Mackie D8B 3.0, Owner'S Manual

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D8B Manual • Chapter 3 • page 61
Write Ready Mode
• This option does not function when Auto Touch is
selected.
• When Write Ready is selected, channels are
manually engaged to write automation data.
• Write Ready mode assigns the transport RECORD
button to punch the Write Ready channels into
and out of automation record.
• When the channel WRITE button is pressed, the
yellow light blinks, signifying that the channel is
ready to record automation. No automation will be
recorded until the RECORD Master is enabled in
the transport section.
Transport Sub-menu
All three of these menu items are available in
the Mix Options section of the Setup window.
Use Pre-Roll
• Sets machine location a specified amount ahead of
the locate point.
• The amount of Pre-roll is set in the Locator-MMC
section of the Setup window.
• Pre-roll is used to provide a set time period for all
synchronized device transports to lock together.
• Ideally, pre-roll is equal to the sync-lock time for
the recording system’s transports, so that
synchronized playback is a reality by the time the
devices roll past the locate position.
Record Safe
• In Record Safe, the channel RECord/ReaDY
buttons will not engage. However, automation
data can still be written.
One Button Punch
• With this option selected, record mode is activated
by pressing the RECORD button in the control
surface’s transport section. When One Button
Punch is not selected, the PLAY button must be
held down while pressing RECORD to engage
record mode.
• To punch out of record status, simply press PLAY,
STOP, REWIND or FAST FWD.
• One Button Punch affects only the punch-in
procedure.
• The punch-out procedure is the same no matter
what the status of One Button Punch (hit any
other transport button to punch out).
The Plugins Menu
Plugins (Ctrl+P)
• This command opens the Plugin Configuration
window. It is here that plug-ins are selected,
inputs are chosen to feed plug-ins, and stereo or
mono modes are selected.
• There are sixteen plug-in slots—four dedicated to
each FX card. Card one is allocated plug-in slots
1–4. Card 2 is allocated plugin slots 5–8. Card
three is allocated slots 9–12. Card four is
allocated slots 13–16.
• For each active plug-in, the SLOT number button
opens and closes the plug-in window.
• MODE toggles between STEREO and MONO
when using the UFX card. Each UFX card is
divisible into two halves. Either half can be
selected as stereo or two-channel mono. In other
words, each UFX card can be configured as two
stereo, four mono, or one stereo and two mono
plugins.
• The MODE selection is not applicable to the
MFX cards.
• MODE selection determines the plug-in options
from the UFX card.
• Select the desired plug-ins in the PLUGIN column.
The available options are dependent on the
installed plug-in card(s).
• Each of the four card slots is allocated four
possible inputs and four possible outputs. MFX
cards are automatically configured with two mono
inputs, each feeding a separate user-selected
effect. Each MFX effect has a stereo output,
automatically returning to two faders in the
control surface EFFECTS bank. UFX cards offer a
potential of four discrete inputs and outputs,
configurable into plugin-specific stereo and mono
configurations.