Mackie Digital 8Bus D8B v5.1 User Manual

The Master Section—everything to the right of
channel strip 24—is divided into 13
subsections. They are:
•

Master Fader/Bank Select Section

•

Master V-Pot Section

•

V-Pot Assign Section

•

Fat Channel Section

•

Studio/Solo Section

•

Phones/Cue Mix Section

•

Control Room Section

•

Clipboard Section

•

Master Fader/Shortcuts Section

•

Bus Assignment Section

•

Automation Section

•

Session Setup Section

•

Transport Section

This section consists of:
• The four buttons used to select the four Fader

Banks.

• The SHIFT button, which is primarily used to

select and deselect multiple channels.

• The Master L/R Fader, which controls the signal

level going to the L-R stereo bus.

All 96 channels are always active. However

only 24 are available at a time from the control
surface (up to 48 are available through the on-
screen interface). The buttons used to select the
active fader set are:
• MIC/LINE (TRACK)
• TAPE IN (MONITOR)
• EFFECTS
• MASTERS

• Fader Bank 1.

• Selects channels 1–24.

• Combination of Microphone

inputs 1–12 and line inputs
1–24.

• Fader Bank 2.

• Selects channels 25–48.

• Requires 1–3 Tape I/O

cards installed in the card
cage for input signals.

Clipboard, Master L/R, 

Shortcuts

Master Fader,

Bank Selection

Solo/Studio,

Phones 1 & 2

Automation,  

Setup

V-Pot Select

Transport

Fat Channel

Master V-Pot

Bus Assignment,

Control Room