Quick Start Guide

MixPre II Quick Start Guide
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Transport Controls
MIXPRE-3 II AND MIXPRE-6 II
The three Transport controls (illuminated buttons) on the front panel are used to perform recording and playback functions.
FUNCTION CONTROL ACTION
Record
Press to begin recording a new le. The button illuminates red while recording is in
underway. In Stop mode the record button ashes red while auto-copying to a USB
thumbdrive.
Stop
While recording, press once to stop recording. While in playback, press once to stop
playback. While in standby, press and hold to display next name. While in Standby
and auto-copying is in progress, press Stop to optionally suspend auto-copying.
Play / Pause
Press to begin playback of the last le recorded or le currently loaded. The button
illuminates green during playback. While in playback, press once to pause, and press
again to resume playback. Whenever playback is paused, the button and the current
le name will ash green.
Scrub
While playing or paused, press and hold the headphone encoder to enter Scrub
mode. Then rotate clockwise for fast forward or counter-clockwise for rewind at
speeds of 0x, 1/8x, 1/4x, 1/2x, 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x and 16x. The audio is heard in Scrub
mode up to 2x speed.
MIXPRE-10 II
A joystick (with its illuminated LED ring) on the front panel is used to perform various transport control functions.
FUNCTION CONTROL ACTION
Record
Push up the Transport control to begin recording a new le. The LED ring illuminates
red while recording is underway.
Stop
Press in the Transport control to stop recording or playback.While in standby, press
and hold to display next take name. The LED ashes red while auto-copying to a USB
thumbdrive.While in Standby and auto-copying is in progress, press Stop to bring up
a dialogue box which gives the option to suspend auto-copying.
Play
Push down the Transport control to begin playback of the last le recorded or le
currently loaded. While in playback, push down again to pause playback. The LED
ring as well as the active le in the display will ash to indicate that Pause is active.
Push down again to continue playback.
Rewind / Load
previous take
While in standby, push left to load the previous take. While in playback, push and
hold left to rewind.
When the MixPre is playing back or paused, moving the joystick to the left (<<)
rewinds at 2x speed, then after holding for 5 seconds, it increases to 16x speed.
Fast forward / Load
next take
While in standby, push right to load the next take. While in playback, push and hold
right to fast forward.
When the MixPre is playing back or paused, moving the joystick to the right (>>) fast-
forwards at 2x speed, then after holding for 5 seconds, it increases to 16x speed.
Scrub
While playing or paused, press and hold the headphone encoder to enter Scrub
mode. Then rotate clockwise for fast forward or counter-clockwise for rewind at
speeds of 0x, 1/8x, 1/4x, 1/2x, 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x and 16x. The audio may be heard in
Scrub mode up to 2x speed.