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"In Basic mode, the MixPre-3 functions as a two-track 48 kHz recorder. The two record tracks are fed by the LR mix which is driven directly by the channel knob gains" OK so if I run past 12 the audio is not very clean any more (but maybe I'm getting confused by the room tone) |
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As long as you have both pieces of equipment, sync the two of them. Its easier than it sounds. One of the biggest reason for this is, at least for me, is redundancy. It’s a very bad feeling to get back to post and find no audio recorded on your sd card.
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Sound Devices doesn’t seem to have published a block diagram for this, probably because of all the choices between basic, advanced and custom modes. Gain is a genaric term that can be applied at any stage of amplification. Just do stay aware of the different functions between preamp gain/trim/sensitivity and fader gain. If you take your quieter and louder clips into your NLE, you can boost the quieter to the same level as the louder clip. Then you can compare room tone and other sources of noise. |
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This is all moot if you simply want to sync using the camera mic as a reference, but if you want a high quality recording on both your camera and Mix Pre then you should experiment with setting the levels so you're satisfied with both recordings. |
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I just plugged in a mic into one of the XLR inputs and recorded ambience. The gain on the first recording was set to about 3 o'clock, and the second recording had gain level set to 12 o'clock. That's all. |
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I don't have the premix, but the number of inputs is irrelevant to the premise. I have an 8 input mixer which will also record to two output tacks. On a mixer of any sort, you will have input channels which will either just have a simple gain or volume control on each input channel or other controls such as eq which may either be in the form of control knobs or switches, or set from accessible menus. The input channels will be routed after mixing to the output bus which could be just one on a mono mixer, two on a stereo mixer or more on a multi output buss mixer. Most mixers will also have some sort of 'Pan' control, which is basically to vary the amount going to each output channel. so anticlockwise will send the signal to the left output buss, clockwise to the right output buss and centre equally to both. In a multi output buss mixer, you would have a further switch to send each channel to the output pair that you want. If the mixer also includes a built in recorder, like the Premix, there will be a fixed number of record 'Tracks'. So a stereo recorder will just have two record tracks and it will be up to the user to route each channel output to the left and right outputs and record tracks depending on where in the stereo image they want each channel to appear. If you are just using two mics, they could be recorded with one on each track, or both equally on both tracks if you wanted, or offset slightly between left and right. The more input channels you have depending on the mixer, the more you can vary your mic positions in the stereo image. If the Premix only has two record tracks but 3 mic inputs, you just need to decide where to arrange each mic in the stereo image. If it has three record tracks, then you can record them all separately if you want. I should also say that some recorders have paired tracks so that you can make two identical recordings at different levels as a backup. This is why you see audio recorders listed as stereo(2 tracks) 4 tracks, 6 track etc. If you are a multi mic user, the the more record tracks you have, the more you can change things at the editing stage. Hope you are not even more confused now, Roger |
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