Sound Devices Scorpio Mixer Recorder

Sound Devices Scorpio Mixer Recorder

The Sound Devices Scorpio is a premium portable mixer-recorder the features 16 ultra low-noise, 8-Series microphone preamplifiers. Scorpio is a 32 channel, 36 track mixer-recorder and the most powerful product ever designed by Sound Devices. With 16 mic/line preamplifiers, 32 channels of Dante in and out, AES in and out, 12 analog outputs and multiple headphone outputs, Scorpio is well-suited for any production scenario. A fully-customizable routing matrix enables sound professionals to send any input to any channel, bus, or output. Up to 12 buses may be individually mixed. Due to its compact form factor, the Scorpio is equally at home over-the-shoulder or in a mobile rig.

Great attention to detail has been paid to every aspect of the Scorpio’s design. Most common menus are accessible with only one or two button presses, and many menu shortcuts can be achieved with only one hand. Scorpio features a built-in dual L-Mount battery charger and may be powered with L-Mount batteries or via the TA4 DC inputs using smart batteries, NP-1 batteries, or in-line power supplies. The ultra-accurate, fully-featured timecode generator contains its own battery to hold timecode for up to four hours after power off.

Enable Dugan Automixing or MixAssist to automatically attenuate unused microphones in multi-microphone applications. Up to 16 channels can be automixed at a time, and two separate groups can be mixed simultaneously. Scorpio’s intuitive LED metering and sunlight-readable screen display accurate Dugan channel attenuation and gain distribution across all channels.

Sound Devices Scorpio Features

• 16 ultra low-noise, 8-Series microphone preamplifiers
• 32 channels, 12 buses, 36 tracks
• 32 channels of Dante I/O
• 256 GB internal SSD, 2 SD card slots
• USB-A and C ports for SD-Remote app, linear fader control via MCU, keyboard, and file transfer
• Dugan Automixing/MixAssist for up to 16 channels

Sound Devices Scorpio Specifications

• Inputs
• Frequency Response: 10 Hz to 80 kHz ± 0.5 dB (192 kHz sample rate, re 1 kHz)
• THD + Noise: 0.005% max (mic in, 1 kHz, 22 Hz–22 kHz BW, trim at 20, fader at 0, -10 dBu in)
• Equivalent Input Noise: -131 dBV (-129 dBu) max (mic in, A-weighting, 76 dB gain, 150 ohm source impedance)
• Mic/Line inputs: 16 total, all fully featured; 6 on full-size XLR, 2 on TA3, 8 on TA5
• Mic-level inputs: (XLR, TA3, TA5): Class-A, discrete differential long-tail pair, 4k ohm input impedance
• Line-level inputs: (XLR, TA3, TA5): active-balanced, 4k ohm input impedance
• 48V phantom:
• full 10mA to all 16 inputs simultaneously
• AES3 or AES42 available on XLR inputs 1 and 6
• AES42: +10 V, 250 mA available, mode-1, auto-ASRC
• Rtn A, B, C (3.5 mm/10-pin): unbalanced 2-channel, 4k ohm input impedance
• Com Rtn 1,2 (TA3, 3.5mm) balanced, 1-channel, 8k ohm input impedance
• External Slate Mic (TA5): balanced, 8k ohm input impedance, menu-selectable 12 V phantom
• Maximum Input Level:
• Mic: +8 dBu (2.0 Vrms)
• Line: +28 dBu (19.5 Vrms)
• Rtn A, B, C: +18 dBu (6.2 Vrms)
• Com Rtn 1, 2: +24 dBu (12.3 Vrms)
• External Slate Mic: +12 dBu (3.2 Vrms)
• Outputs:
• XLR (L, R) active-balanced, 250/3.2k/120 ohms (mic/-10/line)
• Hirose 10-pin (L, R) active-balanced, 250/3.2k/120 ohms (mic/-10/line)
• TA3 (X1-X6) active-balanced, 250/3.2k/120 ohms (mic/-10/line)
• 3.5mm (X7, X8): unbalanced, stereo, 1.8k ohms
• Headphone Outputs:
• ¼”, 3.5 mm
• TA5 (along with mic input pins) for single connection to headset + mic
• High output, 4 ohm output impedance, 400 mW + 400 mW at each connector, all individually driven
• Compatible with headphones of any impedance
• Maximum Output Level (all into 10k load)
• Line: +20 dBu (7.8 Vrms)
• “-10”: +6 dBu (1.5 Vrms)
• Mic: -20 dBu (0.078 Vrms)
• X7/X8 Out: +6 dBu (1.5 Vrms)
• Headphone outputs (¼”, TA-5, X9/X10): +14 dBu (4.0 Vrms)
• Digital Outputs: AES3 transformer-balanced, in pairs; 1-2 (XLR-L), 3-4 (XLR-R), 5-8 (Hirose 10-pin A), 110 ohm, 2 V p-p, AES and S/PDIF compatible
• A/D Converters: 32-bit, 120 dB, A-weighted dynamic range typical, Sampling rates 44.1 kHz, 47.952 kHz, 48 kHz, 48.048 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 192 kHz