Mackie 8-BUS Series, Owner'S Manual

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D i g i t a l 8 • B u s
Starting a New Session
4. The fourth V-Pot adjusts the compres-
sion ratio, with a range from 1.00:1 to
19.99:1. Turn the V-Pot clockwise to
increase the ratio and counterclock-
wise to decrease the ratio.
5. Press the NEXT button to scroll to the
next set of parameters for the Com-
pressor. The last adjustable parameter
is the compressor gain, with a range
from unity gain to +20.00 dB. Typically,
you would leave this set to unity gain
(00.00 dB), but it depends upon how
much makeup gain you need. Turn the
V-Pot clockwise to increase the output
gain and counterclockwise to decrease
the output gain.
TO ADJUST THE COMPRESSOR SETTINGS
From the screen:
1. Click on the Compressor button in the
lower menu bar. The COMPRESSOR
control panel appears on the screen.
2. The first control in the COMPRESSOR
window adjusts the compressor thresh-
old, with a range from –60.00 dB to
–1.00 dB. Click and drag up on the
control to increase the threshold and
drag down to decrease the threshold.
3. The second control adjusts the com-
pressor attack time, with a range from
0.31 ms (milliseconds) to 2560.00 ms
(2.6 seconds). Click and drag up on the
control to increase the attack time and
drag down to decrease the attack time.
4. The third control adjusts the compres-
sor release time, with a range from
10.00 ms to 2500.00 ms (2.5 seconds).
Click and drag up on the control to in-
crease the release time and drag down
to decrease the release time.
5. The fourth control adjusts the com-
pression ratio, with a range from
1.00:1 to 19.99:1. Click and drag up
on the control to increase the ratio and
drag down to decrease the ratio.
6. The fifth control adjusts the gain of
the compressor, with a range from
unity to +20.00 dB. Typically, you
would leave this set to unity gain.
Click and drag up on the control to in-
crease the output gain and drag down
to decrease the output gain.
ON
LOW PREVIOUS
SELECT
LOW MID HI MID
EQ COMPRESSOR GATE PLUG-INS LOAD PATCH SAVE PATCH
SETUP MEMORY A MEMORY B
HI NEXT
SELECT SELECT SELECT HELP
SUPER CD ENCODING
56 INPUT / 72 CHANNEL DIGITAL MIXER
D8B
C . A t t a c k C . R e l e a s e C . R a t i o C . G a i n
0 . 3 m S 8 0 . 0 m S 1 . 0 : 1 0 . 0 d B