Sound Devices has just announced a new 7.20 firmware update for 8-Series mixer-recorders and the new SD-Remote App for iPhone. Also, the NoiseAssist plugin for 8-Series mixer-recorders can now be applied to four/eight-instances simultaneously. Let’s take a closer look at it! The Sound Devices 833, 888, and Scorpio are the company’s top of the line mixer-recorder, made for professional sound recordists. After a major 7.0 firmware update to its premium Sound Devices 833/888 8 channel mixer-recorders earlier this year, the company is already back with a new 7.20 firmware update. Sound Devices 7.20 Firmware Update for 8-Series Mixer-Recorder This Sound Devices 7.20 firmware update for 8-Series mixer-recorders includes several bug fixes, but most notably the support for four and eight simultaneous NoiseAssist plugin instances. Image credit: Sound Devices This internal (paid) plugin was introduced back in May 2020 and allowed you to cancel some background noise when recording dialogues. Also, this firmware update includes support for SD-Remote App on the iPhone, which was previously only available on iPad and Android tablets. This App allows for remote control of faders, trim, pan, transport controls, metadata, monitoring, and more. Below is the complete changelog of Sound Devices 7.20 firmware update: New: Supports four-instance and eight-instance versions of NoiseAssist. NoiseAssist instances can now be applied to any bus.Supports SD-Remote for iPhone. There’s also an SD-Remote False Takes function.Trim/Fader Group option allows trim gain of multiple channels to be controlled by the channel with the smallest channel number in the group.Changes: ‘X’ Output gains and...
Published By: CineD - Wednesday, 9 December, 2020