Sound Devices MixPre 3 II Timecode Issue
Channel: appclusive
Date: 2022-07-12

In this post I would like to talk about an irritating feature, not to say a flaw, in the Sound Devices MixPre-3 mark II. 

You cannot use the MixPre-3 reliably with timecode and as a playback device and a TRS microphone at the same time when using the File Transfer mode.

00:00 Introduction
00:07 Description of the error
00:28 Reproduction of the error
01:14 Reproduction Option A File Transfer
01:31 Reproduction Option B Load Preset
02:29 Consequences
02:52 Workarounds
02:57 Workaround 1 Do not use USB-C file transfer, use USB stick instead
03:15 Workaround 2 Do not use timecode at all
03:26 Workaround 3 Do not use TRS socket for microphone
03:35 Workaround 4 Use XLR to TRS adapter for microphone
03:48 Workaround 5 Do not use MixPre as audio interface
04:08 Workaround summary
04:17 Sound Devices Support recommendation
04:25 Evaluation of recommendation
04:44 My thoughts on this
04:57 Setup and firmware
05:16 Conclusion