Sound Devices 888 Portable Production Mixer-Recorder
Meet the 888 - the portable mixer-recorder that's compact and light enough to use in a bag, yet has the high channel count and power required for mobile cart productions. The 888 is the smallest portable mixer-recorder on the market that offers Dante i/o for sending and receiving audio over Ethernet.
With 8 ultra low-noise, 8-Series microphone preamplifiers, 16 channels, 20 tracks, multiple powering methods, and support for multiple USB control surfaces, the 888 can be easily tailored to your workflow. An updated processing architecture and multiple FPGAs enables the 888 to be fully routable: any physical input may be sent to any track, bus, or output.
Many features have carried over from the premium Sound Devices Scorpio, such as the new 8-Series preamplifier design, 2 SD card slots, internal 256gB SSD, and dual L-Mount battery charging and powering. Alternatively, power your 888 using a smart battery, NP-1 battery, or an in-line power supply via its TA4 DC input. The ultra-accurate timecode generator contains its own battery to hold timecode for up to four hours after power off.
Dedicated comms and slate allows for professional bi-directional communication with other crew members and you can send customised mixes to the camera or crew with multiple mix buses. What's more, with the ability to record to three media simultaneously, you can turn over an SD card to production, AAC files for transcription, and keep a backup on the internal 256 GB SSD.
A built-in three band EQ may be set to either pre- or post-fade for each channel to tackle any problems directly on-set. Enabling Dugan Automixing or MixAssist automatically attenuates up to 16 unused channels in multi-microphone applications.
There are several supported USB control surfaces for remote fader and transport control including the Platform M+ from Icon and also Sound Devices own CL-16 which incorporates 16 Penny and Giles faders.
But if you don't need actual hardware faders download the companion Android app, SD-Remote, for access to transport controls, metering, and sound reports on your Android device.
Specifications
- Frequency Response 10 Hz to 80 kHz ± 0.5 dB (192 kHz sample rate)
- THD + Noise .005% max
- 48V phantom power: full 10mA to all 8 inputs simultaneously
- AES3 or AES42 available on XLR input 1
- Maximum Input Level Mic +8dBu (2V RMS) Line +28dBu (19.5v RMS)
Noise Assist
And if all that isn't enough Sound Devices have now come up with Noise Assist - a plug in which enables you to produce usable recordings in shall we say, less than ideal conditions!