Sound Devices 833: Why do Pros Use Gear Like This?
Sound Devices has a strong history of providing high end audio field recorders for film and TV production., having won several prestigious technical awards. Five years ago, Sound Devices announced their 633 professional recorder/mixer with three mic/line inputs and three line inputs. Today, the 633 is a very popular recorder amongst professional production sound mixers. Many who work smaller productions use it as their primary recorder. Others use it as a secondary recorder in a bag when they’re not mixing from a sound cart on a larger format mixer.
And now, Sound Devices has released the 833 - their next generation, pro level, compact mixer/recorder. In this episode we cover two main questions:
- When is an 833 a better fit for the job versus a Sound Devices MixPre II?
- What’s new in the 833 versus the 633?
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, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders.
Gear used or mentioned in this episode:
Sound Devices 833 Mixer/Recorder - B&H
Sound Devices 633 Mixer/Recorder - B&H
Sound Devices MixPre II Series recorders - B&H
Zoom F6 Audio Field Recorder - B&H Amazon
Sennheiser MKH 8050 Boom Microphone - B&H
Aputure C120T - B&H
Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 6K - B&H
Sigma ART 24-70mm f/2.8 EF Mount Lens - B&H Amazon
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