Award-Winning Filmmaker Barbara Green Chooses Sound Devices' MixPre-D for High-Quality Audio
Barbara Green, an award-winning documentary filmmaker, has chosen the Sound Devices MixPre-D compact field mixer for her recent HBO Documentary, Packed In A Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake Wilkinson. The film uncovers the story of artist Edith Lake Wilkinson, who was committed to an asylum in 1924 and never heard from again.
Green met with Jon Hicks at TREW Audio in Burbank before filming began. She was introduced to the Sound Devices MixPre-D field mixer, which she used for hours on end during production. The MixPre-D is a two-channel field mixer that features two studio-grade mic/line switchable inputs with limiters, high-pass filters, and available phantom power.
High-Quality Audio in a Compact Package
The MixPre-D allows Green to capture high-quality audio directly onto her Canon 5D Mark III using a SanDisk Extreme CompactFlash 60MBps UDMA card. The audio files are then transferred directly onto a LaCie Rugged external hard drive while on location, then onto a G-RAID Thunderbolt hard drive for post-production work.
Green notes that the MixPre-D is now her go-to for audio for her camera rig. She praises its small footprint and ability to provide high-quality audio directly through her camera.
Award-Winning Filmmaker's Experience with Sound Devices
In addition to using the MixPre-D, Green has also worked with other Sound Devices products in the past. She is looking forward to trying out the new PIX-E recording field monitors, which will allow her to capture both video and audio onto the same piece of equipment.