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In this week’s episode we confront a hard question: should you upgrade from your Sound Devices MixPre to another recorder in 2026? We’ll examine some good and bad reasons to upgrade as well as review some things other than your recorder that can have a huge impact on your audio quality. Let’s have a closer look and listen!

If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. Our latest courses cover Sound for Live Streaming with the ATEM Mini and an Intro to Izotope RX. See our school website for more info!

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Sound Devices MixPre-3 II 32-bit float audio recorder

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