World-renowned pro audio equipment maker Sound Devices released firmware upgrade v2.20 for the MixPre-3, MixPre-6, MixPre-10T, and the MixPre-10M. It is highly recommended that users of MixPre audio recorders update to the latest version of firmware available as soon as possible.
   

New Features in Firmware v2.20

For all models:

• Output gain range increased by 20dB.
• Added Output Mute option.
• Added Output Mute * shortcut option.

For MixPre-10M

• Import of WAV audio files (native and non-native) when creating a Music Project.

For MixPre-10T

• Displays a timecode reset notification in Free Run and Time of Day modes when timecode is reset after the timecode hold time of 4 hrs is exceeded.

For MixPre-3 and MixPre-6 only

• Jump to cue marks by holding Play and rotating the headphone encoder.

For MixPre-3, -6, and -10T only

• Plugin support: A new System > Plugins submenu for installing future licensed plugins.
• New Record > Record Bells menu option to disable record bell notifications.
• Added Inputs MS Decode submenu to select MS decoding to both ISOs and Mix or Mix Only.
• Recordings that are split across multiple files now playback seamlessly.
• Playback of non-native WAV files in Audio Projects.

Changed

For MixPre-3, -6, and -10T only

• In Remix mode, re-recorded files are now placed in the same project folder as the source file.
• A file's 'Name' has been increased to a maximum of 20 characters.

For all models:

• Channel Screen meter remains visible and active when adjusting channel gain.
• Headphone Clip Indicator is now displayed in power/battery level indicator in the top right of the screen.
• Post fade channel clipping is now indicated by a channel's ring LED illuminating red.
• Projects are now sorted by creation date/time in the Project > Open menu.
• Menu screens now allow the user to switch from one parameter to another with a single touch.

Fixed

For MixPre-10T only:

• USB Thumbdrive was prematurely shown as full.
• Time of Day timecode was incorrect after power cycling within the timecode hold time (4 hours).

For MixPre-10M only:

• Mute was not muting tracks with Input source set to Click.
• Metronome Volume and Click track level were inconsistent.
• Rendered audio files were not automatically copied to the USB Drive.
• Cue marks that fell outside of the Play In / Stop region were still embedded in the rendered wav file.
• Cue marks set as Play In, Record In, Record Out, Stop were not being moved correctly.
• Rendered isolated wav files would occasionally contain discontinuities at crossfades.
• Phantom Power setting was not carrying over to the linked input in a linked pair.
• Playback would not always work after recording the first take in a music project.
• 44.1kHz sample rate would not carry over to new projects.

For MixPre-6 and -10T only:

• MixPre-6 channels 5 & 6 and MixPre-10T channels 9 & 10 were displaying 6dB too high.
• Solo and Mutes were not linked when Link Type was set to 'All'.

For MixPre-3, -6, and -10T only:

• MS balance control was occasionally resetting to center.
• Cue marks were not copied from the original file to the re-recorded file.
• Track Arm indicators would flash after playing back.
• Phantom Power setting could be displayed incorrectly in the Channel screen after playback.
• Re-recording was only possible when the source file contained three or more tracks.
• Headphone monitoring source would change after playback.
• Previous project was not loading when reinserting the SD card.
• Recording would stop when recording automatic file splits to daily folders over midnight.

For all models:

• Jumping between cue marks has been improved.
• Media I/O Error message was incorrectly displayed for a full SD card.
• In some DAWs, MixPre audio file signal clipping was occurring at -0.1dBFS.
• Zero byte split files were created on some SD cards.
• Pop-up dialog windows could appear one on top of the other.
• Improved handling of pop up dialog boxes.
• Improved audio scrubbing.
• Improved transport handling.
• Improved media performance.