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User’s Guide
About the D8B UFX Card
The UFX card provides robust processing power for computation-
heavy plug-ins. The UFX card is a 4-in/4-out architecture, which
means it can support four mono, two mono and one stereo, or
two stereo sends simultaneously. Up to four UFX cards can be
installed in the D8B, allowing up to sixteen simultaneous single-
channel effects, eight stereo plug-ins, or combinations thereof.
About Auto-Tune
Auto-Tune is very easy to use. Simply identify a key and scale
and the affected signal will automatically conform to that scale
in real time, while preserving all of the expressive nuance of the
original. Auto-Tune can work while the track is being recorded
(instead of as a separate post-recording process). In other
words, the tracked vocal goes to tape (or disk) already in tune.
Of course, you can always process a track that has already been
recorded. Micro-adjustments can be automated using hands-on
D8B controls instead of a mouse, a huge advantage when
correcting melodies that have modulated to other keys or modes.
Up to 4 channels of Auto-Tune can be engaged per UFX card.
With 4 UFX cards installed, that’s up to 16 channels of pitch
correction!
Note: Earlier D8Bs were fitted with 16 MB of memory. It is recommended that
you increase this to 32 MB (as fitted in newer D8Bs) if you install more than one
UFX card. Memory upgrade instructions are supplied with each UFX card.
