Mackie Digital 8Bus D8B v5.1 User Manual

• The blue bars with the pointers, located after Aux

levels 9 and 11, are pan controls for Auxes 9/10
and 11/12.

• Click and drag left to pan left; click and drag right

to pan right.

• Center pan position puts the pointer in the middle

of the pan bar (the default setting).

• Control-clicking sets the pan to center position.
• To copy an Aux pan across contiguous multiple

channels, Alt-Click or Right-Click on a pan position
indicator, then drag across several channels.

• Highlight the EQ button to turn equalization on.

The blue box directly below the EQ

on/off icon offers lightning-fast access
to powerful equalization.
• When EQ is on, adjustments to the

overall EQ curve can be performed
quickly without entering the Fat
Channel.

• Click on the EQ line and drag up or

down to boost or cut frequency ranges.
All four bands can be adjusted here.

• Click on any boost or cut, then drag

right to raise the selected frequency or
left to lower it.

• Right-click (or Alt-click) on any boost

or cut, then drag left to increase
bandwidth or right to decrease it.

• Double-click in the box to open the Fat

Channel for more detailed editing of
the EQ parameters.

 Right-click in the box to open an edit

menu. This menu provides options to Undo,
Redo, Open, Save, Cut, Copy, Paste, and
Reset the channel EQ status.

• Highlight the Compressor button (C) to

turn the compressor on.

• Highlight the Gate button (G) to turn

the gate on.

• Highlight Phase button (

ø

) to invert

the channel polarity 180˚.

Quick EQ

You can adjust the EQ by click-dragging directly in
the main screen EQ box. This procedure doesn’t
provide immediate pinpoint accuracy but is very
quick in the heat of battle.