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

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D8B Manual • Chapter 3 • page 57
Shortcuts: Note the “previous-click” shortcut (the
last click has a memory if it was on a “like” parameter,
and copies the previous-click setting to the next click).
Also you can click and swipe down the list to change
the column to the value that’s toggled by the click.
From the control surface (or the keyboard) press
the CONTROL button (or Ctrl key) and the channel
SELECT button simultaneously to enter or exit
(toggle) Punch-Run mode. The red bank LED (for Ch
25-48) above the SELECT button blinks to indicate
Punch-Run status.
Note: The Disabled state does not automatically
reengage itself. Remember to toggle it to Playback
status if you want automation moves to play once again.
Write —This in an individual channel write-safe
function that is independent of the global
Automation Bypass and Automation filters. There
are two modes, Enabled and Locked, where Enabled
allows automation to be written, and Locked
prohibits the overwriting of moves on the channel’s
dynamic automation track.
Toggle the Write mode by clicking on the Write
column in the specific channel’s row. From the
console, hold down an individual channel strip’s
SELECT button for 2 seconds, and then press the
SELECT button under the Write mode in the Fat
Channel Display to toggle between the enabled and
locked states.
Shortcuts: Note the “previous-click” shortcut (the
last click has a memory if it was on a “like”
parameter). You can also click and swipe down the
list to change the column to the value that’s toggled
by the click.
Isolate —This turns Solo Isolate on and off. When
Solo Isolate is on, the channel or track remains on
when another channel is soloed.
Filter —This noise-shaping filter can improve the
signal-to-noise ratio for particularly noisy analog
input sources. If you have Digital I/O cards (DIO•8,
PDI•8, OPT•8) installed in channels 26 through 48,
turn the filter off for those channels. Save the
settings in your template so they carry over from
session to session.
Open Channel…
• Static channel parameter settings can be saved
and recalled.
• The Open Channel window provides access to
previously saved channels on either a floppy disk
or the internal hard drive.
• Highlight the desired item and click Open to send
the saved channel data to the selected channel.
• Recalls all Fat Channel parameters.
Save Channel As…
• Allows static channel parameter settings to be
named and saved for instant recall at a later time.
• Descriptive naming provides for stress-free recall
of a finely-honed channel status.
• Save channel status to either a floppy disk or the
internal hard drive.
• Select New Folder to organize channels into
logical groups: band name, instrument type,
singers, drums, guitars, etc.
• Saves all Fat Channel parameters.