Sound Devices Mixpre 6 Vs Zoom F8

I m looking to get a recorder mixer under 1000 but i m stuck between the zoom f8 and the new sd mixpre 6.

Sound devices mixpre 6 vs zoom f8. 12 posts page 1 of 1. Certainly the preamps are not going to be identical. By hcdjp mon jan 28 2019 11 19 pm. Dmitry joined taper but cautious about the black and white f6 concerns applying fully to the mixpre ii series.

But no instead the f8 f4 has the boat anchor of the name zoom around its neck. Sound devices extensively tests removable recording media with the mixpre 3 ii mixpre 6 ii mixpre 10 ii and the legacy mixpre 3 mixpre 6 and mixpre 10t audio recorders. 10 track recording 8 xlr trs inputs timecode support and a lo. Zoom f8 vs sound devices mixpre6.

This software driver adds asio support in windows os for the mixpre 6 and or mixpre 3. Sound devices mixpre 6 vs 702. I m just starting out in production audio with more experience in audio engineering for music. The zoom f8 offers many of the features that sound pros are looking for in a field recorder.

Hi i m currently looking for a portable recorder for sound effects gathering recording with my sennheiser mkh 416. With the asio driver installed windows based computers become usb audio class 2 devices which means the mixpre 6 can send eight channels 1 6 l r to the computer and receive four channels from the computer via usb while the mixpre 3 can send five in and. When i read zoom f6 and sound devices mixpre ii discussions how they implemented 32bit floating point audio i don t find them identical. All about the tools and techniques involved in capturing sound in the studio or on location.

I m torn between the zoom f series and the sound devices mixpre series. Sd cards sound devices recommends its own brand of sd card the sam 64sd and sam 128sd listed below which has been optimized and extensively tested to ensure fast. Zoom f8 vs mixpre 10t april 2018 comparison.