Originally Posted by bradh ➡️

Assuming you have the Telinga handle with the XLR cable, I see no reason why you wouldn't be able to use it with the M2D2 (you'll need an XLR to TA3 cable, because the M2D2 only has TA3 inputs), but I wouldn't use the MixPre 6 as the recorder. Use a phone or tablet instead; here's why:

The M2D2's line out has gone through A/D and D/A conversion--you can't bypass the converters like you can with, for example, the Sound Devices USBPre 2 in standalone mode. So whatever your mic is recording will go through the M2D2's A/D and D/A converters, then into the MixPre 6, where it will undergo A/D conversion again using the MixPre's converters.

A better solution is to go into a phone or tablet. I'd recommend an Apple phone or tablet, using the Apogee Metarecorder app. On Android you'd have the advantage of USB-C in many Android phones (some of the Apple iPads now have USB-C too), so no need for an adapter. But I'm not aware of any recording apps in Android that save 24-bit files. The Sonosax-recommended app for Android, Field Recorder, records at 24-bit but dithers those recordings down to 16-bit in the process of saving them. On Apple, you'll get 24-bit files. (There may be some recording apps on Android that do save 24-bit files, I'm just not aware of them.)

If you dont have an Apple phone or tablet, the cheapest good solution is to get a refurbished iPod Touch, which is perfect for this task. If you have Dropbox, you can save your recorded files to a Dropbox folder directly from the Apogee Metarecorder app.

Will you hear a difference? For recording birdsongs and other distant sounds, maybe. The MixPre is no slouch; I do hear differences with my M2D2 (mainly in terms of a bit more detail and a sense of openness) but no night-and-day differences.

If you decide to record from the M2D2 into the MixPre 6 anyway, you can set up the M2D2 to deliver one balanced channel to the line out. That would be the best setup, since then you can go (using a TA3 to XLR cable) into one of the XLR inputs in the MixPre 6; you'll need to assign that input as a line rather than mic input in the MixPre 6 (press on the channel fader knob in the MixPre 6 and press Input in the menu to go to the channel assignment menu). The alternative is to use a TA3 to 3.5mm cable to go into the MixPre's 3.5mm input (also the approach to use if you're using the default stereo unbalanced line out from the M2D2), but based on what I've read you won't get quite as good sound through that input.

Bottom line: for the purest "Sonosax sound," go from the M2D2 into a phone, tablet, or laptop, rather than into the MixPre recorder.

Originally Posted by Folkie ➡️

Per the Mixpre-6 II Manual it can record the USB stream from a computer directly to the SD card. Any reason he couldn't record the M2D2 USB-C output (supposedly class compliant) to the MixPre-6? This would of course avoid the extra AD to DA conversions.

Originally Posted by Folkie ➡️

Probably worth a call to Sound Devices tech support to see if the bus powering is primary if battery power is available?

Originally Posted by Folkie ➡️

Somewhere in the manual there was something about designating the USB-C as Power or Audio.
The USB-C Y to 2 USB-A is because a single USB-A doesn’t supply enough power. I don't see how that Y cable is helpful in this circumstance.

Originally Posted by kriszuki ➡️

How is the latency with the m2d2?

Originally Posted by bradh ➡️

I haven't done a loopback test for latency, but in frequent use into a DAW I have never noticed any latency. My headphone settings monitor the live inputs and USB playback, and I disable record-monitoring in the DAW. I don't normally use any plugins when tracking; occasionally I'll add a touch of reverb. I've enjoyed effectively zero-latency monitoring this way when multitracking virtual instruments (Pianoteq, not big sample libraries) and overdubbing and multitracking acoustic instruments. This works for my particular needs; it may not work for yours.

Originally Posted by wilcofan ➡️

[SIZE="2"]I asked many questions to the Sonosax team before buying because I pretty much couldn’t believe it was so capable. Well I have one as of today and extremely impressed.

Originally Posted by bradh ➡️

Thanks for posting the latency numbers. Being new, your M2D2 may have come with the new (v. 1.5 beta) firmware; if not you should send an email to Sonosax and request the beta version of the update (the final does not appear to have been released yet on the Sonosax website). Version 1.5 fixes several bugs in the firmware that I think are mainly (or possibly only) experienced at sample rates higher than 48k. I've been testing v. 1.5 beta for a couple of weeks with no issues.

Originally Posted by dfghdhr ➡️

I also wonder how M2D2 preamps compare to Gordon Model 5 and Pueblo JR2/2+.

Originally Posted by Plush ➡️

Would it be a fair comparison? The M2D2 is a miniaturized Swiss Army knife type interface with excellent mic pres and many valuable features that go beyond being just a mic amp.

The Gordon and Pueblo, both of which I have here, are full 19" sized very sophisticated mic preamps. That's all they do and they do function in the top top class.

One Swiss Army knife product operating on batteries sells for $1300 and the other mic amps you ask about sell for many times that amount.

When I record I would use any of these mic pres and be very happy. The reason I can use them interchangeably is that I know where to place the microphones. The preamp only amplifies where I place them.

I also use the Sonosax SX-R4+ recorder and Sonosax AD8+ eight channel preamp / converter. This is a 16 track system.
To me, this is the best sound available in the world today. Package costs $11,500.

Originally Posted by Plush ➡️

It has the top sound available today. The best mic amps in the world and the best conversion in the world.