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RECORDING
SECTION 1: Introduction
The Mackie 8•Bus Series is a flexible ‘in-line
monitoring’ style console. They are available with
16, 24 or 32 microphone/line inputs fed into 8 sub-
mix buses, 2 stereo mix buses and 6 auxiliary send
buses. There are 16 (or 24 or 32) tape return in-
puts for multitrack monitoring and mixing or for
use as additional line inputs. The 8•Bus Series is
designed to be the mixing and communications
hub in a multitrack recording studio and is also
an excellent choice for sound reinforcement work.
Numerous inputs, flexible sends and terrific EQ
combined with the legendary Mackie headroom
and noise floor specs make your work easy. It’s
clean. It’s quiet. It’s packed with features. It’s af-
fordable… So pat yourself on the back! You’re
doing something sensible here!
IF YOU IGNORE MANUALS...
You’ll probably ignore this one, too. That’s OK,
the crack Mackie Documentation Department will
get to go on their annual “
Typing Without Walls
”
outing at campsite four in the Woodinville RV
Park anyway.
But this is a really great manual! It’s got Where
It Is and What It Does and How To Use It covered
totally, with pictures and diagrams and absolutely
no pop quizzes.
Do yourself a favor and at least check out
Section 2 and the block diagram for starters. The
8•Bus Series has a number of routing tricks that
could be hard to suss out without a guide. Then, if
that’s all you can take without pumping some
sound through the console, put the manual in the
bathroom for future reference or read it while you
eat your lunch.
If you’re even more terminally impatient, try to
look for these two icons:
They cover information that is absolutely criti-
cal or is unique to the 8•Bus Series. At some
point, it’s still a good idea to browse through the
rest of the manual.
In addition, sections marked
with the A CLOSER LOOK icon
include in-depth information…
or at least our own opinions.
PANEL LAYOUT
AND FUNCTION
GENERAL INFORMATION
LAYOUT
AND
FUNCTION
GENERAL
INFO
RECORDING
PA AND SOUND
REINFORCEMENT
PA
&
SR
APPENDICES
(CONNECTIONS, ADD-ONS, SPECIFICATIONS, ETC.)
SERVICE
MASTER TRACK SHEETS
FOR DUPLICATION
TRACK
SHEETS
BLOCK DIAGRAM
BLOCK
DIAGRAM
ADD-ONS
SPECS
ETC.
SERVICE
