In this guide we’ll show how to make a Sound Devices MixPre-3 or MixPre-6 accept external Timecode.
Turn on all your Lockit devices, choose one of them to be the Master Clock – then press-and-hold the green button to broadcast timecode and frame rate through ACN and you are set.
Make sure all devices and Lockits run on the same frame rate.
- On the Lockit, press green and red simultaneously to enter menu, then and navigate to “Project Rate”. The NanoLockit frame rate can be adjusted in the LockitToolbox.
- The MixPre will automatically detect the timecode frame rate once the cable is connected.
How to make the MixPre accept external Timecode:
- Enter menu
- Go to “Inputs"
- Got to "Aux In Mode"
- Choose "Timecode"
- Back in the main menu, navigate to the second page
- Go to “Timecode"
- Select "Aux In 1"
For the MixPre-3/MixPre-6 you need a TC-IO-35RA cable.
Connect it to the Aux/Mic In connector.
Now the MixPre accepts the external timecode source. The timecode clock in the home screen will show the incoming timecode.