Mackie Digital 8Bus D8B v5.1 User Manual

SELECT

CONTROL

WRITE

ALT

MASTER L/R

SHORTCUTS

Selects the Master Fader and Aux Master for

edit operations.

Displays automation status and engages the

Master Fader and Aux Master to record automation
events—dependent on the automation mode.

Used in combination with other buttons as a modifier

key. See Shortcuts (Appendix D) for a list of applications.

Used in combination with other buttons as a modifier

key. See Shortcuts (Appendix D) for a list of applications.

This is a quick and easy way to assign, or tell what’s
been assigned to, Bus 1–8 or the Master L-R bus.

BUS 1

BUS 2

BUS 3

BUS 4

BUS 5

BUS 7

BUS 6

BUS 8

L-R

ROUTE TO

TAPE

ASSIGNMENT

ASSIGN

ASSIGN

ASSIGN

ASSIGN

ASSIGN

ASSIGN

ASSIGN

ASSIGN

ASSIGN

ASSIGN

• Only one bus may be selected in the assignment

section at a time.

• Bus assigns are used along with the individual

channel Assign buttons.

• Press any Bus 1–8 button. Any channel that’s

assigned to the selected bus will have its Assign
button lit on the individual channel strip (on
the currently selected bank).

• Pressing the channel Assign button so the

light stays on will assign that channel to the
selected bus. Pressing Assign so the light
goes off removes the assignment.

• When L-R is selected, the individual channels

can be assigned or removed from the Master
L-R bus.

• Mic, Line, FX, and Returns (Channels 1–72) can

all be assigned in this way to the L-R Master bus.

• Assigns a selected channel to any or all of the

24 tape outputs.

• Any of the 48 channels, as well as any internal

FX returns, Alt I/O return, or Bus 1–8 can be
assigned to one or more, or all (24) Tape Outputs.

• When ROUTE TO TAPE is selected, press the

SELECT button on the channel you want to
route to tape, then press ASSIGN on the channel
strip that corresponds to the desired Tape Output.

• No two channels can be assigned to the same

tape output (you can assign two or more chan-
nels to a bus, and route the bus to tape). As
soon as a channel is assigned to a previously
assigned output, it takes over the output, thus
removing the previous assignment.

 Great care should be taken whenever a channel

is assigned to its own tape track. Beware the dreaded
feedback loop. Ouch!

Even if you’ve never worked with an automation
system, you’ll find the controls in the Mackie Real
Time OS intuitive and powerful. Spend a little time
grasping the concepts, then start mixing.

If you’ve worked with other automation

systems you’ll find the Mackie OS incredibly quick
and easy to master. A complete digital system
that’s been designed well is amazingly powerful
and easy to use. Have fun!

BYPASS

FADERS

MUTES

AUTO TOUCH

FADER MOTORS

OFF

PAN

ALL

TRIM LEVELS

AUTOMATION

• Bypasses the playback of all currently written

automation moves.