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The A10-TX Advantage in Wireless Booming

Sound Devices’ Tech Support Specialist, Danny Greenwald, who worked as a boom operator on some of Hollywood’s most popular TV series over his 20 year career, dives into the Audio Ltd A10 Digital Wireless Transmitter and discusses its advantages as a wireless boom recording solution on set.

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A10 System FAQ

Is a digital wireless system better than an analog system? Read this article for more information! If I purchase the slot version of the receiver (A10-RX-SL) can I change it to the connector version (A10-RX-XLR), and vice-versa? Yes, each model of the receiver can be converted to the other. With an A-XLR, the slot version […]

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Understanding Microphone Preamplifier Noise

A question we often hear in Technical Support goes something like this, “I’ve cranked up the gain of my [pick a Sound Devices product] microphone input and it sounds noisy. What gives?” The short answer is, “that is a meaningless ‘measurement’”. The long answer is far more interesting for those who want a better understanding of microphone preamplifiers. Performing a valid, meaningful measurement of microphone preamplifier input noise requires more than “cranking open” an input and listening in headphones.

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MixPre-3 & MixPre-6 Maximizing Battery Runtime

The MixPre-3 and MixPre-6 are high performance audio instruments. These diminutive products offer audio quality that equals, and often exceeds, rack-mounted, mains-powered audio gear. To get to this level of performance they require more power than other products in their class. This article discusses different battery types and their effect on MixPre battery runtime.

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Installing MixPre ASIO Driver for Windows

Video Tiptorial demonstrating how to install the Windows ASIO® driver on our MixPre Series recorders. In this video, we also explain why a user would need the ASIO driver and how to properly download it from Sound Devices’ website.

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Multipath Interference and Diversity Switching

A significant challenge for engineers designing a wireless microphone system is addressing multipath interference. The Audio Ltd A10 digital wireless microphone system devotes significant signal processing resources to achieving robust performance in the presence of both short range and long range multipath. This note briefly explains what multipath is, why it is a problem, and […]

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