Sound Devices MixPre-3 Mk. 2
This is the Mk. 2 version of the baby of the Sound Devices MixPre product line but there's nothing babyish about the feature set! Even this cute little one has an integrated USB audio interface, capacitive touch screen, bluetooth connectivity and now even better audio performance due the new 32 bit float recording capability! It can also now record at up 192kHz sampling rate and features a full timecode reader/generator.
Kashmir mic Preamps
Sound Devices innovative Kashmir microphone preamps are ultra-low-noise, discrete, Class-A mic preamps with a -130dBV noise floor (that's remarkably quiet!) analogue limiters and new 32-bit A-to-D converters to ensure professional grade audio recordings.
Both the MixPre3 and MixPre-6 make excellent USB audio interfaces, offering the unique ability to record audio to an SD card while simultaneously streaming multiple channels of audio via USB. And for the musicians amongst us a MixPre can be used with a DAW running on a laptop on those occasions where you don't have mains power available.
MixPre 3 II Features
Ultra-compact and durable the MixPre Series will fit any production environment, constructed with a die-cast aluminum chassis, the MixPre Series is both lightweight and incredibly robust.
The responsive, capacitive touch screen is simple and intuitive in operation via the sunlight-readable colour LCD for the ultimate in convenient navigation.
Other key features include pan and soloing plus easy-to-see ring LED metering per channel. There's also a 3.5mm jack for headphone monitoring with user-programmable presets from the custom designed powerful, wide bandwidth headphone amp.
Built-in Bluetooth Smart® technology allows easy connection, control and metering via iOS devices from the Sound Devices free Wingman app.
The MixPre-3 has two operating modes - Basic and Advanced. Basic mode allows even inexperienced users to make distortion-free stereo recordings right out of the box. Advanced mode offers more experienced audio users access to multi-channel recording and settings such as ISO metering, routing, timecode, mic pre gain, stereo and Mid/Side channel linking, headphone presets and more.
For videographers MixPre-3 is the perfect camera companion – offering HDMI Record triggering, timecode, and retractable 1/4-inch-20-thread mounting screw.
Flexible powering - for the ultimate in portability and convenience, all MixPre models can be powered from AA batteries, Li-Ion batteries, a laptop's USB-C or USB-A connectors or mains power via a the included PSU.
Heres a video introduction to the MixPre series:-
And here's one showing how to use an Ambient Nanolockit with the MixPre 3:-
Noise Assist
And now the Noise Assist plug in is available for the MixPre Series. Noise Assist is a fantastic tool that can help you produce usable recordings in, shall we say, less than ideal conditions.
And look down below! here's a specially priced bundle of a MixPre and some useful accessories, but if it's not quite what you want just send in your shopping list and we'll send a quote.