Mackie D8B 3.0, Owner'S Manual

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D8B Manual • Chapter 3 • page 49
Signal Path Flexibility
The D8B version 3.0 software provides many
new and exciting capabilities—check out these
new flexible routing options. Selecting an insert
on-screen is exactly the same as patching from the
signal path into an external effect, then back
through a patch bay or dedicated physical insert
point. Of course, digital patching induces no
extraneous noise, crackles, or degradation—so, in
that way it’s not like a patch bay at all.
A review of the signal path is helpful at this point:
PRE Insert
• Patch nearly any channel in through this insert.
This is a great place to insert dynamic controls
since the level is constant and unaffected by EQ,
dynamics, or fader adjustments.
• Insert any plug-in.
• Source any channel, Aux Send or Return, FX Send,
Bus Out, or Digital Playback device at this point.
• This insert is a great choice for bus mastering,
with channel DSP and subsequent routing to the
Main L/R output.
POST Insert
The POST Insert accesses the signal immedi-
ately past the EQ circuit and before the channel
meter and fader. This an excellent patch point for
individual channel effects, where it’s appropriate
to send the equalized and dynamically controlled
signal to effects like reverb or delay. The POST
insert is also a good choice when inserting an EQ
in place of—or in addition to—the existing
channel EQ.
Tape/Line/Mic Input
A/D Converter
Pre-Insert
Channel Delay
Digital Trim
Phase
Compressor, Gate
(Dynamics)
Dynamics Meter
Dynamics Output Meter
EQ
Post-Insert
Channel Metering
Signal P
ath (INSERTS)
Assign Channels (Vox,
Drums, etc.) to Bus 1/2
Select Bus 1 and 2 as
Pre-Inserts for Channels 47/48
Use Channel Dynamics and
EQ for 47/48
Select a Really Cool Post-
Insert Plug-in for 47/48
Assign 47/48 to the Main L/R
Output
Using PRE-Insert for
Bus Mastering