User Manual

RECORDING AND PLAYBACK

Transport Controls

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.

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.

Record Arming

To arm a channel:

1. Press the channel knob.

2. Tap Arm.

Armed channels are indicated in the meters view with red meter labels

surrounding the channel number. If neighboring channels are linked, their

labels are merged to indicate that they are linked. See Linking Channels for