Mackie DL1608 Reference Guide V1.2
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Solo
Solo off ers the opportunity to audition channel(s) before they are added to the mix. Whenever a
channel’s solo button is engaged, only the soloed channel(s) may be heard in the headphones.
Solo buttons illuminate orange when engaged and are gray when disengaged.
Input channel solo buttons are PFL which stands for pre-fader listen. Therefore, the level of the channel
fader does not aff ect the level heard in the headphones.
Solo is also post-EQ, so if a soloed channel’s EQ is engaged, the EQ settings will be heard. But, solo is
unaff ected by the position of the mute button.
If no channels are soloed, you will hear the LR signal through the headphones.
Channel ID Button
Each channel ID button name and image is user-editable.
Simply tap the button at the very bottom of the channel
strip to reveal a popover that allows editing of the name
and image.
Let’s start with the name. Tap in the name box to bring up the blinking cursor and keyboard (as seen in the
image below). Simply type in the name you want for that channel followed by a carriage return. Note the
text change between the channel 1 button shown above [“Ch 1”] versus the one as shown below [“Kick”].
For familiarity, this is the same keyboard that is used for messaging or emailing from the iPad.
It goes without saying that tapping “Default Name” changes that channel’s name back to its default name.
True story.
