Home Screen; Format Sd Card - Sound Devices MixPre-3 Quick Start Manual

Home Screen

The MixPre-3's touch screen displays important metering and record information at a glance
on the Home screen.
Current File Name
File List Icon
Time Counter
SD Card Remaining Record Time
Status Bar
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File List icon Tap this icon to view the list of recorded files.
Current file name The name of the current file appears red when recording and green when playing.
Power status icon Displays an icon representing type of power source (USB or battery); the battery
icon also indicates the current batteries' remaining power level.
Menu icon Tap this icon to access the main Menu screen. When displaying menus, this icon
changes to the Home icon.
Meter view The stereo meter view shows the left and right mix channels
Status bar Tap the status bar to toggle through three views of information that includes date
and time, current headphone preset, remaining record time, sample rate and bit
depth.
Time counter Displays elapsed time or timecode, which is stamped on each recorded file and
can help simplify audio-to-video synchronization during post-production editing.
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Power Status Icon
Menu Icon
Meter View
Current Headphone Preset

3. Format SD Card

SD cards used with the MixPre-3 must be formatted by the MixPre-3.
To format the SD Card:
1. Power on the MixPre-3.
2. Tap .
[There are three pages of Menu settings, as indicated by dots. The solid black dot de-
notes which page is displayed.]
3. Tap Menu (dots) to view the 2nd page of settings.
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4. Tap Card > Edit > Format.
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This will erase all contents of the SD Card!
5. When asked to confirm the command to format the card, tap OK.
The status bar displays the SD card's remaining record time, which will vary based on the
storage capacity of the card being used. Other variables that affect digital recording times
include concurrent audio track count, sample rate, and bit depth. Here are some record time
estimates for a 16 GB SD card.
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WAV - 48 kHz / 24 bits 2
WAV - 48 kHz / 24 bits 5
WAV - 96 kHz / 24 bits 2
For help determining storage capacity, see Sound Devices' free Audio Record Time Calculator at:

https://www.sounddevices.com/tech-notes/audio-record-time-calculations.
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16 hours 11 minutes
6 hours 28 minutes
8 hours 5½ minutes
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