Mackie D8B 3.0, Owner'S Manual

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D8B Manual • Chapter 3 • page 81
Additional Fat Channel Controls
Channel Select
• Use the arrows on either side of the channel number
(or the arrow keys on the keyboard) to scroll up or
down through the D8B channels.
• Click in the “Chan. Select” window for a pull-down
of all the channels.
Channel Name
• This displays the channel name.
• Double-click on the name to highlight it, then type
in the new channel name (up to 16 characters).
Press Enter or click elsewhere to complete the
operation.
Assignment
• Assign the channel to the main L/R bus or any of
the 8 bus outputs.
Route to Tape
• Highlight the desired numbers to send the channel
to one or many tape outputs.
• This is the most visual way to tell if a channel is
routed to several tape outputs.
Phase
• Highlight PHASE to invert the channel polarity by
180 degrees.
Aux Sends
• Use the on-screen knobs to adjust any of the aux
send levels.
• Press Control while clicking the Aux knob to set
Aux send level to unity gain.
• Click in the window directly below the Aux send
knob to toggle the individual Aux Pre/Post status.
• A yellow block beneath the Aux send level control
indicates a Pre-Fader status for the Aux send.
Digital Trim
• Use the on-screen knob to adjust the channel
digital trim.
• Press Control while clicking the knob to set the
Digital Trim to unity gain.
Write
• Highlight this button to put the selected channel
into automation Write Ready mode.
• This cannot be activated when the console is in
automation BYPASS mode.
Pan
• Pan channel in the L/R spectrum.
• Hold Control and click on the PAN button to snap
to center position.
Solo
• Highlight SOLO to solo the channel.
• Press “S” on the keyboard to solo the selected
channel(s).
• Press “D” on the keyboard to release the SOLO
status on the selected channels.
Mute
• Highlight MUTE to mute the channel.
• Press “M” on the keyboard to mute the selected
channels.
• Press the comma key on the keyboard to release
the mutes on the selected channels.
Fader
• Use the on-screen fader to adjust the selected
channel level.
• Press Control while clicking anywhere in the fader
throw area to snap the fader to unity gain.
Pre-DSP Insert
• Click and hold in this window to insert a channel,
aux, bus, return or plug-in into the signal path
before the DSP.
• This insert is at the beginning of the signal path,
just after the A/D converter and before Digital
Trim, EQ, Dynamics or other processing.
Post-DSP Insert
• Click and hold in this window to insert a plug-in
into the signal path post EQ, Dynamics, and other
processing.
Key Input
• Use another channel’s audio to trigger the
dynamic processor of the selected channel.
• Click and hold in the Key Input window to select
the key input source.