Sound Devices MixPre-3 and 6, Part 7

[rigpimp]

Such a pimp...

I too think of the AAs as primarily a bridge to cover an outage of external power, and check the teeny battery icon on the mp every hour or so to make sure it's showing external power rather than batts.

Soo teeny, or maybe it's my old eyes 😀

I have a post-it taped to the front of my MP6 reminding me to check that the timer is counting so that I know I actually pressed record.  I should add a reminder to check the battery icon too.  I can't see shit anymore, especially in a dark venue

/s/ The Eneloop Pimp

[morst]

My guess is that the super short times with the 4 AA sled is with alkalines?

yes my 35 min experience is with cheap AA Alkalines

[One Cylinder]

I too think of the AAs as primarily a bridge to cover an outage of external power, and check the teeny battery icon on the mp every hour or so to make sure it's showing external power rather than batts. So teeny, or maybe it's my old eyes 😀

I have a post-it taped to the front of my MP6 reminding me to check that the timer is counting so that I know I actually pressed record.  I should add a reminder to check the battery icon too.  I can't see shit anymore, especially in a dark venue

/s/ The Eneloop Pimp

[morst]

I have a post-it taped to the front of my MP6 reminding me to check that the timer is counting so that I know I actually pressed record.  I should add a reminder to check the battery icon too.  I can't see shit anymore, especially in a dark venue

my new decoration for the Anker USB pack

[justme]

A little feedback.

I went a head and bought 8 pcs PKCell nimh cells from Amazon.de
https://lygte-info.dk/review/batteries2012/PKCell%20AA%202600mAh%20(Green-silver)%20UK.html

Unfortunately these cells did not perform at all.
Some was DOA and refused to take charge, other cells showed a capacity of only a few hundred mAh.
Two cells out of eight managed to reach their nominal capacity.

I returned all to Amazon.

[mountainhop]

A little feedback.

I went a head and bought 8 pcs PKCell nimh cells from Amazon.de
https://lygte-info.dk/review/batteries2012/PKCell%20AA%202600mAh%20(Green-silver)%20UK.html

Unfortunately these cells did not perform at all.
Some was DOA and refused to take charge, other cells showed a capacity of only a few hundred mAh.
Two cells out of eight managed to reach their nominal capacity.

I returned all to Amazon.

thats a bummer

i hope you left a review

i have one of the battery refresher/testers and ive seen some that test at 70% of rated capacity. went straight back

[morst]

A little feedback.

I went a head and bought 8 pcs PKCell nimh cells from Amazon.de


...

I returned all to Amazon.

was this from a third-party seller, or from clamazon's own warehouse?

[justme]

They were sold by akku.gmbh and fulfilled by Amazon.
Gonna try the Ansmann instead.

was this from a third-party seller, or from clamazon's own warehouse?

[relefunt]

Such a pimp...

I too think of the AAs as primarily a bridge to cover an outage of external power, and check the teeny battery icon on the mp every hour or so to make sure it's showing external power rather than batts.

Soo teeny, or maybe it's my old eyes 😀

I have a post-it taped to the front of my MP6 reminding me to check that the timer is counting so that I know I actually pressed record.  I should add a reminder to check the battery icon too.  I can't see shit anymore, especially in a dark venue

/s/ The Eneloop Pimp

Isn't it easier to look for the red "record" light?

[lynchie]

Such a pimp...

I too think of the AAs as primarily a bridge to cover an outage of external power, and check the teeny battery icon on the mp every hour or so to make sure it's showing external power rather than batts.

Soo teeny, or maybe it's my old eyes 😀

I have a post-it taped to the front of my MP6 reminding me to check that the timer is counting so that I know I actually pressed record.  I should add a reminder to check the battery icon too.  I can't see shit anymore, especially in a dark venue

/s/ The Eneloop Pimp

ya made this mistake at the MMJ show in Boston a few weeks ago. Was so pissed when I looked down and realized I hadn't hit record. Won't make that mistake again.

[jbell]

I forgot to arm channels 3&4 for a sound board feed for a show.  I did however pass the signal to a friend and he managed to get the SBD channels.   

[So Many Roads]

question - how do you run a feed out of the mixpre 3/6? I'd guess you would use a 3.5mm cable from the stereo out plug, but how do you control which channels are fed out? TIA.

[jbell]

You have to route the channels you want to the output!  I have my SBD channels routed to the output.

question - how do you run a feed out of the mixpre 3/6? I'd guess you would use a 3.5mm cable from the stereo out plug, but how do you control which channels are fed out? TIA.

[checht]

question - how do you run a feed out of the mixpre 3/6? I'd guess you would use a 3.5mm cable from the stereo out plug, but how do you control which channels are fed out? TIA.

menu:outputs:St. Out Mute - off
menu:outputs:St. Out Left - whichever channel sbd L input is set to
menu:outputs:St. Out right - whichever channel sbd R input is set to
everything else leave as default

[So Many Roads]

Thanks Checht. I had to go into system/custom setup/outputs, and change Output to advanced. Then I can view/update the outputs from the main menu. Appreciate the help!