Mackie 8-BUS Series, Owner'S Manual

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Digital 8•Bus Description
Fat Channel Section
When a channel is selected, the Fat Channel
Vacuum Fluorescent Display (VFD)
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shows
the editable DSP parameters for that channel.
Parameters may be edited within the parametric
EQ, Compressor, Gate, and internal plug-in ef-
fects. Additionally, the Fat Channel can display
and allow you to modify global console param-
eters including Aux Pre/Post selection, Help
functions, and loading stored effects settings
from the onboard library. It also shows file-
loading and disk management functions,
synchronization settings, naming functions, er-
ror messages, and warning indicators.
The Fat Channel has an open architecture
and will accommodate additional functions and
parameters in the event of system additions,
upgrades, and installation of third party soft-
ware plug-ins.
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LEFT/RIGHT LED Ladders
These meters indicate the signal level of
whatever source is selected in the Control
Room section. These include the L-R bus,
DIGITAL IN 1 and 2, and 2 TRACK A, B, or C.
In addition, if the solo function is activated by
pressing a solo button, the meters indicate the
stereo solo bus level. If the MONO button in
the Control Room Section is activated, both
meters indicate the mono level.
cs CHANNEL Select Display
Indicates the last channel selected by any
channel select button. The channel that is indi-
cated in the CHANNEL SELECT display is also
the currently active channel selected for edit-
ing in the Fat Channel.
Note: Only channels 1–48 have Fat Channel
DSP capability.
ct Fat Channel Display
This vacuum fluorescent display provides an
interface for selecting and adjusting channel
EQ and dynamics, global plug-in effects, and
for selecting operating system options, prefer-
ences, and managing files.
cu V-Pot SELECT buttons
These buttons are used to select an option
appearing in the Fat Channel Display, or to
toggle through a series of parameters related
to a function. For example, when viewing the
parametric EQ settings for a channel, pressing
the SELECT button for LOW EQ cycles the dis-
play through the Gain, Frequency, and Q
parameter settings for the Low EQ.
dl V-Pot controllers
These knobs provide control of the
currently selected parameter chosen by
the V-Pot SELECT buttons. A ring of
eleven discrete LEDs surround the V-
Pots to indicate the relative position of
the current setting, with an arc from 7
o’clock to 5 o’clock. An additional LED,
located at the 6 o’clock position, lights
when the V-Pot control is exactly cen-
tered (or normalled) (for example, when
an audio track is panned precisely in the
center of the stereo picture).
dm PREVIOUS and NEXT Arrow buttons
When more than four parameters are associ-
ated with a particular effect or menu, the
PREVIOUS button scrolls the items in the dis-
play to the left and the NEXT button scrolls the
items to the right, allowing you to control the
extra parameters.
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
56 INPUT / 72 CHANNEL DIGITAL MIXER CHANNEL
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LEFT RIGHT
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25
30
35
40
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SUPER CD ENCODING
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