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Where does it say that? Maybe it will be just one XLR and an extra 3.5mm stereo input. Basically that would be an updated "Tascam DR10X Pro" (i.e. just like their older DR10X, that is the DR10 with an XLR form factor, but with the TC updates etc that the new DR10L Pro has. So it's reasonable to expect that this form factor record is surely coming "soon"? As the update for the DR10X, which I have myself and quite like). Edit: ah, I see here is where it's mentioned the 2x XLR inputs: https://www.instagram.com/p/C_imEo5qljb/ Could be a good competitor to the Zoom F3??

As Sound Devices are no longer selling any more CL9 hardware these days, I wonder if they might be generous enough to open up the software for you to tap into it?

From my recollection the latency felt waaaay less on the Zoom F Control than the iPad, felt more as if you were directly using the knobs itself on the F8n, but instead they're nice linear faders.

Correct. I've hooked it up to my F4 before, although of course the extra faders become useless, the F4 doesn't magically turn into an 8x ISO recorder with the F Control!

Let us know if you ever publish it! Would be keen to check it out.

Do you have a link to your github with this code, or is not public anywhere?

It won't. Depends on the scenario, if you're just setting and forgetting, then the iPad does very well indeed. If you need to do fast and high precision mixes during scenes, then the physical faders of the F Control are nicer. Or what if you wish to be able to mix just by feel without looking down at your control surface while you keep your eyes focused on the video monitor(s)? Then the F Control is vastly preferable to the iPad.

Congratulations!! I've been following this thread with great interest. I do wonder what's the real story behind this, excess official stock that just never got shipped from China to the retailers after the F Control was cancelled, or maybe the contracted manufacturer just kept on making them on the downlow (maybe they lost all contracts with Zoom and don't care about torpedoing their relationship with Zoom?? As if this is unofficial, I'm sure Zoom can't be happy about this), or maybe the story is something else entirely different.

An over three year old seller on AliExpress, with 97.8% positive reviews (455 of them), that bodes well for you, I hope it arrives!

So sad it wasn't more popular, it was one of the best things about the F Series ecosystem. (at least I'm lucky enough to have one for myself!)

Oh I'm definitely not predicting a MixPre mk3 "soon", I just am merely thinking I'd bet on better than 50/50 odds that the MixPre series would see an update to it before there is an update to the 8 Series. Now is that update six months away or six years away? I dunno.

Betting on the MixPre mk3 recorders coming out before the 8 Series is replaced is a bet I'd make. Not a bet I'd make with a lot confidence though, but I'd give it better than 50/50 odds. But yes, I'd expect to see more wireless products before any new recorders.

True true, I know that, but 95% of the time when people talk about limits they're meaning the pre-fader limiters, not digital post-fader limiters. (as is the case with inputs 4 to 6) 633 also has limiters for the AES inputs which are post fader (as yeah, why would you need it to be pre-fader if it's AES?!)

Compare its price to the Sound Devices or Zaxcom control surfaces: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1548965-REG/sound_devices_cl_16_linear_fader_control.html https://www.gothamsound.com/product/aria-8-mixing-panel https://www.gothamsound.com/product/mix-16 https://www.gothamsound.com/product/oasis-mixercontroller It's a pretty good price the pricing for the Sonosax. But there are many other options you could use with the 833 other than that or the CL16, such as: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1443131-REG/studiologic_sl_mixface_the_sl_mixface_control.html Yes, as it's digital, it either would be peaked or it wouldn't be peaked. What's the benefit in having limiters pre-ISO on an AES input? (having it after I could perhaps appreciate the purpose of it, but not before?)

I highly doubt it will happen within the next couple of years. As I expect the rate of updates to slow down, what big update is there worth adding to the 8 Series anyway that couldn't be done via firmware updates? Plus even if a new "9 Series" (or whatever the update to the 8 Series would be called??) comes out tomorrow, it would probably be a replacement for their flagship (the Scorpio), and it would be another year or so until the 833mk2/933/whatever comes out. So you don't need to worry at all about the 833 coming out tomorrow. Their Sonosax SX-R4+ is even older than the 833. Surely theirs is even more "overdue" for an update? Eh?? It isn't that expensive. And is cheaper than the Sound Device CL16, or the ones from Aaton or Zaxcom. (btw, you can use the same Sonosax control surface with an 833 if you wish!!) 😞 You could use this instead of internal Zaxcom receivers if you don't wish to use Zaxcom wireless at all: https://www.gothamsound.com/product/nova-aes-interface-module But I think if you're not going to use anything from Zaxcom whatsoever aside from Nova, it feels like a bit of a waste? Kinda. And makes much more sense to go with an 833 instead. Perfect, you just described the 833. No, you're thinking of the 6 Series and specifically the 633. The 833 has 6x inputs (XLR & mini XLR) with phantom power and limiters.