QUICK-START GUIDE
dXb.200
Page 1: ...QUICK START GUIDE dXb 200...
Page 2: ...tions 4 I OCards 4 1 MIC LINE4CARD 4 2 MIC LINE8CARD 4 3 LINECARD 4 4 DIGITALCARD 4 5 AES EBUCARD 5 6 FIREWIRECARD 5 7 MIXOUTCard 5 8 SYNCCARD 6 OtherConnections 6 9 FOOTSWITCH1and2 6 10 SERIAL9PIN 6...
Page 3: ...future reference i e insurance claims tech support return authorization etc Purchased at Date of purchase Thank you for choosing a Mackie dXb for your next generation digital recording console The dXb...
Page 4: ...am of these connectors 4 DIGITAL CARD This card provides eight channels of digital I O in two formats TDIF on a DB25 connector and ADAT optical on four TOSLINK connectors Once you ve unpacked your new...
Page 5: ...fast method so eight channels of digital I O are sup ported up to 192 kHz At sampling rates up to 48 kHz two channels of digital audio are transmitted on a single wire one 3 pin XLR at normal speed as...
Page 6: ...dXb to be the master clock for your digital audio system Time code is also provided through MIDI time code MTC SMPTE time code is more commonly used in motion picture and broadcast applications Other...
Page 7: ...hen the POWER switch is turned ON power is supplied to the dXb and it boots up When turning off the dXb you should select Shutdown from the File menu At the end of the shutdown procedure the touchscre...
Page 8: ...IDI IN OUT connectors AboutV PotControls Just below the touchscreens are a row of rotary con trols called V Pots which is short for virtual potenti ometer Again unlike an analog console where a rotary...
Page 9: ...f the dXb Here s what you ll need 1 stereo power amplifier 1 pair of monitor speakers you can substi tute a pair of powered monitors for the power amplifier monitor speaker combo or a set of stereo he...
Page 10: ...e Banks section of the console Set the Mix L and Mix R faders to unity U These two faders are stereo linked by default 13 Set channel 1 fader to unity U 14 Set the Master fader to unity U 15 Turn on t...
Page 11: ...ecting the effect s output for the input of an unused channel To write some basic automation 22 In the AUTOMATION MODES section of the console select FADER and MUTE Turn off the BYPASS button 23 Selec...
Page 12: ...tion In this case you might have three MIC LINE 4 CARDS installed in slots 1 3 A SLOTS for 24 analog inputs and three DIGITAL CARDS installed in slots 4 6 B SLOTS for 24 digital outputs By assigning t...
Page 13: ...r via ADAT optical connections and Fader Bank 1 and 24 input tracks via ADAT optical connections and Fader Bank 2 from the hard disk recorder for mixdown The MIDI IN OUTs provide MMC MIDI Machine Cont...
Page 14: ...e Control to the hard disk recorder and MTC MIDI Time Code to the dXb A LINE card provides up to eight line level sends for monitoring the mixdown in either stereo L R Mix or surround sound You can us...
Page 15: ...nd 12 Line inputs Three AES cards provide 24 output tracks to the DAW s audio interface via 25 pin AES EBU connections The SMPTE IN OUTs on the SYNC card provide time code for the DAW Two MIDI interfa...
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