Mackie D8B 3.0, Owner'S Manual

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D8B Manual • Chapter 2 • page 28
Master Section Description
The Master Section—everything to the right of
channel strip 24—is divided into 13
subsections. They are:
•
Master Fader/Bank Select Section
• Master V-Pot Section
• V-Pot Assign Section
• Fat Channel Section
• Studio/Solo Section
• Phones/Cue Mix Section
• Control Room Section
• Clipboard Section
• Master Fader/Shortcuts Section
• Bus Assignment Section
• Automation Section
• Session Setup Section
• Transport Section
Master Fader/Bank Select
Section
This section consists of:
• The four buttons used to select the four Fader
Banks.
• The SHIFT button, which is primarily used to
select and deselect multiple channels.
• The Master L/R Fader, which controls the signal
level going to the L-R stereo bus.
All 96 channels are always active. However
only 24 are available at a time from the control
surface (up to 48 are available through the on-
screen interface). The buttons used to select the
active fader set are:
• MIC/LINE (TRACK)
• TAPE IN (MONITOR)
• EFFECTS
• MASTERS
MIC/LINE (TRACK)
• Fader Bank 1.
• Selects channels 1–24.
• Combination of Microphone
inputs 1–12 and line inputs
1–24.
TAPE IN (MONITOR)
• Fader Bank 2.
• Selects channels 25–48.
• Requires 1–3 Tape I/O
cards installed in the card
cage for input signals.
Master Section
Clipboard, Master L/R,
Shortcuts
Master Fader,
Bank Selection
Solo/Studio,
Phones 1 & 2
Automation,
Setup
V-Pot Select
Transport
Fat Channel
Master V-Pot
Bus Assignment,
Control Room