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

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D8B Manual • Chapter 2 • page 32
CHANNEL Select Display
• Just to the right of the L-R Meters.
• Numeric readout indicates the selected channel
—the currently editable channel in the VFD.
CHANNEL
OL
LEFT RIGHT
2
50
4
7
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Fat Channel Section
The onboard Fat Channel provides access to all
those really cool dynamics and EQ functions. It
also provides for configuring Setup parameters,
loading, and saving patch information.
The on-screen Fat Channel is an amazing
interface that provides the look and feel of a
vintage tool as well as precision control and
recall.
Fat Channel Display
• VFD Vacuum Fluorescent Display.
• Provides a text interface to console operation.
Nearly all static functions and controls are
accessible.
V-Pots and SELECT buttons
• Four Select buttons and V-Pots used to select
and adjust options that show up in the Fat
Channel VFD.
• Pressing Select above a Fat Channel V-Pot
lets the user adjust or scroll through the
pertinent options.
• V-Pots rotate 360˚ and display the relative
adjustment positions as provided by eleven
discrete LEDs.
PREVIOUS and NEXT arrows
• Pages the VFD to more parameters whenever
more than four adjustments can be made.
• The PREVIOUS button scrolls the VFD to
the left.
• The NEXT button scrolls the VFD to the right.
• An arrow on the left-hand side of the VFD,
pointing left, indicates a previous page is
available.
• An arrow on the right-hand side of the VFD,
pointing right, indicates the next page is
available.
ON
LOW PREVIOUS
SELECT
LOW MID HI MID
EQ COMPRESSOR GATE PLUG-INS LOAD PATCH SAVE PATCH
SETUP MEMORY A MEMORY B
HI NEXT
SELECT SELECT SELECT HELP
SUPER CD ENCODING
The Fat Channel
56 INPUT / 72 CHANNEL DIGITAL MIXER
D8B
GAIN
-1.0 dB
GAIN
+2.2 dB
GAIN
0.0 dB
GAIN
+3.1 dB