Mackie Digital 8Bus D8B v5.1 User Manual

Fader 17-24

Fader 1-8

N

Move corresponding PT channel Fader 

Channel V-Pot 

17-24

Channel V-Pot 1-8

N

Move corresponding PT channel Pan or Send Level 

Mute 17-24

Mute 1-8

N

Mute corresponding PT channel

Solo 17-24

Solo 1-8

N

Solo corresponding PT channel

Select 17-24

Select 1-8

N

Select corresponding PT channel

Record Ready 

17-24

Record Ready 1-8

N

Record Arm corresponding PT channel 

Assign 17-24

VSel 1-8

N

Toggle Pre/Post of corresponding PT channel Send for selected Send A-E. If Level To Tape (HUI Aux Mute) is lit, 
then it will toggle the mute status of the corresponding PT channel send for the selected Send A-E.

Alt+Assign 17-

24

Insert 1-8

N

Select corresponding PT channel for Insert Editing in VFD

Write 17-24

Auto 1-8

N

Use in conjunction with Auto Mode values to set automation mode for corresponding PT channel

1

Level to Tape

 Aux Mute

N

When lit, assign (V-Sel) toggles the mute status of the selected Send. When not lit, V-Sel will toggle the selected Send Pre/Post. 

2

Digital Trim

 Shift (flip)

N

Puts HUI layer into shift Mode. Faders now adjust selected Aux Level, V-Pots adjust Aux Pan if available. 

3

Aux 1

 Send A

N

Enables control of PT Send A by HUI layer V-Pots

4

Aux 2

 Send B

N

Enables control of PT Send B by HUI layer V-Pots

5

Aux 3

 Send C

N

Enables control of PT Send C by HUI layer V-Pots

6

Aux 4

 Send D

N

Enables control of PT Send D by HUI layer V-Pots

7

Aux 5

 Send E

N

Enables control of PT Send E by HUI layer V-Pots

8

Aux 7

 Rec Ready All

N

Enables all Rec Ready buttons in PT mixer

9

Aux 9-10

 Bank Left

N

Shifts HUI layer to left by 8 to view previous 8 faders

10

Aux 11-12

 Bank Right

N

Shifts HUI layer to right by 8 to view next 8 faders

11

Aux 9-10 Pan

 Channel Left

N

Shifts HUI layer to left by 1 to view previous fader

12

Aux 11-12 Pan

 Channel Right

N

Shifts HUI layer to right by 1 to view next fader

13

Pan

 Pan

N

Enables control of PT Pan on HUI layer V-Pots

14

Shift

N

N/A

Shift + Masters

N/A

Y

Go to HUI Layer on 
D8B

Go to HUI layer on D8B

D8B VFD Display 

N

Displays Plug-in/Insert settings for selected Insert Channel.  There are two main views:  Plug-in Edit View and Insert Assign view.

Changes the assigned Plug-in, chooses a Plug-in Preset, or adjusts a plug-in parameter listed in bottom line of VFD.

D8B VFD V-Pots

N

Alt+Right D8B 

VFD V-Pot

Scroll

N

Scroll to next/previous page of plug-in parameters in Plug-in Edit View. Scroll to inserts 1-4/5 in Insert Assign View.

D8B VFD Select 

Buttons

N

Toggle Plug-in Parameter listed in top line of VFD in Plug-in Edit view

Previous / Next

N/A

N

Change between normal HUI VFD mode and channel HUI VFD Mode. See note below. 

15

On

Assign

N

Enters Insert Assign Mode.  When lit, turn a VFD V-Pot to change insert’s assigned Plug-in. 
Press the corresponding VFD Select button to choose.

16

Setup

Compare

N

Toggles the Plug-In Compare button for Active Plug-in

17

Memory A

Bypass

N

Toggles the Bypass button for Active Plug-in

18

Memory B

Insert

N

Toggles between Plug-in Edit view and Insert Assign View

19

EQ

Window Transport

N

Opens/Closes PT Transport Window

20

Gate

Window ALT

N

Opens/Closes selected PT plug-in window

21

Compressor

Window Edit

N

Shows PT Edit Window

22

Plug-ins

Window Status

N

Opens/Closes PT Session Setup Window

23

Load Patch

Window Mix

N

Shows PT Mix Window

24

Save Patch

Window Mem Loc

N

Opens/Closes PT Memory Locate Window

25

Assign Bus 2

 Auto Enable Send

N

Auto Arms Send Level in PT Auto Enable Window

26

Assign Bus 3

 Auto Enable Plug-in

N

Auto Arms Plug-In in PT Auto Enable Window

27

Assign Bus 4

 Auto Enable Send 

Mute

N

Auto Arms Send Mute in PT Auto Enable Window

28

Assign Bus 5

 Auto Mode Read

N

Hold and press a channel Write (HUI Auto) button to put the PT channel into Auto Read Mode

29

Assign Bus 7

 Auto Mode Latch

N

Hold and press a channel Write (HUI Auto) button to put the PT channel into Auto Latch Mode

30

Assign Bus 8

 Auto Mode Write

N

Hold and press a channel Write (HUI Auto) button to put the PT channel into Auto Write Mode

31

Assign L-R

Shift/Add

N

Shifts to second function of some buttons. Used to select multiple values of some parameters.

32

Assign Route To 

Tape

Save

N

Press twice to save the open PT session

33

Automation 

Bypass

Auto Mode Off

N

Hold and press a channel Write (HUI Auto) button to turn off PT automation on the channel

34

Automation 

Faders

 Auto Enable Fader

N

Auto Arms Volume in PT Auto Enable Window

Last Updated: 2/07/03

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