have been recording with mine turned off without issue. Quote from: dallman on August 11, 2017, 12:27:37 PM^^^=T, great and very true post. I couldn't agree more.I set mine a bit differently because I still like having the knobs control gain, but I preset my gain and I have not needed to touch it. The real proof of the value of these preamps can be seen with the first firmware update, which still left one glitch. That glitch was that if you turned off the mix track, your recording would look right, but would be very low, so much so that you had to add about 15db of gain, which is a really really large amount of gain, but the recording was still absolutely quiet in the quiet parts and rich and full sounding musically. Go conservative and edit in post. This is an amazing deck for staying careful and conservative, no loss of quality. For anyone that does not make any changes in post, it is like recording with one arm tied behind your back. Exactly, but it was a great opportunity to see what the preamps could do being pushed. The next update fixed the issue which I should have been more clear about.
The mix track issues was fixed with firmware 1.11!! I have been recording with mine turned off without issue. Quote from: dallman on August 11, 2017, 12:27:37 PM^^^=T, great and very true post. I couldn't agree more.I set mine a bit differently because I still like having the knobs control gain, but I preset my gain and I have not needed to touch it. The real proof of the value of these preamps can be seen with the first firmware update, which still left one glitch. That glitch was that if you turned off the mix track, your recording would look right, but would be very low, so much so that you had to add about 15db of gain, which is a really really large amount of gain, but the recording was still absolutely quiet in the quiet parts and rich and full sounding musically. Go conservative and edit in post. This is an amazing deck for staying careful and conservative, no loss of quality. For anyone that does not make any changes in post, it is like recording with one arm tied behind your back.
^^^=T, great and very true post. I couldn't agree more.I set mine a bit differently because I still like having the knobs control gain, but I preset my gain and I have not needed to touch it. The real proof of the value of these preamps can be seen with the first firmware update, which still left one glitch. That glitch was that if you turned off the mix track, your recording would look right, but would be very low, so much so that you had to add about 15db of gain, which is a really really large amount of gain, but the recording was still absolutely quiet in the quiet parts and rich and full sounding musically. Go conservative and edit in post. This is an amazing deck for staying careful and conservative, no loss of quality. For anyone that does not make any changes in post, it is like recording with one arm tied behind your back.
Here is my Mixpre-3 rig in a Lowepro Adventura 170 that I bought new (w/ tags) from eBay for $11.50. The first pic is the rig displayed: Manfrotto Superclamp, six inch Manfrotto extension with Manfrotto mini-ballhead, Rycote INV-HG mkIII shockmount, large DPA screens. MP-3, nbox, Schoeps mk4 + actives (red case) and 2 batteries (Naztech shown, anker usb-c in front punch). Second pic is a closer shot of what's running in the bag. Pics 3 & 4 show the packed rig (superclamp in side pouch) and packed/closed. Not shown (other side pouch) are ortf and din bars plus a Shure a53mm for backup.
Who made your cables and where did you get the safety cable?
Anyone using a 128gb card? Any issues? Thinking about a sandisk extreme pro uhs-1.
Quote from: ts on August 15, 2017, 04:27:57 PMAnyone using a 128gb card? Any issues? Thinking about a sandisk extreme pro uhs-1.I use 128GB cards. I had issues before firmware 1.11 but none after 1.11. I have use both Sandisk Extreme and Extreme Pro cards.
While recording Steve Kimock on Friday night I shut my Mixpre-6 down in between sets. When I fired it back up it defaulted to the 4AA battery pack. Luckily I glanced down a couple of songs into the 2nd set to see the battery indicator about half depleted. I had to unplug and re-plug the USB cable to get it switch back to USB-C power again.
Quote from: rigpimp on August 21, 2017, 12:29:16 PMWhile recording Steve Kimock on Friday night I shut my Mixpre-6 down in between sets. When I fired it back up it defaulted to the 4AA battery pack. Luckily I glanced down a couple of songs into the 2nd set to see the battery indicator about half depleted. I had to unplug and re-plug the USB cable to get it switch back to USB-C power again.I noticed the same thing although it may be the USB batteries shutting themselves down versus the Mixpre purposely going back to the battery sled. With the batteries I have you can also press the button on them to turn them back on
I concur, most batteries will shut down when they stop supplying power and most have a button you push to turn them back on. It also is the button that shows how much power is remaining by displaying how many bars or LED's you have remaining That is fairly normal and I find that is the process with all my decks and many (but not all) of my external batteries. Like many here, I am somewhat of a battery junkie. It would be easy to know if this is the issue if the battery type and model was listed in the post. Thanks!