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Digital 8•Bus Description

quickly see what channels have been assigned

to it. Press the ASSIGN button again to

unassign the channel from the L-R bus.

ROUTE TO TAPE button

This is the Digital 8•Bus’s built-in patchbay.

Use it to assign a selected channel to one of the

24 tape outputs. Any of the 48 channels, as well

as any internal FX return, ALT I/O RETurn, or

BUS 1–8, can be assigned to a Tape Out (with

the exception that a Tape In channel can’t be as-

signed to its own Tape Out).

When ROUTE TO TAPE is selected, press

the SELECT button on the source channel you

want to route to a tape output, then press the

ASSIGN button on the channel corresponding

to the Tape Output you want to use.

Note: The 24 tape outputs are always assign-

able across any selected fader bank.

Automation Section

Use this section to create automated mixes.

BYPASS

FADERS

MUTES

AUTO TOUCH

FADER MOTORS

OFF

PAN

ALL

TRIM LEVELS

AUTOMATION

BYPASS button

Turns on and off all automation when the

tape rolls. You must turn this button off before

any automation can be recorded or played back.

FADER MOTORS OFF button

Disengages fader motors and prevents any

automated fader motion during automation play-

back. This does not affect audio changes that

have been recorded during automation record

passes. All automated fader levels will play

back, but the faders won’t actually move. If

you have an SVGA monitor connected to the

Remote CPU, the faders still move on the screen.

Note: When this button is engaged, all the

faders snap to OFF.

FADERS button

Allows writing automation only of fader

moves. When FADERS is activated, all the

fader moves of write-enabled channels are writ-

ten into automation.

MUTES button

Allows writing automation of only channel

mutes. When MUTES is activated, all mute

changes on write-enabled channels are written

into automation.

PAN button

Allows writing automation only of pans. When

PAN is activated, all pan changes on write-

enabled channels are written into automation.

ALL button

Activates all automatable functions. When

ALL is activated, all write-enabled channel and

Fat Channel moves are written into automa-

tion. This includes faders, pans, mutes, digital

trims, phase reverse, aux levels, bus assign-

ments, direct tape out assignments, parametric

EQ, compressor, gate, effects, stereo and sur-

round panning, cue mix level and pan, and

snapshot events.

AUTO TOUCH button

Activates Auto Touch write mode. In this

mode of automation, all console control points

become write-enabled once they are touched

(modified from their current state). It is not

necessary to engage individual channel WRITE

buttons, as they become automatically engaged

when a channel’s parameter is changed.

Note: One of the automation buttons must be

simultaneously active (FADERS, MUTES, PAN,

or EVERYTHING) or nothing will be written to

automation.

TRIM LEVELS button

Activates Trim Level automation on all

write-enabled channels. In Trim mode, fader or

V-Pot moves are not replaced, but rather new

ones are added or subtracted from the previ-

ously recorded ones. The fader motors are

turned off on all write-enable channels.

Session Setup Section

Buttons in this section are used for file man-

agement and setting up system functions such

as Virtual Groups, Digital I/O, meter assign-

ment, and MIDI parameters.

GROUP

GENERAL PLUG INS DIGITAL I/O

SAVE

SAVE AS... NEW

LOAD

SETUP

SAVE button

Saves the currently active session to the in-

ternal hard drive. Press SAVE, then press the

SELECT button beneath “SAVE” in the Fat

Channel Display. Alternatively, to do a quick-

save, press the SAVE button twice.

Brand	Mackie
Model	Digital 8 BUS
Category	Music Mixer
Language	English

Mackie Digital 8 BUS User Manual

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