Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this week's session, we'll cover the basics of setting up the Sound Devices 833, 888, and Scorpio audio recorders.
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses at school.learnlightandsound.com including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini and just added Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio.
Gear I often use or that we mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, DVE Store, Waves, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:
- Sound Devices 833 audio recorder — Trew Audio, B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/Toim
- Sound Devices 888 audio recorder — Trew Audio, B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/zAryW4J
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/8G8UdBB
- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/O8e0
- Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon geni.us/InspOl
- Canon C200 Camera - B&H geni.us/9Zi4m4a
- Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 lens — B&H, Amazon geni.us/kZyU7e
- ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/b8my
- Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/sRxFU90
- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H geni.us/9ZfE77
The intro and outro music for this episode is from Musicbed. Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: geni.us/G7by
Copyright 2022, Curtis Judd
00:00 Start
02:42 Beginning of stream
03:03 Agenda
03:15 Why cover the Sound Devices 8XX series?
05:06 8XX series setup basics
48:02 Questions from the chat
49:33 Updated opinions on the WLav Pro with DA35 connector?
49:56 Thoughts on Sony UWP vs. Sennheiser G4 500 systems
51:40 Thoughts on effects during recording vs. in post
53:00 MixPre SD card playback options
53:54 How to mount a slot receiver in a sound bag?
54:50 Assigning frequencies to transmitters
58:35 When and where to use NoiseAssist
1:00:14 Where does the high-pass filter indicator appear?
1:01:09 Does any wireless system guarantee lack of interference?
1:03:13 Hearing protection on the 8XX series and MixPre’s
1:04:17 Wrap-up
1:04:35 End of stream
In this week's session, we'll cover the basics of setting up the Sound Devices 833, 888, and Scorpio audio recorders.
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses at school.learnlightandsound.com including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini and just added Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio.
Gear I often use or that we mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, DVE Store, Waves, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:
- Sound Devices 833 audio recorder — Trew Audio, B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/Toim
- Sound Devices 888 audio recorder — Trew Audio, B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/zAryW4J
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/8G8UdBB
- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/O8e0
- Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon geni.us/InspOl
- Canon C200 Camera - B&H geni.us/9Zi4m4a
- Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 lens — B&H, Amazon geni.us/kZyU7e
- ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/b8my
- Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/sRxFU90
- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H geni.us/9ZfE77
The intro and outro music for this episode is from Musicbed. Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: geni.us/G7by
Copyright 2022, Curtis Judd
00:00 Start
02:42 Beginning of stream
03:03 Agenda
03:15 Why cover the Sound Devices 8XX series?
05:06 8XX series setup basics
48:02 Questions from the chat
49:33 Updated opinions on the WLav Pro with DA35 connector?
49:56 Thoughts on Sony UWP vs. Sennheiser G4 500 systems
51:40 Thoughts on effects during recording vs. in post
53:00 MixPre SD card playback options
53:54 How to mount a slot receiver in a sound bag?
54:50 Assigning frequencies to transmitters
58:35 When and where to use NoiseAssist
1:00:14 Where does the high-pass filter indicator appear?
1:01:09 Does any wireless system guarantee lack of interference?
1:03:13 Hearing protection on the 8XX series and MixPre’s
1:04:17 Wrap-up
1:04:35 End of stream
