Product Description
Get Your Mix On with Sound Devices’ MixPre-D
Need a compact, high-performance portable audio mixer that can handle your most demanding field mixing assignments? The Sound Devices MixPre-D gives you flexible pro connectivity and great-sounding audio capture in a small, lightweight package. MixPre-D sports two studio-grade mic/line inputs with limiters, highpass filters and switchable phantom power, while a variety of analog and digital outputs covers the gamut of currently popular destination cameras and devices. With its robust feature set and digital capabilities, Sound Devices’ MixPre-D will make your life on location a little easier – and give you better audio.
Sound Devices knows what professional production mixers require in a field mixer, and has equipped the MixPre-D accordingly. Production sound can be unruly, and the MixPre-D’s “unclippable” input peak limiters ensure usable sound under the most adverse conditions. The Mid-Side mic technique is widely used in broadcast TV and radio production, and the MixPre-D’s onboard MS matrix lets you record in stereo with the flexibility of changing the stereo perspective later on. Small but important details such as a slate microphone and tone oscillator mark the MixPre-D as a serious tool for professionals. If you’re a pro production mixer, you need one.
Sound Devices MixPre-D Compact Field Mixer Features:
- Transformer-balanced mic/line selectable inputs
- 48-volt or 12-volt phantom power
- “Unclippable” input peak limiters, dual-mono or stereo-linked operation
- Input panning to Left, Center, or Right outputs
- Mid-Side Stereo (MS) matrix with width control and front-panel channel flip
- Return can be used as ch3/ch4 aux-level inputs, selectable pan and level control
- highpass filters, 80Hz or 160Hz
- Slate microphone and tone oscillator
- Balanced AES3 digital outs are provided on XLR
- MixPre-D is a class-compliant USB audio interface with USB audio connectivity for Mac/PC and Linux
- Mic/Line/AES digital selectable outputs; digital SR of 44.1, 48, or 96kHz
- 24-bit, class-compliant USB streaming output for interconnection with Mac OS, Windows, Linux, and select iOS devices; computer audio in MixPre-D headphones
- Dedicated mic-level output on locking TA3 connector for unbalanced camera inputs
- Aux-level output on 1/8″ stereo TRS
- Headphone monitoring of program audio or external return audio
- Sunlight-viewable, 16-segment GaN LED output meter with adjustable brightness
- Internal battery-power from two AA batteries
- External power input, 10-18 VDC
- Roadworthy extruded aluminum chassis with metal connectors
Additional Information
| Frequency Response | 20 Hz – 30 kHz, +0.2, -0.5 dB (relative to 1 kHz level with 150 ohm source, gain controls set at 50%) |
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| Equivalent Input Noise | -126 dBu (-128 dBV) maximum mic in to line out, (150 ohm source, flat weighting, 22 Hz – 22 kHz bandwidth, gain control set at 50% or higher, phantom power off) |
| Input Clipping | -10 dBu minimum (mic level), +28 dBu minimum (line level) |
| Output Clipping Level | Line: +22 dBu minimum with 100k ohm load |
| Gain | Mic to Line, max: 66 dB |
| Dynamic Range | 110 dB minimum, mic input to line output |
| THD + Noise | 0.05% maximum (from 50 Hz to 22 kHz @ +4 dBu output level) |
| Common Mode Rejection Ratio | 100 dB minimum at 80 Hz, 60 dB minimum at 10 kHz |
| Inputs | Transformer-balanced, 2k mic input impedance, 16k line input impedance |
| Outputs | XLR-Line/Mic: active-balanced, 100 ohm output impedance |
| A/D Converter for USB | 103 dB typical, A-weighted; sample rate selectable 44.1k, 48k, or 96k |
| Output Noise | 100 dBu (-102 dBV) maximum (22 Hz – 22 kHz bandwidth, flat filter) |
| High Pass Filters | 80 Hz or 160 Hz (switch selectable), 6 dB per octave |
| Phantom Power | 12-volt through 680 ohm resistors or 48-volt through 6.8k resistors (switch selectable) |
| Limiter | Threshold adjustable, +8 dBu to +18 dBu, 20:1 limiting ratio, 1 mS attack time, 200 mS release time. |
| Metering | 16 segment x 2 GaN (Gallium Nitride) meters, peak + VU responding, wicked bright |
| Power | Internal: 2 AA alkaline batteries, 4 hours life typical, no phantom power |
| USB Connectivity | USB class-compliant device, analog input to USB output, USB monitoring in headphones |
| Temperature | Operating: -20°C to 60°C, 0 to 95% relative humidity; (non-condensing), storage: -40°C to 85°C |
| Weight | 0.7 kg, 1.5 lbs with batteries |
| Dimensions | 43 mm x 94 mm x 140 mm (h x w x d), (1.7" x 3.7" x 5.5") |