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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 file. The button illuminates red while recording is in underway. In
Stop mode the record button flashes 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 file recorded or file 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 file name will flash 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
The three Transport controls (illuminated buttons) on the front panel are used to perform recording and playback functions.
Function Control Action
Record Push up the Transport control to begin recording a new file. 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 flashes 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 file recorded or file currently
loaded. While in playback, push down again to pause playback. The LED ring as well as the
active file in the display will flash 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 (>>) fastforwards at
2x speed, then after holding for 5 seconds, it increases to 16x speed.
vScrub 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.
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