Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this week's session, we run through the Sound Devices MixPre's menus to solve common questions and issues. Then we answer your sound for video questions.
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:
- Mackie DLZ Creator — B&H, Amazon geni.us/42KrX0
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/8G8UdBB
- Sound Devies 888 field recorder/mixer — Trew, B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/zAryW4J
- 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
- Universal Audio 6176 channel strip pre-amp, EQ, compressor — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/505L55n
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 2023, Curtis Judd
00:00 Beginning of stream
02:48 Start
03:16 Agenda
04:41 MixPre setup: knob functions
06:24 The MixPre grapevine…
17:20 Headphone presets
18:06 Knob functions cont.
18:44 New MixPre vs. used 633
19:02 The nuances of routing
20:38 Driving gain-hungry mics
21:17 Recording iso tracks
22:18 Playback presets
27:54 Recording settings
32:11 MixAssist: worth it for podcasting?
34:41 App demo
37:57 MixPre vs. 633 cont.
40:02 Basic vs. Advanced Custom mode
40:45 The MixPre 3 battery situation
41:37 How to solo channels
42:22 MixPre vs. 633 cont.
44:49 MixPre battery tips
47:46 Line or mic level for lav RX?
49:17 Possible touchscreen issues
51:46 MixPre 3: 3 or 5 inputs?
53:33 Properly orienting an AT875R
57:06 Jamming timecode to MixPre
1:02:59 Camera kit for a sound guy
1:07:03 End of stream
In this week's session, we run through the Sound Devices MixPre's menus to solve common questions and issues. Then we answer your sound for video questions.
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:
- Mackie DLZ Creator — B&H, Amazon geni.us/42KrX0
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/8G8UdBB
- Sound Devies 888 field recorder/mixer — Trew, B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/zAryW4J
- 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
- Universal Audio 6176 channel strip pre-amp, EQ, compressor — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/505L55n
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 2023, Curtis Judd
00:00 Beginning of stream
02:48 Start
03:16 Agenda
04:41 MixPre setup: knob functions
06:24 The MixPre grapevine…
17:20 Headphone presets
18:06 Knob functions cont.
18:44 New MixPre vs. used 633
19:02 The nuances of routing
20:38 Driving gain-hungry mics
21:17 Recording iso tracks
22:18 Playback presets
27:54 Recording settings
32:11 MixAssist: worth it for podcasting?
34:41 App demo
37:57 MixPre vs. 633 cont.
40:02 Basic vs. Advanced Custom mode
40:45 The MixPre 3 battery situation
41:37 How to solo channels
42:22 MixPre vs. 633 cont.
44:49 MixPre battery tips
47:46 Line or mic level for lav RX?
49:17 Possible touchscreen issues
51:46 MixPre 3: 3 or 5 inputs?
53:33 Properly orienting an AT875R
57:06 Jamming timecode to MixPre
1:02:59 Camera kit for a sound guy
1:07:03 End of stream
