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552
Portable Production Mixer with Integrated Recorder
Description
Sound Devices presents the 552
Production Mixer, the most techologically
advanced portable audio mixer ever
made. Using the best analog and digital
technologies, along with advanced
mechanical construction, the 552
gives professionals a superb sounding,
compact, lightweight and power-efficient
mixer that is equally at home in simple
run-and-gun applications or in complex
multi-input, multi-output production
setups.
The 552 contains five precision high-
dynamic-range transformer-balanced
microphone inputs with expanded gain
and headroom. Each input accepts audio
sources of various types and levels.
Inputs have their own limiter, sweepable
high-pass filter, and pre-or-post-fade direct
output.
The 552 has an integrated digital
audio recorder writing industry-standard
Broadcast Wave files to SD and SDHC
media. A simple joystick controller is used
552 Key Features
•Fivehigh-performancemicrophoneinputs
with two-stage gain control, limiter, high-
pass, and solo monitoring
•Pre-orpost-faderdirectoutputsperinput
•Multiple,balancedoutputconnections,
including XLR, Hirose 10-pin, and TA3
•AES/EBUoutputs,twoconnectionsfor
four channels of digital output
•Integrateddigitalrecorderwithsimple
control records to SD or SDHC media
•RecordsuncompressedBroadcastWAV
up to 96 kHz sampling or MP3 files
•Acceptstimecodeinputtotime-stamp
recorded audio files
•Flexiblemeteringmodes,includingzoom
metering for high precision near 0 dBfs
•Voice-promptsappearinheadphonesfor
critical operational information and when
navigating Setup Menu
•Lightweightdesignusedmetalized,
molded carbon fiber top and bottom
panels for durability and strength
•Frontpanelisgasketedforprotection
from weather
•Poweredbyfour-AAbatteriesorexternal
10-18VDC
to take command of recording functions.
Pushuptobeginrecording.EitherWAVor
MP3 files can be recorded.
The 552, like all Sound Devices
professional audio products, are
designed to withstand the physical
and environmental extremes of field
production. The 552 uses molded,
metalized carbon fiber top and bottom
chassis panels for increased durability
and weight reduction. Additionally, its front
panel is gasketed for improved resistance
to moisture.