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

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D8B Manual • Chapter 2 • page 36
Master L–R/Shortcuts Section
SELECT CONTROL
WRITE ALT
MASTER L/R SHORTCUTS
SELECT button
Selects the Master Fader and Aux Master for
edit operations.
WRITE button
Displays automation status and engages the
Master Fader and Aux Master to record automation
events—dependent on the automation mode.
CONTROL button
Used in combination with other buttons as a modifier
key. See Shortcuts (Appendix D) for a list of applications.
ALT button
Used in combination with other buttons as a modifier
key. See Shortcuts (Appendix D) for a list of applications.
Bus Assignment Section
This is a quick and easy way to assign, or tell what’s
been assigned to, Bus 1–8 or the Master L-R bus.
BUS 1 BUS 2
BUS 3 BUS 4
BUS 5
BUS 7
BUS 6
BUS 8
L-R ROUTE TO
TAPE
ASSIGNMENT
ASSIGN ASSIGN
ASSIGN ASSIGN
ASSIGN ASSIGN
ASSIGN ASSIGN
ASSIGN ASSIGN
BUS 1–8 buttons
• Only one bus may be selected in the assignment
section at a time.
• Bus assigns are used along with the individual
channel Assign buttons.
• Press any Bus 1–8 button. Any channel that’s
assigned to the selected bus will have its Assign
button lit on the individual channel strip (on
the currently selected bank).
• Pressing the channel Assign button so the
light stays on will assign that channel to the
selected bus. Pressing Assign so the light
goes off removes the assignment.
L-R button
• When L-R is selected, the individual channels
can be assigned or removed from the Master
L-R bus.
• Mic, Line, FX, and Returns (Channels 1–72) can
all be assigned in this way to the L-R Master bus.
ROUTE TO TAPE button
• Assigns a selected channel to any or all of the
24 tape outputs.
• Any of the 48 channels, as well as any internal
FX returns, Alt I/O return, or Bus 1–8 can be
assigned to one or more, or all (24) Tape Outputs.
• When ROUTE TO TAPE is selected, press the
SELECT button on the channel you want to
route to tape, then press ASSIGN on the channel
strip that corresponds to the desired Tape Output.
• No two channels can be assigned to the same
tape output (you can assign two or more chan-
nels to a bus, and route the bus to tape). As
soon as a channel is assigned to a previously
assigned output, it takes over the output, thus
removing the previous assignment.
Note: Great care should be taken whenever a channel
is assigned to its own tape track. Beware the dreaded
feedback loop. Ouch!
Automation Section
What Is Automation All About?
Even if you’ve never worked with an automation
system, you’ll find the controls in the Mackie Real
Time OS intuitive and powerful. Spend a little time
grasping the concepts, then start mixing.
If you’ve worked with other automation
systems you’ll find the Mackie OS incredibly quick
and easy to master. A complete digital system
that’s been designed well is amazingly powerful
and easy to use. Have fun!
BYPASS FADERS MUTES AUTO TOUCH
FADER MOTORS
OFF
PAN ALL TRIM LEVELS
AUTOMATION
BYPASS button
• Bypasses the playback of all currently written
automation moves.