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
TO ADJUST THE GATE SETTINGS
From the screen:
1. Click on the Gate button in the lower
menu bar. The GATE control panel ap-
pears on the screen.
2. The first control in the GATE window
adjusts the gate threshold, with a
range from –60.00 dB to –1.00 dB.
Click and drag up on the control to in-
crease the threshold and drag down to
decrease the threshold.
3. The second control adjusts the gate at-
tack time, with a range from 0.10 ms
(milliseconds) to 599.99 ms (0.6 sec-
onds). 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 gate re-
lease time, with a range from 10.00 ms
to 2500.00 ms (2.5 seconds). Click
and drag up on the control to increase
the release time and drag down to de-
crease the release time.
5. The fourth control adjusts the range of
the compressor, with a range from
0.00 dB to 100.00 dB. Typically, you
would leave this set to maximum ex-
pansion. Click and drag up on the
control to increase the range and drag
down to decrease the range.