Sound Devices Wingman

Sound Devices

About this app

Gain convenient remote control of your Sound Devices 688, 664, and 633 mixer/recorders plus MixPre and MixPre II Series recorders with Wingman, a free Android-based application. Wingman provides clear views of metering and timecode display on the larger screens of Android smartphones and tablets.

The touchscreen interface is easy to use and provides fast remote-control access to key 6-Series and MixPre Series functionality. With Wingman, users can view meters, start and stop audio recordings, enter and edit metadata, as well as arm/disarm, and rename tracks.

Additionally on the 6-Series, Circle a take or designate False takes with the touch of a fingertip. Create sound reports quickly, and instantly email them directly from your Android smartphone or tablet.

The Sound Devices WM-Connect hardware accessory is required to operate the 6-Series mixer/recorders with the Wingman app. This accessory is not required for the MixPre Series which have built-in Bluetooth LE. WM-Connect can be purchased separately from an authorized Sound Devices reseller:

Ratings and reviews

Held back one star due to the fact that you can only edit metadata from the app. U can't use your phone's keyboard to name projects or takes, which would be an amazingly useful feature set & eliminate the need to plug in an external keyboard. I assume their aim was increased security. However, security can be ensured by requiring a pw, which Sound Devices implemented already. Pls add this functionality. It would be nice to modify levels, select playback tracks, & deep menu control from the app.

Incredibly buggy on multiple devices. The main point of it is note taking and it rarely saves the notes, instead bouncing back to the main screen when you try to save the note, therefore erasing it. If you're lucky enough to get a note saved, you'll never be able to edit it. Hey at least in the updates you're now forced to turn on location services, something i don't want and never needed before.

Works with mixpre 3 II firmware 6.00 and above. But it doesn't work when you don't allow location information. It will just not connect to the device. Functionality needs to improve and be able to change settings from the phone instead of a tiny screen. When you do allow location tracking and connect, yeah you can see some meters and that's it. Uninstalled directly after renting a mixpre. Will not be using it again.

What's new

Wingman 5.01 - Fixed

Wingman app no longer crashes when connecting to a MixPre with select Android 9 and 10 phones.

MixPre no longer crashes when a Wingman False Take command is received with no files in the File List.