MixPre and Mic-level Inputs on the Epic

[Kyle Mallory]

I'm considering buying a SD MixPre-D and then feeding into the two mic inputs on the camera body, and then I started thinking about how all of this will hook up...

Since the Epic has no support for Line-Level inputs (infuriating! ), without the Pro-IO module, then that means that the EPIC's pre-amps are going to stomp all over the nice clean signal that is coming from the MixPre. If that is true (and I have no reason to think otherwise), then the only benefit to having the MixPre is... well... mixing, and I might as well save my money on a mixer without high-quality pre-amps.

Am I correct in this thinking?

[Mike P.]

Doesn't the MixPre-D have both line and mic level outputs? I know that it has that "DSLR" output so you don't need to pad the line in order for get a non-overmodulated signal.

... that said, yeah, it's kind of bogus if thats the case. Sorry if this sounds presumptuous, but be prepared for "you should be recording to off-board recorder anyway" type responses... par for the course.

[Marc Wielage]

You can pad down the line outputs from any mixer, and it'll go into the Epic or Scarlet inputs just fine. The MixPre does have both a line level and mike level output available. My preference for the camera is to attach a Lectro SR wireless receiver instead, which is actually smaller than the MixPre (but weighs about the same with a battery pack). If you drop the Lectro output way down, it won't overload the Epic or Scarlet input.

[Werner Jauch]

You can pad down the line outputs from any mixer, and it'll go into the Epic or Scarlet inputs just fine. The MixPre does have both a line level and mike level output available. My preference for the camera is to attach a Lectro SR wireless receiver instead, which is actually smaller than the MixPre (but weighs about the same with a battery pack). If you drop the Lectro output way down, it won't overload the Epic or Scarlet input.

I have the MixPre, it does not output mike level (only the newer MixPre D outputs line level). The Mixpre and a Hosa ATT-448 attenuator works fine for audio into Scarlet (along with Hosa XVS-101F to adapt XLR to 3.5mm TRS)

[Scott Brown]

Anyone using the SD 302 with Epic/Scarlet?

What settings are you using to take audio into the camera using the 302? Is an attenuator required?

Scott

[Rob Castiglione]

I am using the SD 744T and I go line level into the Epic attenuated by -25 db and don't really use the preamps on the epic at all. It works really well.

[Marc Wielage]

I have the MixPre, it does not output mike level (only the newer MixPre D outputs line level). The Mixpre and a Hosa ATT-448 attenuator works fine for audio into Scarlet (along with Hosa XVS-101F to adapt XLR to 3.5mm TRS)

Correct, they added this feature to the MixPreD, which is the current model. I routinely use the switchable Shure A15S switchable attenuator when I have to feed problematic inputs, especially prosumer cameras.