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Mackie 8-BUS Series, Owner'S Manual

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D i g i t a l  8 • B u s

Digital 8•Bus Description

dn

 HELP button

This button is available to use at any time to

get information about a particular control, con-
figuration, or operation. By pressing this
button and then pressing any other button, the
Fat Channel Display will provide on-line, con-
text-sensitive help messages.

Note:

 The Help function may not be imple-

mented in the first release of the Mackie Real
Time OS software. Stay tuned to Mackie’s web
site for software updates.

do

 ON button

Turns the EQ, compressor, or gate on and

off for the selected channel. Select EQ, COM-
PRESSOR, or GATE, then press the ON button
to toggle the selected processor on and off.

dp

 SETUP button

This button allows you to make per-channel

preference changes to the selected EQ, com-
pressor, or gate. Select one of these options,
then press the SETUP button to see what pref-
erences are available for the selected
processor.

dq

 MEMORY A and B buttons

Each channel has two memory locations to

store individual EQ, Compressor, and Gate pa-
rameters, determined by which function is
selected in the Fat Channel Section.

Simply make the adjustments you want to

the EQ, Compressor, or Gate, and the settings
are automatically stored in the selected
memory bank.

You can use the MEMORY A and B buttons

to make a quick change to the EQ, Compressor,
or Gate settings on a channel, or to compare
different settings to decide which works best
for a particular instrument or voice.

 If PLUG-INS is selected in the Fat Channel,

MEMORY A and B store the settings for the
plug-in effect chosen for the selected aux send.

dr

 EQ button

Press this button to display the EQ param-

eters for the selected channel in the Fat
Channel Display.

ds

 GATE button

Press this button to display the gate param-

eters for the selected channel in the Fat Channel
Display.

dt

 COMPRESSOR button

Press this button to display the compressor

parameters for the selected channel in the Fat
Channel Display.

du

 PLUG-INS button

Press this button (along with an Aux 1–8

button) to select and edit the internal effects
plug-ins for each internal FX card. The basic
console comes with one FX card installed, to
provide up to two effects. Three additional FX
cards can be installed for a total of up to eight
simultaneous internal effects processors. See
Appendix F for information on installing addi-
tional FX cards.

el

 LOAD PATCH button

Press this button to load an individual EQ,

compressor, gate, or internal effects setting
previously stored in the onboard Library.

em

 SAVE PATCH button

Press this button to store an individual EQ,

compressor, gate, or internal effects setting to
the onboard Library.

Studio/Solo Section

STUDIO/SOLO

SOLO LEVEL

STUDIO LEVEL

CLEAR SOLO

TALKBACK TO

STUDIO

AFL SOLO

PFL SOLO

MIXDOWN SOLO

TALKBACK LEVEL

LEVEL

RUDE SOLO

LIGHT

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en

 MIXDOWN SOLO button

Normally, when a solo button is pressed, the

soloed signal appears in the Control Room out-
puts without affecting the L-R Main Outputs.
When MIXDOWN SOLO is activated, soloed
channels are isolated in the Main Outputs. So-
loed channels can still be monitored in the
Control Room outputs when L-R is selected as
the source in the Control Room Section.

eo

 PFL SOLO button

Press this button to activate pre-fader lis-

tening on the solo bus. The channel fader has
no effect on the soloed channel when PFL
SOLO is on.

ep

 AFL SOLO button

Press this button to activate after-fader lis-

tening on the solo bus. The signal on a soloed
channel is post-fader, so the fader does affect
the soloed signal.

Note:

 PFL/AFL affects channel soloing only,

and has no effect on aux send soloing.

Summary of Contents for 8-BUS Series

Page 1: ...OWNER S MANUAL D I G I T A L 8 B U S MACKIE S 56 INPUT 72 CHANNEL FULLY AUTOMATED DIGITAL AUDIO MIXING CONSOLE ...

Page 2: ...e product should be connected to a power supply only of the type described in these operation instructions or as marked on this Mackie product 9 Power Cord Protection Power supply cords should be routed so that they are not likely to be walked upon or pinched by items placed upon or against them paying particular attention to cords at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit thi...

Page 3: ... Designs Inc 16220 Wood Red Rd NE Woodinville WA 98072 USA 800 898 3211 Outside the US 425 487 4333 Fax 425 487 4337 www mackie com email sales mackie com 1998 Mackie Designs Inc All rights reserved 820 076 00 ...

Page 4: ...ection 2 7 Control Room Section 2 7 Clipboard Section 2 8 Master L R Section 2 8 Shortcuts Section 2 8 Bus Assignment Section 2 8 Automation Section 2 9 Session Setup Section 2 9 Transport Section 2 10 Rear Panel Description 2 12 Remote CPU Power Supply Description 2 15 Top Panel Drawing with Callouts 2 17 Rear Panel Drawing with Callouts 2 18 3 Start Up Initial Power Up 3 1 Returning to Factory D...

Page 5: ...ynchronization 4 6 Using MMC MIDI Machine Control 4 6 Connections for External MIDI Effects Processors 4 6 Other Connections 4 7 Using an SVGA Monitor 4 7 Using a Mouse 4 7 Using a QWERTY Keyboard 4 7 The Ethernet Connection 4 7 5 Preparing for a Session Saving and Retrieving Files from the Internal Hard Drive 5 1 File Structure Hierarchy 5 1 Sessions 5 1 Patches 5 1 Bin 5 1 Creating a New Folder ...

Page 6: ...8 6 23 Monitoring the Final Mix 6 26 Using Apogee UV22 6 26 Selecting UV22 6 27 Muting Channels 6 28 Adding EQ Dynamics and Effects to Tape Returns 6 28 Consider Compression 6 28 The Fat Channel Display 6 28 Using EQ 6 28 Selecting the EQ 6 28 Changing the Gain Setting 6 29 Changing the Center Frequency Setting 6 30 Changing the Q Setting 6 31 Changing the Parametric EQ Frequency Bandwidth 6 32 Ch...

Page 7: ...utputs 6 73 Making a Recording While Doing a Live Mix 6 73 Using the Stereo AUXes 6 73 Recalling Console Snapshots During a Performance 6 74 Hookup Diagrams Analog Recording Tracking 6 75 Digital Recording Tracking 6 76 Analog Recording Mixdown 6 77 Analog Recording Overdub 6 78 Live Sound Reinforcement 6 79 Post Production 6 80 7 Automation Dynamic Automation 7 1 Bypass 7 1 Absolute Mode 7 1 Auto...

Page 8: ... 7 19 Automation Info 7 19 8 Advanced Functions Advanced Automation 8 1 Recording EQ Compressor Gate and Effects Changes 8 1 Virtual Grouping Ungrouping 8 4 Auto Fading 8 6 Stereo Paired Faders 8 8 Controlling External Effects Processors via MIDI 8 9 Surround Sound 8 9 Surround Modes 8 10 Stereo 8 10 Quad 8 10 LCRS 8 11 5 1 8 11 7 1 8 12 Surround Sound Control Panel 8 12 Ball Icon 8 13 A B red bal...

Page 9: ... Appendix H Upgrading H 1 Appendix I Shortcuts I 1 Appendix J Screen Shots J 1 Appendix K Recommended Books K 1 Colophon Track Sheet Index Warranty RegistrationCard Please write the serial numbers of your Digital 8 Bus console and Remote CPU here for future reference i e insurance claims tech support return authorization etc Console Remote CPU Purchased at Date of purchase Part No 820 076 00 Rev A...

Page 10: ...exactly how it should be You won t have to tear through a fat owner s manual dig through a serious nest of computer menus or perform tedious command rituals in order to use the D8B All you ll have to do is that creative thing you do TheDigitalAdvantage So why change Why go to the trouble of learning how to use a digital mixing console when analog has served you well for all these years It s all ab...

Page 11: ...er the signal is just a series of ones and zeroes at this point Noise crosstalk and distortion are virtually eliminated Finally the digital signal is converted back to analog using high quality 24 bit 64X oversampling D A converters The analog signal is output at the L R XLR and TRS MASTER OUTPUTs You can keep the signal in the digital domain by going direct from the Digital 8 Bus to a digital 2 t...

Page 12: ...e this feature to compare two different settings and determine which sounds best The Fat Channel also contains a Library for storing frequently used EQ and internal effects settings which can be recalled and used by any channel DSPPlug ins The Digital 8 Bus has a built in board with two digital effects processors and card cage slots for adding up to three more DSP effects boards Each board contain...

Page 13: ...starting a recording session or a live mix You ll also find a few examples of typical hookups you might use in a studio or live sound situation Automation is discussed in more detail Chapter 7 Automation This section discusses the various lovely automation features and techniques including dynamic automation snapshots recording and the Mix Editor Chapter 8 Advanced Techniques Once you become famil...

Page 14: ...bbing and mixdown Tracking The first 24 channels on Fader Bank 1 are used for tracking Microphones and instruments are connected directly to the input jacks on channels 1 24 and their signals are direct assigned to the Tape Outputs 1 24 and not to the L R bus The Tape Outs are then connected to your multitrack recorder s Monitoring In order to monitor these signals from your multitrack as you re r...

Page 15: ... the Bus Master s to the Tape Outputs After you ve bounced the tracks down you ll have freed up more tracks for recording When you do you ll monitor the previously recorded tracks and the new vocal tracks together through the monitoring half of the console see Figure 1 3 Figure 1 3 Bouncing Tracks with the D8B Mixdown Mixing down is an art unto itself and the Digital 8 Bus gives you the tools to m...

Page 16: ...from 20 dB pad to 20 dB The trim control is active at all times re gardless of whether Fader Bank 1 2 3 or 4 is selected 2MICbutton The MIC button appears on channels 1 12 since these are the only channels with mic in puts This button engages only one connector to the preamp so if MIC is engaged any signal connected to that channel s line input jack is disconnected Note TRIM controls and MIC switc...

Page 17: ...o the output buses including the aux sends MUTE doesn t affect the signal going to the Tape Outputs the Solo bus or the Aux Sends if they are PFL assigned The MUTE but ton LED lights when the button is engaged bmFader The channel fader track is 100mm in length with a dB level range from dB bottom of travel fully off to 10 dB fully on It does not pass audio but rather remotely controls the channel ...

Page 18: ...se the eight alternate return inputs RET 1 8 brMASTERS Selects channels 73 96 Fader Bank 4 as currently accessible channels The first eight faders control the eight Virtual Groups A Vir tual Group fader changes the overall level of all the channels assigned to that particular group This is useful for example to raise or lower the level of all the background vocal parts as signed to a group without...

Page 19: ...ue Mix 1 and 2 Section AUX9 10PANbutton Assigns channel V Pots to control the stereo balance of the signal being sent to Aux 9 and 10 outputs as a left right stereo pair AUX11 12PANbutton Assigns channel V Pots to control the stereo balance of the signal being sent to Aux 11 and 12 outputs as a left right stereo pair co LEVELTOTAPE This button is designed to give you more control over your tape se...

Page 20: ...nels 1 48 have Fat Channel DSP capability ctFatChannelDisplay 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 cuV PotSELECTbuttons These buttons are used to select an option appearing in the Fat Channel Display or to toggle through a series of ...

Page 21: ...ds GATEbutton Press this button to display the gate param eters for the selected channel in the Fat Channel Display dtCOMPRESSORbutton Press this button to display the compressor parameters for the selected channel in the Fat Channel Display duPLUG INSbutton Press this button along with an Aux 1 8 button to select and edit the internal effects plug ins for each internal FX card The basic console c...

Page 22: ...button Pressing this button causes all the channel fader settings to be copied to the channel V Pots for the selected Aux 9 10 or Aux 11 12 Send including the effects returns on Fader Bank 3 This allows you to quickly create a cue mix based on your overall L R mix which you can then fine tune to suit your performers Note The COPY MIX TO CUE function may not be implemented in the first release of t...

Page 23: ...the operation MasterL RSection The buttons in this section apply to the Mas ter Fader hoSELECTbutton Selects the Master Fader for edit operations hpWRITEbutton Engages the Master Fader to record auto mation events dependent on the current automation mode SELECT CONTROL WRITE ALT MASTER L R SHORTCUTS ho hp hq hr ShortcutsSection hqCONTROLbutton Used in combination with other buttons as a modifier k...

Page 24: ...omation ioMUTESbutton Allows writing automation of only channel mutes When MUTES is activated all mute changes on write enabled channels are written into automation ipPANbutton Allows writing automation only of pans When PAN is activated all pan changes on write enabled channels are written into automation iqALLbutton Activates all automatable functions When ALL is activated all write enabled chan...

Page 25: ...is section provides control for external re corder transports time display and snapshot automation jrPOSITIONLEDDisplay This display shows numeric representation of SMPTE or MIDI Time Code HOURS MINUTES SECONDS FRAMES or the more musical display of BARS BEATS TICKS If the console is set to receive external time code and MIDI Time Code MTC or SMPTE is being input to the console the position display...

Page 26: ...ontrol external devices that respond to MIDI Machine Control MMC and ESAM II with optional Video Sync I O card MMC is transmitted at the MIDI output port on the rear panel of the Remote CPU which can be connected to MMC compatible devices If you are using the optional Video Sync I O card ESAM II machine control is transmitted at the RS232 422 9 Pin D Sub connector on the card see Appendix C for an...

Page 27: ...gital I O options Channels13 24 Channels 13 through 24 have the following connectors TRS Tip Ring Sleeve line input connectors accept balanced and unbalanced signals Tape Outputs for channels 13 24 are 3 conductor balanced line level direct outputs fed post DSP and pre fader Note Optional digital I O cards may be added changing the physical connector and specifications for the channel direct outs ...

Page 28: ...PDIFMASTERInput Single plug unbalanced stereo digital input directly feeds the L R bus DigitalRCAS PDIFSTEREO MASTEROUTput Single plug unbalanced stereo digital output fed post DSP and fader but pre DAC This output is driven by the main L R bus DIGITALEFFECTS There are four slots available to install up to four digital effects FX cards The Digital 8 Bus ships with one card already installed These ...

Page 29: ... Tip Left output Ring Right output Sleeve Shield audio ground These outputs are designed to drive virtually all stereo headphones The signal at these outputs is determined by the PHONES CUE MIX 1 and 2 source selection Adjust the Cue Mix LEVEL control to compensate for headphones with exceptionally high or low impedances STUDIOL ROUTputs These connectors are two 1 4 TRS stereo line level outputs f...

Page 30: ... MACKIE DESIGNS INC WOODINVILLE WA USA MADE IN USA FABRIQUE AU USA COPYRIGHT 1997 THE FOLLOWING ARE TRADEMARKS OR REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OF MACKIE DESIGN INC MACKIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS D8B AND THE RUNNING MAN FIGURE 120 230V 1 0 0 5A 120V 60Hz 2 8A RemoteCPU PowerSupplyDescription MIDIOUT This standard 5 pin DIN MIDI connector can be used to send out MIDI Machine Control MMC commands to an MMC compatib...

Page 31: ... Support department for upgrades as they become available KEYBOARDPort Connecting an optional IBM compatible QWERTY keyboard provides an alternative method of accessing console functions See Appendix I Shortcut Keys for keyboard mouse console equivalencies and functions MOUSEPort Connecting an optional IBM compatible PS 2 mouse to this port provides an alternative method of accessing console funct...

Page 32: ...3 47 24 48 NEAR FIELD MAIN SPEAKER LEVEL MONO SPEAKERS MASTER L R SHORTCUTS MODE BARS BEATS LOOP TICKS TRIM MIC 0 60 20dB 40dB LINE TRIM MIC 0 60 20dB 40dB LINE TRIM MIC 0 60 20dB 40dB LINE TRIM MIC 0 60 20dB 40dB LINE TRIM MIC 0 60 20dB 40dB LINE TRIM MIC 0 60 20dB 40dB LINE TRIM MIC 0 60 20dB 40dB LINE TRIM MIC 0 60 20dB 40dB LINE TRIM MIC 0 60 20dB 40dB LINE TRIM MIC 0 60 20dB 40dB LINE TRIM MI...

Page 33: ...E 1 8 TAPE 9 16 TAPE 17 24 DIGITAL I O SYNC ALT I O TAPE IN OUTS DIGITAL I O 1 AES EBU DIGITAL I O 2 S PDIF OUT IN IN OUT SERIAL NUMBER MANUFACTURING DATE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN REPLACE WITH THE SAME TYPE FUSE AND RATING DISCONNECT SUPPLY CORD BEFORE CHANGING FUSE UTILISE UN FUSIBLE DE RECHANGE DE MÊME TYPE DEBRANCHER AVANT DE REMPLACER LE FUSIBLE WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ...

Page 34: ...oad a plug in to the FX card and save the Startup Session the CPU downloads the effects algorithms that were assigned to the FX card s every time you reboot the console This may take several minutes de pending on how many FX cards you have installed In order to start working you should create a new session or load a previously saved session see Chapter 5 for information on creating and re calling ...

Page 35: ... within the active session labelled TotalRecall Snapshot 151 After restoring power to the console load the session you were working on and recall Snapshot 151 to restore the settings just prior to the power loss Snapshot 151 is a fail safe mechanism to guard against losing your settings in the event of a power failure GeneralSetup Nearly all parameters on the console can be stored and automated on...

Page 36: ...on in the upper right corner of the dialog box to close the Setup dialog box or click on the Setup button in the menu bar SettingtheSurroundMode There are a variety of surround modes you can work with which you can save as an option with your session When mixing for surround sound the eight bus outputs BUS 1 8 are used for the surround out puts You can select from Stereo Quadraphonic LCRS 5 1 surr...

Page 37: ...el The MIDI I O ports on it can be configured to send and receive MIDI channel messages and Sysex messages or to send MIDI Machine Control MMC and re ceive MIDI Time Code MTC The following parameters can be configured MMC DEVICE ID Some 8 track digital recorders require that you define the device ID numbers used for each recorder in the MIDI Machine Controller Typically tracks 1 8 are device 0 tra...

Page 38: ... the NEXT button to scroll to page 4 of the MIDI menu Press the SELECT buttons below the arrows to see the available SMFs in the display Press the NEXT button to get to the ChangeDir menu for stepping through the various directories or for changing drives Press the PREVIOUS button to get back to the Load Tempo Map menu Press the SELECT button below Open to load the selected SMF Tempo Map Press the...

Page 39: ...inalize your selection 4 Click on the Load button to load a tempo map file from a floppy disk The MIDI Files dialog box opens Click on the FLOPPY icon to display the files on the floppy Click on the file you want to load then click on the Open button or double click on the filename 5 To set the MIDI File Offset time click on the Set button in the bottom of the dialog box The Ask Time window opens ...

Page 40: ...ection The General Setup menu appears in the Fat Channel Display 2 Press the SELECT button below Auto Save in the Fat Channel Display The Auto Save menu appears 3 Press the SELECT button below Each Pass to auto save the session after every automation pass or Press the SELECT button below Set Timer to set the amount of time between saves i e 10 minutes or Press the SELECT button below Never to turn...

Page 41: ...ck on the Close button in the upper right corner of the dialog box to close the Setup dialog box or click on the Setup button in the menu bar GROUP GENERAL PLUG INS DIGITAL I O SAVE SAVE AS NEW LOAD SETUP 56 INPUT 72 CHANNEL DIGITAL MIXER D8B G E N E R A L S E T U P P g 1 L a n g u a g e S u r r o u n d M I D I A u t o S a v e SettingAuxSendsPre PostFader You can individually configure the aux sen...

Page 42: ...fader A checkmark indicates pre fader is selected 4 Click on the Close button in the upper right corner of the dialog box to close the Setup dialog box or click on the Setup button in the menu bar SettingtheDisplayIntensity This option allows you to adjust the brightness of the Fat Channel Display TO SET THE DISPLAY INTENSITY From the console 1 Press the GENERAL button in the Setup Section The Gen...

Page 43: ...ANNEL DIGITAL MIXER D8B G E N E R A L S E T U P P G 2 P r e P o s t D i s p l a y A b o u t 56 INPUT 72 CHANNEL DIGITAL MIXER D8B G E N E R A L S E T U P P G 2 P r e P o s t D i s p l a y A b o u t 56 INPUT 72 CHANNEL DIGITAL MIXER D8B D I S P L A Y I N T E N S I T Y L o w M e d i u m H i g h E x i t DeterminingtheOperatingSystemVersion One of the most beneficial and persuasive reasons for using t...

Page 44: ...e Digital Tape I O cards in stalled you can select the TDIF 1 or the ADAT optical input OUTPUT You can independently select the TDIF 1 or the ADAT optical output In addition you can choose to dub from TDIF 1 input to ADAT output or from ADAT input to TDIF 1 output UV22 The Digital 8 Bus is equipped with Apogee s acclaimed UV22 encoding This is be coming an industry standard process for final maste...

Page 45: ...eo I O is selected on page 2 of the Digital I O Setup Menu 3 Press the SELECT buttons below the arrows in the display to scroll through the available options 4 When the option you want appears in the display press the SELECT button below OK 5 Press the DIGITAL I O button to return to normal Fat Channel operation TO CONFIGURE DIGITAL I O From the screen 1 Click on the Setup button in the lower menu...

Page 46: ...te If a project is recorded at 48kHz but will eventually end up on a 44 1kHz CD it will be necessary to go through one stage of analog at the main out puts or to use a sample rate converter TO SET THE CONSOLE S SAMPLE RATE From the console 1 Press the DIGITAL I O button in the Setup Section The Digital I O Setup menu appears in the Fat Channel Display 2 Press the NEXT button in the Fat Channel Sec...

Page 47: ... the SELECT button below the Card you want to reconfigure 3 Press the SELECT buttons below the arrows in the display to scroll through the available plug ins 4 When the plug in you want to use appears in the display press the SELECT button below TRANSMIT The selected plug in will now be downloaded to the FX Card TODOWNLOADPLUG INSTOTHEFXCARDS From the screen 1 Click on the Setup button in the lowe...

Page 48: ...n the Close button in the upper right corner of the dialog box to close the Setup dialog box or click on the Setup button in the menu bar SettingChannelPhase You can switch the phase of the input signal on any of the first 48 channels This is equivalent to swapping pins 2 and 3 on the XLR connector or tip and ring on the 1 4 TRS jack However the actual phase reversal occurs in the digital domain a...

Page 49: ...3 16 D i g i t a l 8 B u s Start Up ...

Page 50: ...be accommodated via the TRS jack Make sure the cord terminates with a TS plug like a guitar plug or if it s a TRS plug like a headphone plug make sure the ring is tied to the shield preferably at the source When connecting microphones to the XLR inputs on channels 1 12 be sure to turn the MIC switch on LED lit Otherwise leave the switch off for line level signals PhantomPower Each of the XLR mic i...

Page 51: ... entirely to the Tape Inputs These are balanced analog connections and the signal for each track goes directly to its own dedicated A D converter followed by a DIGITAL TRIM control DSP for all the same processing functions as channels 1 24 fader mute and pan See Figure 4 5 for the wiring configuration of these connectors The TO TAPE and FROM TAPE connectors are compatible with the analog 25 pin co...

Page 52: ...nue on its merry way through the mixer This allows you to tap the channel signal at that point in the circuit without interrupting normal operation If you push the 1 4 TS plug in to the second click you will open the jack switch and create a direct out which does interrupt the signal in that channel Do not overload or short circuit the signal you are tapping from the mixer Doing so will affect the...

Page 53: ... referred to as CUE 1 and CUE 2 on the screen There are two buttons in the V Pot Select Section associated with these stereo aux sends LEVEL and PAN Select LEVEL to adjust the stereo aux send level using the channel V Pot and select PAN to adjust the left and right aux send balance using the channel V Pot When AUX 9 10 or AUX 11 12 is selected as a Cue Mix source the signals from those aux buses a...

Page 54: ... independently assign the signal going to these two outputs and adjust their output levels in the Phones Cue Mix Section CONTROL ROOM COPY MIX TO CUE AUX 9 10 AUX 11 12 CONTROL ROOM COPY MIX TO CUE AUX 9 10 AUX 11 12 LEVEL LEVEL PHONES CUE MIX 1 PHONES CUE MIX 2 These outputs are designed for stereo headphones where the tip and ring carry the left and right channel signals respectively and the sle...

Page 55: ...ol Room Section MIDIConnections ConnectingaMIDITimeCode SourceforSynchronization To synchronize the Remote CPU to MIDI Time Code connect one end of a standard 5 pin MIDI cable to the MIDI IN connector on the back of the Remote CPU Connect the other end to a MIDI Time Code generating device i e MIDI interface SMPTE to MTC converter etc Upon the arrival of MTC at the MIDI input the Remote CPU will c...

Page 56: ...ts graphic editing windows etc The mouse input is an IBM compatible 6 pin mini DIN PS 2 style connector There are two other standards for mouses on a PC the serial mouse and the bus mouse A serial mouse connects to the computer s serial port which is usually a 9 pin D Sub connector using RS 232 or RS 422 data transmission protocol A bus mouse connects to an expansion board plugged into a computer ...

Page 57: ...4 8 D i g i t a l 8 B u s Connections ...

Page 58: ...ion file Session files have a d8b extension which is automatically appended to the filename you don t need to add it yourself The extension isn t visible during normal file loading and saving operations but is visible in the File Manager window on screen only Patches The Patches folder is the default location to store channel chn EQ equ gate gat compressor cmp internal effects efx and surround sou...

Page 59: ...y scan left until BACK DIR appears in the upper left side of the display then press the SELECT button under ChangeDir To move away from the root directory scan right until the folder name you want to open appears in the display then press the SELECT button under ChangeDir 5 When you have the folder you want displayed as the current directory press the SELECT button under New to create a new folder...

Page 60: ... Disk Manager windows 2 The Disk Manager window appears in the display Select the folder you want to put your new folder in To move toward the root directory click on the Up Arrow next to the Current Directory box at the top of the window To move away from the root directory double click on a folder in the list of folders and files 3 When you have the target folder displayed as the current directo...

Page 61: ...copy in the list of files found in the Disk Manager window 3 Drag it to the FLOPPY icon on the right side of the window and release the mouse when the icon is highlighted A dialog box indicates the file is being copied Note Make sure a 3 5 floppy disk is installed in the floppy drive on the Remote CPU You can reverse the process and copy a file from the floppy disk to the internal hard drive Just ...

Page 62: ...n the New button and open a session by clicking on the Open button You can save and open files quite easily from the console or the File menu on the screen but the Disk Manager is the place to go to organize your files and back them up to floppy CreatingaSession TO CREATE A SESSION From the console 1 Press the NEW button in the Setup Section The Fat Channel Display asks if you want to save changes...

Page 63: ...e new session click on the Save button to complete the operation The console reverts to its default nominal settings to start a new session SavingaSession TO SAVE A SESSION From the console 1 Press the SAVE button in the Setup Section The Fat Channel Display now shows the Save Session menu which asks if you want to save the session 2 Press the SELECT button below Yes Tip A faster way to save a ses...

Page 64: ... menu A default name appears in the Fat Channel Display such as mix 1 You can accept the default name or you can change it to one of your own choice To change the name Turn the first V Pot to change the letters Press the SELECT buttons below the arrows to move the cursor left and right You must use at least 3 and up to 20 characters to name a file 3 When the name appears as you want it press the S...

Page 65: ...ress the SELECT buttons below the arrows to scan through the stored session files 3 When the one you want appears in the display press the SELECT button below Open to complete the operation TO RECALL A SESSION From the screen 1 Using the mouse choose Open Session from the File menu in the upper menu bar The Session Files dialog box appears 2 Double click on the Session name you want to load or cli...

Page 66: ...by scanning left until BACK DIR appears in the upper left corner of the display then selecting ChangeDir until FLOPPY appears Press ChangeDir one more time and the current directory becomes the floppy drive Cur A If there are any folders contained on the floppy disk the name of one will be displayed in the upper left corner 5 Press the PREVIOUS button to return to the Save Session menu Select Yes ...

Page 67: ...name mix 1 or the next numerically available number Click on the Floppy Drive Icon to select it Make sure you have a 3 5 floppy disk inserted in the floppy drive 3 If you want to create a new name for the session you can type it in now 4 Click on the Save button to save the session to the floppy disk Note Your working directory is now the floppy drive You must load the session from the internal ha...

Page 68: ...ve been made press the STORE button in the Transport Section The STORE button lights and the ENTER button begins blinking 4 Use the number buttons to type in a known blank snapshot number two digits The number appears in the RANGE display Note If you enter a number that is already used you will overwrite the previous snapshot settings with the new ones 5 Once you ve entered the snapshot number pre...

Page 69: ... and unlocking a snapshot 5 Click on the Close button in the upper right corner of the dialog box to remove the Snapshots dialog box from the screen or click on the Snapshot button in the menu bar or press Ctrl 3 on the keyboard RecallingSnapshots TO RECALL SNAPSHOTS From the console 1 Press the SNAPSHOT button in the Transport Section if it s not already selected 2 Type in the two digit snapshot ...

Page 70: ...he console 1 Press the LOCATOR button in the Transport Section 2 Set the desired SMPTE BBT time where the locate point should be Press the SMPTE VIEW button next to the POSITION display if you are working in SMPTE time otherwise the display will be in Bars Beats Ticks Press the SET TIME button The SET TIME and ENTER LEDs start blinking Enter the desired time using the number buttons Press ENTER Th...

Page 71: ...n the New button at the bottom of the Transport window A new locate point appears in the cue list using the first unused number Note You must Tab out of the display in order for the New button to work 4 You can change the name of the locate point to something more useful like First Verse Double click on the Untitled name to highlight it and type in the new name using the keyboard At the bottom of ...

Page 72: ...se the number buttons to enter the desired two digit locate number The number appears in the RANGE display 3 Press the ENTER button The POSITION display updates according to the new locate point and a corresponding MMC locate message is sent out the MIDI port to the recorder s TO RECALL LOCATE POINTS From the screen 1 Click on the Locator menu button in the lower menu bar The Transport window appe...

Page 73: ...he recorder s will play the section from the starting point to the ending point and will continually repeat between these two points until the STOP button is pressed Note Pressing PLAY when the POSITION display indicates a time before the first Loop point causes the transport to play through to the second Loop point and then begin repeating from then on Pressing play when the POSITION display indi...

Page 74: ...lected channel to the clipboard memory 4 Select Cut to move the static settings for the selected channel to the clipboard memory The channel then reverts to the default zero state TO MAKE A CUT From the screen 1 Click on the SELECT button on the channel you want to edit 2 Click on Edit in the upper menu bar and select Cut Moves from the drop down menu to move all automation events for the selected...

Page 75: ...button on the channel you want to edit 2 Click on Edit in the upper menu bar and select Copy Moves from the drop down menu to copy all automation events for the selected channel to the clipboard memory or press Ctrl C on the keyboard The automation events for the channel remain in place 3 Select Copy Channels to copy the static settings for the selected channel to the clipboard memory The channel ...

Page 76: ...t was performed and return the settings to their previous state 2 Press the UNDO button again to redo the last edit command that was performed and return the settings to the edited state undo the undo TO UNDO From the screen 1 Click on Edit in the upper menu bar and select Undo Cut Channels this may display differently depending on the last clipboard operation from the drop down menu or press Ctrl...

Page 77: ...5 20 D i g i t a l 8 B u s Preparing for a Session ...

Page 78: ...switches off or up and all knobs either all the way down or at their unity setting This can be accomplished quite easily with the Digital 8 Bus by recalling Snapshot 00 or any other snapshot you may have reserved for your own normal settings There are two strips provided for labeling channels Lay a piece of 1 2 or 3 4 white pa per tape between the meters and the analog TRIM controls and label your...

Page 79: ...ntrol Room output STUDIO SOLO SOLO LEVEL STUDIO LEVEL CLEAR SOLO TALKBACK TO STUDIO AFL SOLO PFL SOLO MIXDOWN SOLO TALKBACK LEVEL LEVEL RUDE SOLO LIGHT 7 Press the channel SOLO button The LED in the button lights 8 Make appropriate noise into the channel in put For example have a performer play sing strike something or someone etc at the level they re going to record or perform Don t just play a s...

Page 80: ...ns include eight mono and two stereo aux sends located in the V Pot Select Section Digital Trim for each of the 48 channels and tape send level for the Tape Outputs When Pan is selected in the Master V Pot Section the LED pattern around the V Pot indicates the relative panoramic position of the channel between the left and right buses When the Pan control is set to exact center an LED located at t...

Page 81: ... 3 is selected the Aux Sends associated with each FX Return are locked out to prevent feedback loops For example if Aux 2 is selected in the V Pot Select Section the Aux Send control on FX 3 and 4 are disabled AUX 7 AUX 8 AUX 5 AUX 6 AUX 1 AUX 3 AUX 2 AUX 4 LEVEL TO TAPE DIGITAL TRIM 1 24 1 48 12 36 SELECT Adjusting the Aux Send Levels TO ADJUST THE AUX SEND LEVELS From the console 1 Press one of ...

Page 82: ...ux level numerically from OFF to 10 with 0 representing unity gain The Aux levels are also indicated as bar graphs just above the EQ section on each channel 3 Click and hold the Master V Pot and move the mouse up and down to adjust the overall Aux Out level for the se lected aux bus The Master L R meters can indicate the overall aux send level if you press the SOLO button in the Master V Pot Secti...

Page 83: ...become digital trim controls active in Fader Banks 1 and 2 only 2 Rotate the channel V Pot to the right to increase the input level The ring of LEDs around the V Pot indicates the relative position setting of the control TO ADJUST THE DIGITAL TRIM From the screen 1 Click on the DIGITAL TRIM button near the top of the Master Section on the upper right side of the screen The Master V Pot becomes dis...

Page 84: ...ent is independent of the D8B fader bank assignment TO ADJUST THE LEVEL TO TAPE From the console 1 Press the LEVEL TO TAPE button at the top of the V Pot Select Section The Master V Pot becomes disabled and the channel V Pots become level to tape controls 2 Rotate the channel V Pot to the right to increase the input level The ring of LEDs around the V Pot indicates the relative setting of the cont...

Page 85: ...k 1 channels 25 48 on Bank 2 FX Returns on Bank 3 or BUS 1 8 on Bank 4 3 Press the ASSIGN button on the chan nel whose TAPE OUT you want to route to the selected channel It is not necessary to change banks when pressing the ASSIGN button Since there are only 24 Tape Outputs and 24 ASSIGN buttons the console knows which Tape Output you are as signing the selected channel to BUS 1 BUS 2 BUS 3 BUS 4 ...

Page 86: ... If you assign a channel to an odd even pair of buses i e Buses 1 and 2 Buses 3 and 4 etc the channel pan control pans the signal between the two buses Note The Bus Assignment Section is dis abled on Group Master MIDI faders 1 16 when Fader Bank 4 is selected TO ASSIGN CHANNELS TO BUS OUTPUTS From the console 1 Press a BUS button in the Bus Assign ment Section The ASSIGN button lights on all chann...

Page 87: ...t when channel REC RDY is enabled and the Master RECORD is not enabled 3 The LED lights continuously when tape is roll ing the channel REC RDY is enabled and the Master RECORD is enabled Audio is being re corded If your MDM DAW has MIDI Machine Control MMC capabilities connect a MIDI cable be tween the MIDI Out on the Remote CPU and the MIDI timecode interface as described in the MIDI Connections ...

Page 88: ...to record the signal on Channel 1 to Track 9 2 Click on the Locator button in the lower menu to open the Locator window 3 Click on the Master REC button in the Locator window The red LED in the Master RECORD button on the console lights steadily and all the REC RDY button LEDs also light steadily The tape deck DAW goes into Record Pause mode Note Depending on the MDM model pressing the Record swit...

Page 89: ...k deck regardless of whether or not the tape is rolling This method allows you to set up a custom mix of the tape tracks independent of your re cording levels You can independently adjust the level pan reverb and even EQ in your monitor mix while you record You can even patch the L R outputs into a 2 track recorder for a rough mix of the session TO MONITOR IN THE CONTROL ROOM From the console 1 Se...

Page 90: ...s continually whenever any solo button is engaged on the console You can solo any channel or channels at any time without affecting the Main L R output or any of the Direct Outs However if you are using the Main Outputs for monitoring purposes you can select the MIXDOWN SOLO button in the Studio Solo Section and the stereo solo bus is routed to the Main Outputs as well as to the Control Room Outpu...

Page 91: ...er much louder if the fader is below about 5 dB This might surprise you so much that you could spill your cup of coffee all over yourself Soloing a Channel TO SOLO A CHANNEL From the console 1 Press the SOLO button on the channel you want to direct to the solo bus The SELECT button automatically engages on the soloed channel 2 The red LED in the SOLO button lights and the RUDE SOLO LIGHT in the St...

Page 92: ...LED in the SOLO button lights and the RUDE SOLO LIGHT in the Studio Solo Section begins flashing 4 Whatever source is selected for the control room is overridden by the solo signal Press SOLO LEVEL in the Stu dio Solo Section to adjust the master solo level with the LEVEL V Pot The solo signal is routed to the Control Room outputs and the Master L R meters indicate the signal level of all soloed c...

Page 93: ...ns you may want to isolate in dividual channels in the Main Outputs MIXDOWN SOLO allows you to quickly mute every channel except for the ones that are soloed MIXDOWN SOLO operates a little differently than normal soloing because the signal at the Main Outputs doesn t come off the Solo bus In stead when you press the SOLO button on a channel all the other channels are immediately muted The SOLO LEV...

Page 94: ...P A CUE MIX From the console 1 Select Fader Bank 2 by pressing the TAPE IN 25 48 button 2 Press the AUX 9 10 button in the V Pot Select Section 3 Press AUX 9 10 in the Phones Cue Mix Section Use the Phones Cue Mix LEVEL V Pot to adjust the Phones out put level 4 At this point you can copy the L R mix to the cue mix by pressing the COPY MIX TO CUE button in the Phones Cue Mix Section This copies th...

Page 95: ...s output level 4 At this point you can copy the L R mix to the cue mix by pressing the COPY MIX TO CUE button in the Phones Cue Mix Section no equiva lent on screen This copies the fader levels from each channel to the chan nel V Pot Aux Sends The Effects Returns on Fader Bank 3 are also cop ied to the cue mix 5 Click and hold on the V Pot Aux Send Level on each channel you want to modify in the C...

Page 96: ... controls the gain of the talkback signal to both the Phones and Studio outputs Overdubs After you ve recorded all your tracks you may want to record another pass on one of the instru ments the trumpet player missed that high C or you might want to take several passes of the lead vocalist for comping Overdubbing is easy on the Digital 8 Bus Simply take all the channels out of REC RDY mode except t...

Page 97: ...SIGN button on channel 8 Channels 25 30 tracks 1 6 are now assigned to Bus 1 and 2 and Bus 1 and 2 are assigned to tape outs 7 and 8 respective ly Adjust the V Pot Pan controls on each channel to achieve the proper left right balance if you assign a channel to an odd even pair of buses the channel pan control pans the signal between the two buses You can run through a test mixdown to adjust the le...

Page 98: ...S button next to the Master Fader to select Fader Bank 4 6 Click and hold on the OUT box at the top of BUS 1 channel 89 Drag down to channel 7 to assign Bus 1 to channel 7 tape out 7 Click and hold on the OUT box at the top of BUS 2 channel 90 Drag down to channel 8 to assign Bus 2 to channel 8 tape out Channels 25 30 are now assigned to Bus 1 and 2 and Bus 1 and 2 are assigned to tape outs 7 and ...

Page 99: ...mastering Before proceeding it s a good idea to zero the console by recalling Snapshot 00 or any other snapshot you may have reserved for nomi nal settings This way you re starting afresh which can eliminate problems later on down the road Refer to the Recording Mixdown Hookup Diagram on page 6 77 while reading this section RoutingTapeReturnstotheMain Outputs TO ROUTE TAPE RETURNS TO THE MAIN OUTP...

Page 100: ... equivalent to 5 dBu analog FOLLOW THIS SENSITIVITY ADJUST MENT PROCEDURE FOR EACH CHANNEL IN USE 1 If you re starting from scratch it s a good idea to normal the console also called zeroing to some starting point such as all level controls down and EQ and pan controls centered 2 Connect the tape outs from your re corder to the TAPE IN connections on the rear panel of the Digital 8 Bus 3 We re ass...

Page 101: ...the channel strip 7 Set the PFL SOLO switch in the Stu dio Solo Section to PFL the LED lights In this mode the faders do not affect the solo level at the Control Room output 8 Press the channel SOLO button The LED in the button lights SHIFT MASTERS 1 24 25 48 49 72 TRACK MONITOR BANK SELECT EFFECTS MIC LINE TAPE IN AUX 7 AUX 8 AUX 5 AUX 6 AUX 1 AUX 3 AUX 2 AUX 4 LEVEL TO TAPE DIGITAL TRIM 1 24 1 4...

Page 102: ...t channel being used 13 Once you ve achieved a rough mix us ing this method clear all soloed channels and monitor the mix in the Control Room outputs with all chan nels assigned to the L R bus and L R selected as the Control Room source or the Main L R Output and use the channel faders to adjust individual lev els Leave the Digital Trim controls alone This will give you the best signal to noise ra...

Page 103: ... sure you have some real world monitor speakers in addition to the monitors you like so well and check back and forth frequently This is easy to do with the Digital 8 Bus Simply use the SPEAKERS switches in the Control Room Sec tion MAIN and NEAR FIELD Check at different monitoring levels too A mix that sounds great when it s loud will not necessarily sound good at low volume Listen at a barely au...

Page 104: ...up button in the lower menu bar The Setup dialog box opens 2 Click on the Digital icon on the left side of the box The Digital I O dialog box opens 3 Click and hold on the UV22 box below the Tape ALT or Stereo I O you want to configure Drag down to the desired setting and then release to finalize your selection 4 Click on the Close button in the upper right corner of the dialog box to close it or ...

Page 105: ...another way the Digital 8 Bus can make your life easier Consider Compression You can mix an entire project without a lick of compression many engineers do The dynamic range of a CD can certainly handle it But con sider most people listen to what you mix under less than ideal conditions Typically their listening environment features background or road noise and most of the time they don t listen as...

Page 106: ...ow you hear just that channel in the Control Room output Changing the Gain Setting TO CHANGE THE GAIN SETTING From the console 1 Rotate the V Pot beneath the desired band clockwise to boost the gain by up to 15 dB and rotate it counterclock wise to cut the gain by up to 15 dB The gain is adjustable in approximately 0 25 dB increments Note You can also use Next to have the VFD display each EQ band ...

Page 107: ...ely updated in the Fat Channel Display Changing the Center Frequency Setting The center frequency can be adjusted for each band of the EQ We recommend using the default frequencies to start and then adjusting them as required for each particular application TO CHANGE THE CENTER FREQUENCY SETTING From the console 1 Press the SELECT switch above the V Pot for the band you want to adjust so that FREQ...

Page 108: ...Channel Display Changing the Q Setting The last adjustable parameter in the parametric EQ is the Q This adjusts the bandwidth of the affected frequencies around the center frequency The default value is 1 9 Q has no unit of measure A higher Q value creates a tighter bandwidth so fewer frequencies around the center frequency are affected A smaller Q value creates a wider bandwidth so more frequenci...

Page 109: ...g the mouse up and down to change the Q The settings are immediately updated in the Fat Channel Display Changing the Parametric EQ Frequency Bandwidth The parametric EQ is programmed us ing an analog model with four discrete non overlapping bands This can be glo bally changed so that each band s center frequency can be set anywhere within the entire 20Hz 20kHz frequency range TO CHANGE THE FREQUEN...

Page 110: ...and recalled from the hard drive You can save and load files from either Memory A or Memory B TO SAVE AN EQ PATCH From the console 1 With EQ selected for channel process ing press SAVE PATCH in the Fat Channel Section 2 A default name appears in the Fat Channel Display such as EQ 1 You can accept the default name or you can change it to one of your own choice To change the name Turn the first V Po...

Page 111: ... and hold the SHIFT button in the Master V Pot Section to select more than one channel 2 Press MEMORY A or MEMORY B to choose the memory location to which you want to load the file 3 Press LOAD PATCH in the Fat Channel Section 4 The Fat Channel Display shows the first EQ file in alphabetical order in the EQs folder Press the SELECT but tons below the arrows to scroll through the stored EQ files 5 ...

Page 112: ...own to Open EQ The EQ Files dialog box appears 5 Click on INTERNAL if the file is on the internal hard drive or click on FLOPPY if the file is on a floppy disk 6 Click on the name of the file to high light the one you want to load 7 Click on Open to load the EQ file to the selected channel s You can also double click on the name of the file to load it TO RESET THE EQ From the console To reset or z...

Page 113: ...EQ SETTINGS From the screen 1 Click and hold on the MENU button in the EQ control panel 2 Drag down to Cut The EQ settings for that channel are temporarily stored in the clipboard memory in case you want to paste them to another chan nel The EQ also reverts to its default state it is reset TO COPY EQ SETTINGS From the console 1 Press the SELECT button on the channel you want to edit 2 Press the CO...

Page 114: ...ettings for the selected chan nel are retained TO PASTE EQ SETTINGS From the console 1 Press the SELECT button on the channel you want to paste an EQ setting to 2 Press the PASTE button in the Clipboard Section 3 Press the SELECT button below Paste in the Fat Channel Display The EQ settings for that channel are replaced with the settings that are stored in the clipboard memory TO PASTE EQ SETTINGS...

Page 115: ...level at which the compressor begins to act on the in coming signal It is calibrated in decibels with a range from 60 00 dB to 1 00 dB Attack This determines how fast the compressor reacts once the threshold has been exceeded It is calibrated in milliseconds with a range from 0 31 ms to 2560 00 ms 2 6 seconds Release This determines how fast the compres sor turns off once the signal falls below th...

Page 116: ...o 1 00 dB Turn the V Pot clockwise to increase the thresh old and counterclockwise to decrease the threshold 2 The second V Pot adjusts the compres sor attack time with a range from 0 31 ms milliseconds to 2560 00 ms 2 6 seconds Turn the V Pot clockwise to increase the attack time and counter clockwise to decrease the attack time 3 The third V Pot adjusts the compressor release time with a range f...

Page 117: ...rease 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...

Page 118: ...below the arrows to move the cursor left and right You can use up to 23 characters to name a file 3 When the name appears as you want it press the SELECT button below OK to complete the operation TO SAVE A COMPRESSOR PATCH From the screen 1 Click and hold on the MENU button in the Compressor control panel 2 Drag down to Save Compressor As The Save File As dialog box appears 3 A default name for th...

Page 119: ...ugh the stored Compres sor files 5 When the one you want appears in the display press the SELECT button be low OK to complete the operation TO LOAD A COMPRESSOR PATCH From the screen 1 Click on the SELECT button of the channel you want to load with the compressor file Press and hold the SHIFT key to select more than one channel 2 Click on MEM A or MEM B to choose the memory location to which you w...

Page 120: ...g Compressor Settings You can cut copy and paste compressor settings from one channel to another TO CUT COMPRESSOR SETTINGS From the console 1 Press the SELECT button on the channel you want to edit 2 Press the CUT ZERO SET button in the Clipboard Section 3 Press the COMPRESSOR button in the Fat Channel section 4 Press the SELECT button below Cut in the Fat Channel Display or press the CUT button ...

Page 121: ...ress the Select button below Copy in the Fat Channel Display or press the COPY button again The compressor settings for that channel are retained and are temporarily stored in the clipboard memory in case you want to paste them to another channel TO COPY COMPRESSOR SETTINGS From the screen 1 Click and hold on the MENU button in the Compressor control panel 2 Drag down to Copy The compressor settin...

Page 122: ...e Fat Channel Display or press the PASTE button again The compressor settings for that channel are replaced with the settings that are stored in the clipboard memory TO PASTE COMPRESSOR SETTINGS From the screen 1 Click and hold on the MENU button in the EQ control panel 2 Drag down to Paste The compressor settings for the selected channel are replaced with the settings that are stored in the clipb...

Page 123: ...iseconds ms with a range from 0 10 ms to 599 99 ms 0 6 seconds Using a short attack time with a relatively high threshold can sound like the signal is suddenly turned on when the gate opens Stretching out the attack time can soften the attack so the signal gradually fades in Release This determines how fast the gate closes after the hold time has expired It is calibrated in milliseconds ms with a ...

Page 124: ...599 99 ms 0 6 sec onds Turn the V Pot clockwise to increase the attack time and counter clockwise to decrease the attack time 3 The third V Pot adjusts the gate re lease time with a range from 10 00 ms to 2500 00 ms 2 5 seconds Turn the V Pot clockwise to increase the re lease time and counterclockwise to decrease the release time 4 The last adjustable parameter is the range with a range from 0 00...

Page 125: ...t 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 four...

Page 126: ...tons below the arrows to move the cursor left and right You can use up to 23 characters to name a file When the name appears as you want it press the SELECT button below SAVE to complete the operation TO SAVE A GATE PATCH From the screen 1 Click and hold on the MENU button in the Gate control panel 2 Drag down to Save Gate As The Save File As dialog box appears 3 A default name for the Gate is aut...

Page 127: ...complete the operation TO LOAD A GATE PATCH From the screen 1 Click on the SELECT button of the channel you want to load with the Gate file Press and hold the SHIFT key to select more than one channel 2 Click on MEM A or MEM B to choose the memory location to which you want to load the file 3 Click and hold on the MENU button in the GATE control panel 4 Drag down to Open Gate The Gate Files dialog...

Page 128: ...on on the channel you want to edit 2 Press the CUT ZERO SET button in the Clipboard Section 3 Press the GATE button in the Fat Channel Section 4 Press the SELECT button below Cut in the Fat Channel Display or press the CUT ZERO SET button again The gate settings for that channel are temporarily stored in the clipboard memory in case you want to paste them to another channel The gate then reverts t...

Page 129: ...SELECT button below Copy in the Fat Channel display or press the COPY button again The gate settings for that channel are retained and are temporarily stored in the clip board memory in case you want to paste them to another channel TO COPY GATE SETTINGS From the screen 1 Click and hold on the MENU button in the Gate control panel 2 Drag down to Copy The gate set tings for that channel are tempora...

Page 130: ...ffect 3 Band Parametric EQ This provides a low shelving filter with a corner frequency at 100Hz a mid band fully parametric EQ and a high shelving filter with a corner fre quency at 10kHz Low Shelf Gain This adjusts the boost and cut below 100Hz This is calibrated in decibels dB with a range from 12 dB to 12 dB High Shelf Gain This adjusts the boost and cut above 10kHz This is calibrated in decibe...

Page 131: ... between the original signal and the de layed signal It is calibrated in milliseconds mS with a range from 0mS to 799ms 0 8 seconds Notice that the stereo delay effect has precisely one half the amount of delay available per chan nel as the mono delay Left and Right Feedback This adjusts the amount of signal that is fed back to the input of the delay It is calibrated in percent with a range from 0...

Page 132: ...s you want to send to the selected effect 6 Turn the Master Aux level V Pot to ad just the overall aux send level to the selected effect You can press the SOLO button in the Master V Pot Section to monitor the aux send signal Pre FX 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 AUX...

Page 133: ...chan nel strip to adjust the aux send level 3 Select the effect you want to use in the control panel and adjust the effect s parameters 4 Click on the EFFECTS button just above the Master Fader to select Fader Bank 3 Adjust the correspond ing FX Return fader to add the effect to the Left and Right buses AdjustingtheEffectsSettings TO ADJUST THE EFFECTS SETTINGS From the console 1 Press the PLUG IN...

Page 134: ...ctsOnandOff TO TURN THE EFFECTS ON AND OFF From the console 1 With PLUG INS selected in the Fat Channel Section press the ON button to toggle the effects on and off The LED in the ON button lights to indicate that the effects are enabled When the ef fects are turned off the current settings remain in memory so that when the ON button is pressed again the effects are restored This lets you quickly ...

Page 135: ...hange the letters Press the SELECT buttons below the arrows to move the cur sor left and right You can use up to 23 characters to name a file When the name appears as you want it press the SELECT button below SAVE to complete the operation TO SAVE AN EFFECTS PATCH From the screen 1 Click and hold on the MENU button in the AUX control panel 2 Drag down to Save Effect As The Save File As dialog box ...

Page 136: ...ion TO LOAD AN EFFECTS PATCH From the screen 1 Click on MEM A or MEM B in the AUX control panel to choose the memory lo cation to which you want to load the file 2 Click and hold on the MENU button in the AUX control panel 3 Drag down to Effect Files The Patches dialog box appears 4 Click on INTERNAL if the file is on the internal hard drive or FLOPPY if the file is on a floppy disk 5 Click on the...

Page 137: ...e effects set tings from one patch to another TO CUT EFFECTS SETTINGS From the console This feature is not available from the console TO CUT EFFECTS SETTINGS From the screen 1 Click and hold on the MENU button in the Effects Control Panel 2 Drag down to Cut The effects set tings for that effect are temporarily stored in the clipboard memory in case you want to paste them to another patch The effec...

Page 138: ...at patch are temporarily stored in the clipboard memory in case you want to paste them to another patch The effects settings for the se lected channel are retained TO PASTE EFFECTS SETTINGS From the console This feature is not available from the console TO PASTE EFFECTS SETTINGS From the screen 1 Click and hold on the MENU button in the Effects Control Panel 2 Drag down to Paste The effects set ti...

Page 139: ...el such as a compressor equalizer de esser or specialized filter use the channel INSERT jack available on channels 1 12 The channel INSERT point is after the TRIM control but before the A D converter and DSP effects The send tip is low impedance 120 ohms capable of driving any line level device The return ring is high impedance over 2 5k ohms and can be driven by almost any device Insert cables mu...

Page 140: ...AL button to re turn to normal Fat Channel operation TO CONFIGURE AN AUX SEND TO BE PRE OR POST FADER From the screen 1 Click on the Setup button in the lower menu bar The Setup dialog box opens 2 Click on the Aux Surround icon on the left side of the box The Aux Surround dialog box opens 3 Click in the boxes corresponding to the auxes you want to configure pre fader A checkmark indicates pre fade...

Page 141: ...e di rectly to the inputs of the external device Then run the outputs from the device to your two track recorder For a parallel processing device Assign all the channels to an unused Submaster as well as to the L R outputs Con nect the Submaster output to the input of the external device Then connect the output from the external device to an unused Effects Return channel 13 24 Assign that Effects ...

Page 142: ...onverter in the channel signal path This defaults to unity gain which is where you would normally leave it 5 Press the PFL SOLO switch in the STUDIO SOLO section In this mode the faders will not affect the solo level at the PHONES output 6 Press the channel SOLO switch The LED in the switch lights 7 Make appropriate noise into the channel in put For example have a performer play sing strike someth...

Page 143: ...t to assign to the L R bus TO ASSIGN CHANNELS TO THE L R BUS From the screen 1 Click on the Fader Bank button con taining the channels you want to assign to the L R bus 2 Click on the channel L R assign but tons on the channels that you want to assign to the L R bus 3 If you want to assign multiple con secutive channels click and hold the mouse button on the first channel s L R assign button and s...

Page 144: ...ed bus TO ASSIGN CHANNELS TO BUS 1 8 From the screen 1 Click on the Fader Bank button con taining the channels you want to assign to the bus 2 Click on the bus assign buttons on the channels that you want to assign to the buses 3 If you want to assign multiple consecu tive channels click and hold the mouse button on the first channel s bus assign button and swipe the cursor across the row of bus b...

Page 145: ...ster V Pot to set the overall aux send level for the selected aux bus The LEDs around the Master V Pot indicate the relative level with 2 o clock being unity 4 To monitor the aux send mix with the aux bus selected in the V Pot Select Section press the SOLO button in the Master V Pot Section The aux send is routed to the Control Room Output Use the V Pot in the Studio Solo Sec tion to adjust the So...

Page 146: ...xing console in stead of an analog console is that there s only one set of knobs to adjust rather than a gazillion Just push the SELECT button on the channel you want to adjust and the Fat Channel becomes an extension of that channel showing you the settings for the selected processor EQ compressor gate internal effects and allowing you to easily and accurately adjust the parameters for each one A...

Page 147: ...press by pressing its SELECT button 2 Press the COMPRESSOR button in the Fat Channel Section 3 Adjust the parameters as desired TO ADD COMPRESSION From the screen 1 Click on the Compressor button in the lower menu bar and the Compressor control panel appears 2 Select the channel you want to com press by clicking on its SELECT button 3 Adjust the compressor parameters as desired ON LOW PREVIOUS SEL...

Page 148: ...fect You can press the SOLO button in the Master V Pot Section to monitor the aux send signal 5 Select the effect you want to use with the first V Pot in the Fat Channel and adjust the effect s parameters as de sired See Selecting Internal Effects on page 6 53 for more information on selecting and adjusting internal effects 6 Press the EFFECTS button to select Fader Bank 3 Adjust the correspond in...

Page 149: ...o the effect you want to use 4 Click and drag on the V Pots of the channels you want to send to the se lected effect to adjust the aux send level Alternately you can click and drag on the horizontal bar in the auxes section at the top of the channel strip to adjust the aux send level 5 Click and drag on the Master V Pot to adjust the overall aux send level to the selected effect You can click on t...

Page 150: ...he V Pot on all the channels you want to send to the auxiliary mix 4 Press the AUX 9 10 or AUX 11 12 PAN button in the V Pot Select Section 5 Adjust the V Pot on all the channels you are sending to the auxiliary mix to control the amount of left or right pan ning for each channel TO USE THE STEREO AUXES From the screen 1 Connect the AUX 9 10 or 11 12 out puts to the line level inputs on your tape ...

Page 151: ...ng which you can recall in succession during the show During a live theater per formance this can be invaluable to make quick changes from scene to scene TO RECALL A SNAPSHOT From the console 1 Press the SNAPSHOT button in the Transport Section 2 Enter the two digit snapshot number you want to recall using the number buttons The number appears in the RANGE display 3 Press the ENTER button to recal...

Page 152: ...LD 2 TRACK A 2 TRACK B 2 TRACK C STUDIO OUT PHNS 1 PHNS 2 PNCH I 0 TLKBK 1 LINE IN INSERT AUX 1 13 19 14 20 15 21 16 22 17 23 18 24 ANALOG I O BUS OUT 1 8 SURROUND OUT MASTER OUT L R ANALOG I O ANALOG I O TO TAPE FROM TAPE TO TAPE FROM TAPE TO TAPE FROM TAPE Sync Interface Powered near field monitor speakers MIDI IN OUT Rear of Remote CPU Optional AIO 8 Cards Direct Box Internal Digital Audio Sign...

Page 153: ...LKBK 1 LINE IN INSERT AUX 1 13 19 14 20 15 21 16 22 17 23 18 24 Optional DIO 8 Cards ADAT optical connections shown ADAT OPTICAL IN OUT ADAT OPTICAL IN OUT ADAT OPTICAL IN OUT APOGEE DIGITAL I O APOGEE DIGITAL I O APOGEE DIGITAL I O BUS OUT 1 8 SURROUND OUT MASTER OUT L R MIDI IN OUT Rear of Remote CPU Computer w Sequencing Software Sync Interface Direct Box Internal Digital Audio Signal Path FX C...

Page 154: ...2 LINE IN MASTER OUT CR MAIN CR NEAR FIELD 2 TRACK A 2 TRACK B 2 TRACK C STUDIO OUT PHNS 1 PHNS 2 PNCH I 0 TLKBK 1 LINE IN INSERT AUX 1 13 19 14 20 15 21 16 22 17 23 18 24 BUS OUT 1 8 SURROUND OUT MASTER OUT L R ANALOG I O ANALOG I O ANALOG I O TO TAPE FROM TAPE TO TAPE FROM TAPE TO TAPE FROM TAPE 2 Track Recorder 2 inch 24 track Sync Interface Optional AIO 8 Cards MIDI I O rear of D8B Remote CPU ...

Page 155: ...E IN INSERT AUX 1 13 19 14 20 15 21 16 22 17 23 18 24 Optional DIO 8 Cards DA 88 TDIF with Sync connections shown ADAT OPTICAL IN OUT ADAT OPTICAL IN OUT ADAT OPTICAL IN OUT APOGEE DIGITAL I O APOGEE DIGITAL I O APOGEE DIGITAL I O BUS OUT 1 8 SURROUND OUT MASTER OUT L R MIDI IN OUT Rear of Remote CPU Sync Interface SY88 Internal Digital Audio Signal Path MFX Digital Effects Processing card with IV...

Page 156: ...0 15 21 16 22 17 23 18 24 BUS OUT 1 8 SURROUND OUT MASTER OUT L R ANALOG I O ANALOG I O TO TAPE FROM TAPE TO TAPE FROM TAPE TO TAPE FROM TAPE OUT Digital I O AES EBU IN Optional AIO 8 Cards Mic Preamps CR1604 VLZ Backup Vocals Percussion Mics Horn Section Mics Drum Mics Lead Vocals Stereo Processor Processor internal digital audio signal path FX Card 1 To FX Return 3 and 4 Fader Bank 3 To FX Retur...

Page 157: ...LOCK IN SYNC CARD ADAT OPTICAL IN OUT ADAT OPTICAL IN OUT ADAT OPTICAL IN OUT APOGEE DIGITAL I O APOGEE DIGITAL I O APOGEE DIGITAL I O BUS OUT 1 8 SURROUND OUT MASTER OUT L R MIDI I O rear of D8B Remote CPU In Out Internal Digital Audio Signal Path MFX Digital Effects Processing card with IVL Vocal Studio Software FX Card 1 audio out audio in digital audio out digital control signal digital audio ...

Page 158: ...ode on startup It is used to stop all automa tion playback and recording You must turn off the BYPASS button in order to begin automat ing a session Re enabling Bypass will extinguish all currently armed Write tracks so it s a quick way to completely disable all cur rently enabled channels Bypass cannot be toggled on and off while timecode is running Note When performing functions other than autom...

Page 159: ...omation operates independently of dynamic automation A snapshot is a singular global event not specifically related to individual channels If a snapshot has been recorded into a dynamic automation pass it can be cut copied and pasted as an event in the Mix Editor and or its timestamp can be changed Snapshot automa tion may be written into dynamic automation only in Auto Touch mode with the ALL fil...

Page 160: ...hole mix This is where taking a snapshot at the begin ning of a mix would act as an initial set up and then dynamic automation would include fader and mute changes Faders Engaging the FADERS button makes it pos sible to write automated fader moves when channel WRITE buttons or AUTO TOUCH are en gaged When writing fader automation in this mode any previous fader moves will be replaced When the AUTO...

Page 161: ...EDs will not flash first they will simply go solid and the updated pa rameter will be written as soon as tape rolls Or it will be written if tape is already rolling However when AUTO TOUCH is not engaged it s possible to specifically change a parameter at a certain point by punching in write engaging by pressing the PLAY and Master RECORD buttons at a specific point in time with tape rolling with ...

Page 162: ... functions 2 Press the FADERS button to engage Faders mode if it s not already lit If this is an initial automation pass make sure TRIM is off 3 Press the PLAY transport control or press Play on the recorder to initiate timecode 4 If you re using Absolute Write mode instead of AUTO TOUCH make sure to engage the WRITE button on the channels that are to be automated 5 At the desired times move the f...

Page 163: ...If you are going to add more than 10 dB to the existing fader value you need to lower the fader so that you have enough fader movement available to add to the existing fader position see note below 2 Roll your tape by pressing the PLAY button in the Transport Section 3 Place all the tracks you want to automate into WRITE mode or engage AUTO TOUCH mode 4 Make your level changes by moving the fader ...

Page 164: ...evel changes by clicking on the fader s and moving them up or down at the desired points Note that any previous moves are retained but at a modified overall level determined by your trim move Note Be careful that you don t run out of headroom you cannot have your fader near the top of its travel already and then add a lot more to it in Trim mode The ceiling stays at 10 dB no matter how you do it W...

Page 165: ...button in the Locator window to initiate Mute mode 3 Begin rolling tape by either pressing PLAY in the Locator window or on the recorder 4 If you re not using TOUCH mode make sure to click on the WRITE buttons on the channels that are to be automated 5 At the desired times click the MUTE buttons on the channel s you want to automate 6 Upon completion of the automation pass if you re satisfied with...

Page 166: ...POT MOVES From the screen 1 Click on the Locator button in the lower menu bar The Locator window appears on the screen 2 Click on the ALL and TOUCH buttons in the Locator window to initiate Auto Touch mode 3 Begin rolling tape by either pressing PLAY in the Locator window or on the recorder 4 Click on PAN in the Master V Pot Section to adjust the pan settings or click on one of the AUX buttons in ...

Page 167: ... the recorder to initiate timecode 4 Press one of the BUS buttons in the bus Assignment Section 5 At the desired times press the ASSIGN button on the channels you want to assign to the selected bus 6 Upon completion of the automation pass if you re satisfied with the automated bus assignments make sure to save the session press SAVE in the Setup Section TO WRITE BUS ASSIGNMENTS From the screen 1 C...

Page 168: ...the automated session Refer to Creating and Storing Snapshots in Chapter 5 for a refresher on how to perform these functions We re assuming at this point that the snapshots you want to use for your au tomated session have already been created GROUP GENERAL PLUG INS DIGITAL I O SAVE SAVE AS NEW LOAD SETUP TO WRITE SNAPSHOTS INTO AUTOMATION From the console 1 Press the SNAPSHOT button in the Transpo...

Page 169: ...w or on the recorder 5 At the point where the snapshot is to be written double click on the snapshot number in the gray area The screen and console settings update according to the snapshot settings 6 Upon completion of the automation pass if you re satisfied with the automation pass make sure to save the session click on File in the upper menu bar and choose Save Session UndoEdit Anytime you comp...

Page 170: ...ion you want to repeat Press PLAY 3 Using the number keys enter a two digit cue number that you haven t used yet The number appears in the RANGE display under FROM This will be the starting cue point of the loop 4 Press STORE The STORE button lights and the ENTER button blinks As soon as the tape reaches the point where you want to begin the loop press ENTER The cue point is now saved referenced t...

Page 171: ...med by the new time are highlighted and available for editing 4 Use the Tab key to highlight the next box to the right Use Shift Tab to highlight the next box to the left To select multiple events in the Event List 1 Click on the first event you want to select It becomes highlighted in the Event List 2 Hold down the Shift key and click on the last event you want to select All events between the fi...

Page 172: ...an auxil iary send VG 1 for a Virtual Group FX 1 for an internal effects return Bus 1 for Submaster 1 or L R for the MASTER L R output This column may not be edited Type This column describes what automat able function is indicated in the row This is one of the included types categories listed at the bottom of the Mix Editor window Fader Mute Pan etc This column may not be edited Value The Value c...

Page 173: ...e a custom fade and save it for future use 1 Click on Channels in the upper menu bar Select Edit Fade from the drop down menu 2 The Fade Curves window appears The main portion of this window contains a graphical display of the fade curve where the x axis represents time and the y axis represents amplitude 3 Select Fade In or Fade Out by clicking on the corresponding button in the lower left corner...

Page 174: ...re typing F or G mid way through an active fade Roll back listen to the fade and watch it on the screen Check out the fader events in the Mix Editor Hit Undo or erase the events if necessary Change the fade curve or time in the fade curve editor and redo the automation pass if necessary It s easier than tweaking the events in the Mix Editor CopyingAnEntireSegmentOfYourMix Now we re getting into so...

Page 175: ...s the specified time starting at the time designated in the Delete Time window Note If you have imported a Standard MIDI File SMF you may press the SMPTE VIEW button next to the Position Display or click on the SMPTE button in the Transport window to choose either SMPTE code or bars beats tics as the time reference Inserting Blank Time 1 Choose Insert Blank Time from the Auto mation menu at the to...

Page 176: ...es for that parameter on the selected channel You can change their val ues to a minimum or maximum increase or decrease their values by a specified percent age or set them to a value of your choice Note If you need to fine tune a single event you can click on its value in the Mix Editor with the mouse and drag up or down to increase or decrease its value You can also use the automation Trim Mode t...

Page 177: ...7 20 D i g i t a l 8 B u s Automation ...

Page 178: ... either EQ COMPRESSOR or GATE in the Fat Channel Section to select the processor you want to adjust 6 At the desired times adjust the V Pots in the Fat Channel to make your changes 7 Upon completion of the automation recording pass if you re satisfied with the recorded processor adjustments make sure to save the session press SAVE in the Session Setup Section likely you ll be adjusting EQ settings...

Page 179: ...n even click and drag in the box to change the EQ parameters just as you would in the EQ control panel Or you can double click in the box to open the EQ control panel Before we leave this subject there s one other option you should know about Mackie Real Time OS automation allows you to automate switching between MEMORY A and MEMORY B settings and allows you to load patches from the hard drive in ...

Page 180: ...y 6 At the desired times adjust the V Pots in the Fat Channel to make your changes 7 Upon completion of the automation recording pass if you re satisfied with the recorded effects adjustments make sure to save the session press SAVE in the Session Setup Section BYPASS FADERS MUTES AUTO TOUCH FADER MOTORS OFF PAN ALL TRIM LEVELS AUTOMATION AUX 7 AUX 8 AUX 5 AUX 6 AUX 1 AUX 3 AUX 2 AUX 4 LEVEL TO TA...

Page 181: ...e groups you don t actually see the individual faders move but you do hear the results in real time For instance let s say you have five channels of backing vocals on channels 8 12 assigned to a Virtual Group and you need to drop their levels about 5 dB relative to the rest of the mix When you pull down the group master fader each of the channels in that group is affected equally As your group mas...

Page 182: ... MASTERS choose the fader deck with the channels that will be included in the group 4 Press the SELECT buttons on the channels you want to assign to the Virtual Group Their inclusion in the group will be indicated by the channel SELECT LEDs being lit Note You can assign channels from different fader banks to the same Virtual Group but you can t assign a channel to more than one group 5 Repeat step...

Page 183: ...up or press Ctrl G The Group Selections window opens 3 Click in the Group Select box and choose the group number you want to add the selected channels to 4 Click on the Group button to complete the group assignment The selected faders now have the group number and color for easy identification 13 37 12 36 SELECT MUTE SOLO SELECT MUTE SOLO AutoFading This feature can be used to set a custom length ...

Page 184: ... the selections 5 You can set the fade time by clicking in the Seconds box and highlighting the number Then enter the new number using the number keys on the keyboard 6 You can modify the curve by clicking in the Rubber Band box then clicking on the line in the graph This adds an anchor point to the line which you can move to shape the curve Click on the eraser to remove anchor points 7 Click on t...

Page 185: ... and an equal but opposite pan setting Zero Set sets both channels to a nominal zero state faders down pans fully left right 4 Press the SELECT button below your choice to complete the operation 5 Now whenever you select one of the paired channels both channels SELECT LEDs light Move one fader up or down and the adjacent fader moves with it Move one pan control and the adjacent channel s pan moves...

Page 186: ...transmit the note on off messages The control messages and note on off mes sages are as follows MIDI Faders B0 00 XX to B0 07 XX XX is a value ranging from 00 to 7F MIDI V Pots B0 08 XX to B0 0F XX XX is a value ranging from 00 to 7F MIDI Mute 90 00 XX to 90 07 XX Mute on Note on 40 Mute off Note off 00 Surround Sound The Mackie Real Time OS automation system provides a powerful method for automat...

Page 187: ...ft Right Level Stereo Panning Left Front Right Front 0 dB 3 dB 100 dB Left Right 0 dB Bus 1 Bus 2 B Quad Left Front Bus 1 Out Right Front Bus 2 Out Left Rear Bus 5 Out Right Rear Bus 6 Out Constant power panning is between Left Front and Right Front buses Bus 1 and Bus 2 and between the Left Rear and Right Rear buses Bus 5 and Bus 6 There is no panning between the front and rear speaker buses Quad...

Page 188: ...t Front Bus 2 Out Center Bus 3 Out Surround Bus 4 Out Constant power panning is between the Left Front and Center buses Bus 1 and Bus 3 and between the Center and Right Front buses Bus 3 and Bus 2 D 5 1 Left Front Bus 1 Out Right Front Bus 2 Out Center Bus 3 Out Sub Bus 4 Out Left Rear Bus 5 Out Right Rear Bus 6 Out This is a combination of the LCRS and rear Quad panning Constant power panning is ...

Page 189: ...the lower menu bar to open the Surround Sound Control Panel It is comprised of a rectangle with varying numbers of speaker icons surrounding it depending on the sur round mode selected The Surround Sound Control Panel opens with the speaker icons turned off by default The number of speakers range from 2 stereo to 8 7 1 A red or green dot sits in this rectangle to show current position ing Each dot...

Page 190: ...utton causes the ball to fly back Menu This button is identical to the menu buttons in the EQ gate compressor and effects control panels It provides clipboard functions and storing and recalling surround patches A two digit current channel designator in the upper right hand corner has the same function as the Channel Select Display on the console MonitoringinSurround Sound You should reserve eight...

Page 191: ...MASTER OUT CR MAIN CR NEAR FIELD 2 TRACK A 2 TRACK B 2 TRACK C STUDIO OUT PHNS 1 PHNS 2 PNCH I 0 TLKBK 1 LINE IN INSERT AUX 1 13 19 14 20 15 21 16 22 17 23 18 24 ANALOG I O BUS OUT 1 8 SURROUND OUT MASTER OUT L R ANALOG I O ANALOG I O TO TAPE FROM TAPE TO TAPE FROM TAPE TO TAPE FROM TAPE Optional AIO 8 Cards Direct Box audio out audio in audio insert Reverb Stereo Effects Procesor Vocal Enhancer y...

Page 192: ...factory packaging 5 Include a legible note stating your name shipping address no P O boxes daytime phone number RA number and a detailed description of the problem including how we can duplicate it 6 Write the RA number in BIG PRINT on top of the box It must appear on the outside of the box 7 Ship the product to us We recommend United Parcel Service UPS We suggest insurance for all forms of cartag...

Page 193: ...l source and listen to it in the Control Room Output or with headphones in the Phones output Select PFL SOLO in the Studio Solo Section Make sure the SOLO LEVEL control is turned up in the Studio Solo Section and the Control Room LEVEL control is turned up in the Control Room Section If the signal sounds bad with PFL SOLO selected the problem lies somewhere before the channel fader with the source...

Page 194: ...rcuit and are isolated from the circuit ground by exactly the same imped ance Additionally each leg may carry the sig nal at exactly the same level but with opposite polarity with respect to ground In some bal anced circuits only one leg actually carries the signal but both legs exhibit the same imped ance characteristics with respect to ground Balanced input circuits can offer excellent re jectio...

Page 195: ...sitioning slap or slapback echo regenerative echo chorusing and hall like reverberation Signal time delay is central to many audio effects units dither This is an interesting technique used to re duce low level distortion by adding random noise to the analog signal before the sampling stage Adding dither decorrelates the quantiza tion error from the signal level allowing the digital system to enco...

Page 196: ...als that represent sound waves in an audio circuit have repetitive patterns that range from a frequency of about 20 repetitions per second to about 20 000 repetitions per sec ond Sound is the vibration or combination of vibrations in this range of 20 to 20 000 repeti tions per second which gives us the sensation of pitch harmonics tone and overtones Fre quency is measured in units called Hertz Hz ...

Page 197: ...f Most qual ity condenser microphones are designed to use 48 VDC phantom power Check the manufacturer s recommendations Generally phantom power is safe to use with non condenser microphones as well especially dynamic microphones However unbalanced microphones and some electronic equipment such as some wireless microphone receivers can short out the phantom power and be severely damaged Check the m...

Page 198: ...lving equalizer s response begins to rise or fall at some frequency and continues to fall or rise until it reaches the shelf frequency at which point the response curve flattens out and re mains flat to the limits of audibility If you were to graph the response it would look like a shelf or at least more like a shelf than say a hiking boot The EQ controls on your stereo are usually shelving equali...

Page 199: ...io circuitry is less expensive to build but under certain circum stances is more susceptible to noise pickup unity gain A circuit or system that has its voltage gain adjusted to be one or unity A signal will leave a unity gain circuit at the same level at which it entered In Mackie mixers unity gain is achieved by setting all variable controls to the marked U setting Mackie mixers are optimized fo...

Page 200: ...gital 8 Bus uses We ll use a sine wave in our examples which represents a perfect tone at a single frequency see Figure B 1 TheBinaryNumberSystem You probably know that in the digital world the language spoken consists of ones and zeros This is the binary number system We re used to using the decimal system which is base 10 With the decimal system we have ten different symbols to represent numbers...

Page 201: ...er cycle In fact there is a rule called the Nyquist Theorem which states that in order to accurately represent a sig nal there must be at least two samples per cycle So when using a 44 1kHz sampling rate the highest frequency that can be accurately rep resented is 22 05kHz Attempting to convert anything higher than half the sampling frequency results in a phe nomenon called aliasing Aliasing occur...

Page 202: ...ange The 24 bit converters in the Digital 8 Bus provide a theoretical 144 dB of dynamic range To put this in perspective the noise level of a jet engine is around 140 dB at close range while the background noise in a quiet recording studio might be 20 dB for a total dynamic range of 120 dB Dither As a signal gets softer it is repre sented by progressively fewer bits until it reaches a point where ...

Page 203: ... were from Sony and Philips so S PDIF is very similar to AES3 The main dif ference is that it uses unbalanced cables with RCA connectors for transmitting data Like AES3 two channels are multiplexed together on a single conductor and it can handle up to 24 bit words ADAT Optical Alesis introduced the ADAT modular digital multitrack recorder MDM in 1992 capable of recording eight tracks of digital a...

Page 204: ...es place markers to identify the location of each in dividual pulse within the program This allows the machines in the system to sync to each other even if they don t start at the same time or the same place in the program In this case the slaves in the system chase to the location indi cated by the master and then lock to it SMPTE is an example of timepiece synchronization SMPTE SMPTE time code p...

Page 205: ...pro nounced Vit see is used exclusively for video editing The SMPTE information is recorded within the video picture during the vertical blanking interval VITC offers some advantages over LTC for video editing because it can be read from a still frame and provides half frame accuracy Although SMPTE is still primarily used in video production it is often used in digital audio production as the mast...

Page 206: ...se shaping techniques rely on the fact that the ear seems more sensi tive to midrange frequencies around 4kHz than to either low or high frequencies In trans ferring a 20 bit recording to the 16 bit world of compact disc for example we remove the last four bits of the 20 bit signal and feed them back into the input signal through a filter that both adds dither and changes the spectral shape Origin...

Page 207: ...D 2 D i g i t a l 8 B u s Apogee UV22 ...

Page 208: ...te in order to provide the most natural shifted sound Intelligent Harmony The Vocal Studio has musical knowledge It took lessons from some amazing musicians By using different control modes you can choose how much of this intel ligence the Vocal Studio will use when creating your harmonies By selecting the key and scale that the vocal passage is in and with IVL Vocal Studio s pitch recognition an ...

Page 209: ...In SmartChord SmartKey and Pitch Shift control modes Interval determines how much higher or lower the harmony note is than the lead note In SmartChord and Smart Key modes the intervals are intelligent that is they will sharpen or flatten automatically to make the harmonies sound musically correct For Pitch Shift the interval chosen is always in parallel with the lead regardless of the key and scal...

Page 210: ...e following table describes the individual intervals in musical and nonmusical terms Note that although the descriptions for the SmartChord and SmartKey intervals are similar SmartChord intervals follow the lead voice loosely and SmartKey intervals follow the lead voice s every pitch movement SmartChord SmartChord SmartKey SmartKey non musical musical non musical musical Step description descripti...

Page 211: ...ected the detune amounts are fixed at their settings With random se lected the detune amounts are randomly generated from 0 detune to the setting for each harmony voice Detune is very useful for two different applications 1 Harmonies Detuning each harmony voice can create natural sounding harmonies In real life nobody sings perfectly in tune so why should the IVL Vocal Studio have to 2 Doubling De...

Page 212: ...Pro 2 high amount slow rate scooping 5 Swoopy low amount very slow rate scooping Vibrato adds another level of human quality to the harmony voices The majority of singers use some amount of vibrato Basically Vibrato is like the modulation wheel on a keyboard which modulates a harmony voice s pitch by a small amount The Vibrato presets are based on the amount of modulation the rate of the modulatio...

Page 213: ...udio is triggered through MIDI Adjusting the release time will vary the slope on the trailing edge of the graph A shallow slope will fade the har mony notes out after the MIDI trigger is released Steep slopes will make instantaneous attacks and releases SmartChord SmartChord uses the intelligent harmonies of the Vocal Studio in conjunction with a MIDI key board hooked up to the D8B On the keyboard...

Page 214: ...e You can also take one or two of the effect voices and put them in octave positions for interesting effects too Reverb When any of the harmony modes are being used you can also add a reverb harmony effect However to engage the reverb harmony effect you must be in Stereo Output mode This sends your harmonies to one set of stereo returns on your D8B and your reverb to another set of stereo returns ...

Page 215: ...e note you want to force the vocal line to sound Once you have set the octave trigger the note you want using the Pitch Controller keyboard As long as you are holding triggering the note with the mouse or MIDI keyboard the vocal line will sing the corrected pitch indefi nitely Only when you release the note will the vocal line return to the original pitch An exter nal MIDI keyboard can also be use...

Page 216: ...digital audio You can purchase this cable from your Alesis dealer ConnectionsforDA 88 The connection for T DIF 1 is made with a 25 pin D Sub connector This connector provides 8 channels of bidirectional digital audio This connection requires a proprietary cable made by Tascam Part Number PW 88D AES EBUCard This card provides 8 digital inputs and 8 digital outputs in the AES EBU standard format Con...

Page 217: ...er as overtightening the screws may strip the threads on the D8B Figure F 2 DB 25 Pin out Identification for AES EBU card InstallationInstructionsforFXCards MFX This card provides two additional DSP engines for running internal effects The Digital 8 Bus is shipped with one MFX card installed in Slot A You can install up to three more MFX cards in Slots B C and D Make sure to install them in that o...

Page 218: ... O card slot you want to fill See Figure F 5 2 Holding the I O card so that the components on the green circuit board face to the left see diagram line up the card so the top and bottom edges fit into the white guide slots Do not touch any of the circuit board components or solder joints Be sure to push the card in all the way until the front of the I O card is flush with the back panel of the D8B...

Page 219: ...F 4 D i g i t a l 8 B u s Optional I O Cards ...

Page 220: ... level up 20 dB gain up 15 dB gain dn 15 dB level up 10 dB pan cntr 3 dB fat DSP digital trim compressor 4 band EQ channel fader pan 0 level up 10 dB ch aux level mix 0 0 level up 10 dB 0 22 dBu max out Aux send 0 0 level up 10 dB 0 22 dBu max out Bus 1 8 Studio Out Phones 1 2 st aux pan cntr 3 dB 0 0 level up 10 0 TRS 22 dBu max out Main L R XLR 28 dBu max out 0 22 dBu max out Control Room Max Le...

Page 221: ...DAT 8 channel format optional AES EBU S PDIF STEREO INPUT TO CONTROL ROOM SELECT TRIM PHASE HI PASS COMP EQ GATE TRIM PHASE HI PASS COMP EQ GATE TRIM PHASE HI PASS COMP EQ GATE TRIM PHASE HI PASS COMP EQ GATE TRIM PHASE HI PASS COMP EQ GATE TAPE 1 8 TAPE 9 16 TAPE 17 24 PFL SOLO SOLO L SOLO R MAIN LEFT MAIN RIGHT BUSES 1 8 AUX SEND 1 8 AUX SEND 9 AUX SEND 10 AUX SEND 11 AUX SEND 12 TAPE 1 8 TAPE 9...

Page 222: ...FT MASTER FADER PHONES SELECT TO SOLO BUS TB SELECT TB ON OFF SOLO TO MAINS SOLO LEVEL AUX SOLO 9 10 AUX 9 10 MASTER AUX SOLO 11 12 AUX 11 12 MASTER TB LEVEL FROM S PDIF IN FROM AES EBU IN 2 TRK IN BUS SOLO 8 BUS LEVEL LEVEL TO TAPE SOLO PFL CTRL RM 9 10 11 12 CTRL RM 9 10 11 12 PH 2 PH 1 PH 1 PH 2 STUDIO PH 1 LEVEL PH 2 LEVEL TAPE 1 8 TAPE 9 16 TAPE 17 24 PFL SOLO SOLO L SOLO R MAIN LEFT MAIN RIG...

Page 223: ...Right Outputs 22dBu balanced 1 4 TRS 28dBu balanced XLR Bus Tape out 22dBu balanced 1 4 TRS Aux send 22dBu balanced 1 4 TRS Inserts 22dBu unbalanced 1 4 TRS Output gain ranges Aux Send Off to 10 dB Bus Off to 10dB Master L R Fader 100 dB to 10 dB Solo 100 dB to 10 dB Talkback fixed at 60 dB gain on panel mic Dim 20 dB attenuation on control room outputs Speaker Mains Near Field 100 to 0 dB Studio ...

Page 224: ...ium compatible CPU Storage via floppy drive internal hard drive or 10 base T Ethernet network I O Connections Mouse 6 pin mini DIN PS 2 style Keyboard 5 pin DIN IBM compatible Video High Density 15 pin D Sub SVGA output 1024x768 pixel resolution 72Hz minimum refresh rate MIDI 9 pin D Sub MIDI IN MIDI OUT Supplied adapter converts 9 pin D Sub to two 5 pin MIDI connectors Ethernet 10 base T Power Re...

Page 225: ... u s Technical Info 37 6 955mm 8 7 221mm 27 1 688mm D8B CONSOLE SHIPPING WEIGHT 73 lbs 33 1 kg D8B CPU SHIPPING WEIGHT 50 lbs 22 7 kg 19 00 48 3cm CPU 17 25 43 8cm 5 25 13 3cm 3U 20 50 8cm Digital8 BusandRemoteCPUDimensions ...

Page 226: ...are is currently shipping If you determine that the operating system OS version on your console requires updating you can download a new version from our web site or request that a floppy disk update be mailed to you Note Always back up any crucial data such as Sessions Patches etc before upgrading the console See Saving Sessions to Floppy Disk in Chapter 5 for information about backing up files U...

Page 227: ...H 2 D i g i t a l 8 B u s Upgrading ...

Page 228: ...ine View ch 25 48 Tape F10 Tape View ch 49 64 Effects Effects View Master fader Mute Master Time Code Counter set time s enter tab s enter click on counter s enter Sort by column title in window tab highlight column enter click on title in window New Open Save Snap Locate any listing window Forthefollowingwindowviews ctrl thenumber willbothopenandclosethesewindows Feature Surface Keyboard Mouse cl...

Page 229: ...E or shift W disable Solo toggle Solo S enable Solo D or shift S disable Mute toggle Mute M enable Mute or shift M disable All Mutes toggle T Mute button TRANSPORTFUNCTIONS Feature Surface Keyboard Mouse click or pull down Play Stop Play Stop space bar Play Stop Play Play F8 Play Stop Stop Stop F7 Play Stop Record mode Record F9 Record Location 00 99 in locate mode 00 99 numeric entry followed by ...

Page 230: ... w n e r s M a n u a l Screen Shots Appendix J ScreenShots Here are some of the panels and dialog boxes you will be using on screen Startup Screen EQ Control Panel Gate Control Panel Compressor Control Panel ...

Page 231: ...J 2 D i g i t a l 8 B u s Screen Shots General Setup Digital Setup Plug Ins Setup Aux Surround Setup MIDI Setup Mix Editor Snapshot Window Locator Window ...

Page 232: ...J 3 O w n e r s M a n u a l Screen Shots Surround Sound Matrix Mackie FX Control Panel IVL Vocal Studio Control Panel ...

Page 233: ...J 4 D i g i t a l 8 B u s Screen Shots Disk Manager File Menu Channel Menu Automation Menu Edit Menu Windows Menu ...

Page 234: ...lAudio by John Watkinson TheAudioDictionary byGlennWhite HandbookforSoundEngineers byGlenBallou MackieMixerBook by Rudy Trubitt ModernRecor dingTechniques byHuber Runstein PracticalRecor dingTechniques byBruce Jenny Bartlett PrinciplesofDigitalAudio byKenC Pohlmann RandomAccessAudio by David Miles Huber SoundReinforcementHandbook byGary Davis SoundSystemEngineering Davis Davis Tech Terms by Peters...

Page 235: ...K 2 D i g i t a l 8 B u s ...

Page 236: ...00 100AV using Microsoft Word 6 0 Typesetting was performed on the same Power Macintosh using Adobe PageMaker 6 5 Steve and Gooch worked on inferior Mac clones souped up beyond belief with so many accelerator cards and RAM upgrades that they lost count sometime back in the late 70s Console graphics and illustrations were created using Adobe Illustrator 7 0 Screen shots were created by tracing them...

Page 237: ...D i g i t a l 8 B u s ...

Page 238: ... 20dB 40dB LINE TRIM MIC 0 60 20dB 40dB LINE TRIM MIC 0 60 20dB 40dB LINE TRIM MIC 0 60 20dB 40dB LINE TRIM MIC 0 60 20dB 40dB LINE TRIM MIC 20dB 40dB LINE 0 60 MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM 23 24 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 13 14 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Session Date Digital 8 ...

Page 239: ...D i g i t a l 8 B u s ...

Page 240: ...umber System B 1 Bit A 1 Blank Time Inserting 7 18 Block Diagrams G 2 G 3 Books Recommended Appendix K Bouncing Down Tracks 6 19 Bus A 1 Assigning Channels to Bus Outputs 6 9 Assigning to the L R bus 6 66 Assigning to Bus 1 8 6 67 Buses Aux 4 4 Bus Out 1 8 Surround Out 2 13 4 2 Routing Channels to Tape Outputs and Buses 6 8 Bypass 7 1 C Card Cage Section 2 12 Cards Installation Appendix F Center F...

Page 241: ...2 Editing Gate Settings 6 51 Editor the Mix Editor 7 15 Edit Menu 7 14 Mackie Real Time OS Automation Event Insight 7 14 To enter time values in the From To boxes 7 14 To select multiple events in the Event List 7 14 Using The Mix Editor 7 15 Effects Adding Effects 6 71 Adjusting the Effects Settings 6 56 Editing Effects Settings 6 60 Copying Effects Settings 6 61 Cutting Effects Settings 6 60 Pas...

Page 242: ...H I O 2 14 Tape In Outs 2 12 Input Sensitivity Adjustment Procedure for Ch 25 48 6 23 Inserts Channel 4 3 Intensity Display Setting 3 9 Internal Effects Selecting 6 55 Internal Effects A 3 IVL Vocal Studio Appendix E Editing E 3 Harmony Control Mode E 5 Interface E 1 Pitch Corrector Mode E 7 Operation E 3 J Jitter B 4 JOG SHUTTLE Button 2 11 K Keyboard 1 3 4 7 Keyboard Port 2 16 Keyboard Shortcuts...

Page 243: ...8 6 64 Number Buttons 0 9 2 10 Number System Binary B 1 Nyquist Sampling Theorem A 4 Noise Hum Troubleshooting 9 2 O Off Turning the Effects On and Off 6 57 Fader Motors Off 7 4 ON Button 2 6 Output Adding Effects to the Main Outputs 6 73 Adjusting for Nominal Output Levels 6 8 6 64 ALT I O 2 13 Analog XLR Outputs 2 14 Analog TRS Outputs 2 14 Analog Connections 1 24 Tape Outs 4 2 Apogee Digital I ...

Page 244: ...reen Shots Appendix J Sections Automation Section 2 9 Bus Assignment Section 2 8 Card Cage Section 2 12 Clipboard Section 2 8 Control Room Section 2 7 Fat Channel Section 2 5 Master Fader Bank Select Section 2 3 Master Input Output Section 2 13 Master L R Section 2 8 Master Section Description 2 3 Phones Cue Mix Section 2 7 Session Setup Section 2 9 Shortcuts Section 2 8 Studio Solo Section 2 6 Tr...

Page 245: ...o Touch Button 2 9 Troubleshooting 9 1 TRS Plug 4 1 A 5 TS Plug 4 1 A 6 Types Included 7 14 U Unbalanced twisted and warped A 6 Undo 5 19 UNDO Button 2 8 Undo Edit 7 12 Unity gain A 6 Upgrading the Operating System Appendix H UV22 Apogee UV22 Appendix D Selecting UV22 on the Outputs 6 27 Using Apogee UV22 6 26 V Version Determining the Operating System 3 10 Video Quick Start 1 4 Virtual Grouping U...

Page 246: ...r and so must be on before the slaves are powered up Automation Recall The FX window level input master as far as automation recall is concerned is part of the con sole i e it is part of the Aux master not part of the patch module settings This is not a recallable wet dry mix control This level indicator doesn t get updated when a patch is recalled nor does the on off state of the module and is ac...

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