Mackie Digital 8Bus D8B v5.1, Owner'S Manual

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D8B Manual • Chapter 4 • page 102
Checklist for Basic
Operational Functionality
Basic system functionality depends greatly on
the accurate selection of a few key items. Work
through this checklist to verify console settings.
The previous chapters provide an explanation of
each item. This checklist simply provides a mental
road map to verify proper functionality.
❏
Control Room selection correct
❏
Monitor Speaker selection correct
Input source
❏
Mic/DI
❏
Line/Instrument
The Fat Channel
❏
EQ
❏
Compression
❏
Gate
❏
Busing/Routing
Signal Routing
❏
To L/R
❏
To Tape
❏
To Bus
Connecting Analog Multitrack(s)
❏
Install AIO•8 card(s) into one or more of the D8B
TAPE CARD slots. This provides up to 32 tracks of
I/O (including the ALT I/O card).
❏
Using the appropriate cable, connect 25-pin D-sub
TAPE OUT connector to the multitrack inputs.
❏
Using the appropriate cable, connect the multi-
track outputs to the 25-pin D-sub TAPE INPUT
connector.
❏
Make sure all connections are tightly secured.
Connecting ADAT (Lightpipe)
Multitrack(s)
❏
Install DIO•8 or OPT•8 card into one or more of
the D8B TAPE CARD slots.
❏
Using a fiber-optic lightpipe cable, connect the
D8B Optical output to the ADAT Digital input con-
nector.
❏
Using a fiber-optic lightpipe cable, connect the
ADAT Digital output connector to the D8B optical
input.
❏
If the D8B is to be the slave, the sync source
should be connected to the sync card BNC Word
Clock input.
Connecting the
Analog Multitrack
Simply connect the AIO•8 outputs to an analog
console’s inputs for up to 32 channels (8 channels
per card) of flexible and assignable audio routing,
(including the ALT I/O).
INPUTS
OUTPUTS
INPUT
OUTPUT
ANALOG I/O
Connecting ADAT Lightpipe
Using two fiber-optic lightpipe cables, simply
connect the DIO•8 digital outputs the ADAT
lightpipe inputs, and the ADAT outputs to the
DIO•8 inputs, for up to 32 tracks (8 channels per
card) of flexible and assignable digital audio
(including the ALT I/O).
APOGEE
DIGITAL I/O
SYNC
IN
OUT
TDIF
ADAT OPTICAL
IN OUT
ADAT OPTICAL
rear panel
DIO•8 Card
8-track ADAT
Fiber-optic
Lightpipe
AIO•8 Card
Analog
Multitrack