Mackie DL Series Reference Guide

Mackie DL806 and DL1608 Reference Guide
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  Youmayhavenoticedathirdchoiceinthepopoverwhentheshowsbuttonistapped–Duplicate.
Duplicate will create an exact copy of the current show. This is useful in situations where two (or more)
shows may be quite similar, with only a few minor changes between them. For example, a band could
 havealongsetlistandshortsetlist.Aftercreatingtheshowcontainingthelongsetlist,duplicateit
 anddeletethesnapshotsfromtheshowthatwon’tbeusedwhenthebandplaysthesongsontheshort
 setlist.Anotherscenarioissettingshowsformultiplevenues.Savetherstshowbynamingitasthe
rst venue, duplicate it at the next venue, make the appropriate changes and save it by naming this as
the second venue and so on and so forth. When the band makes return visits to each of the venues,
the settings are readily available at the tap of a button! Why do the same work multiple times instead
 ofjustduplicatingtheoriginalandthentweakingthecopyasneeded?It’sbesttowaituntilsnapshots
 havebeencreatedfortheshowbeforeyouduplicate.Sowhataresnapshots...?
Snapshots
Asmentionedearlier,asnapshotisjustthat:a“photograph”ofthecurrentstateofthemixer.
 Sowhywouldyoucreatesnapshots?Foroneexample,abandcouldcreatesnapshotsforevery
song. Or snapshots could be created with and without FX. Snapshots may be created for in-between
song banter. Snapshots may be created for each scene in a musical or other theater performance.
Houses of worship may create snapshots containing key changes of each service. The possibilities
are unlimited!
The following is a list of features that may be snapshot:
 •Inputchannelsettings
 •FXchannelsettings
 •Auxchannelsettings
 •MainLRchannelsettings
 •ChannelID
The following is a list of features that may not be snapshot:
 •Solo
 •AccessLimits
 •BoardSettings
 Ok,that’swhattheyare,buthowdoyoucreatethem?
Step 4 — Creating snapshots: Creatingsnapshotsiseasy.Simplysetfaderlevels,EQ,gates/comp,etc. 
for each snapshot that you are going to want to recall at a later time.
Asuser-friendlyascreatingsnapshotsmaybewithMasterFader,ifthisisyourrsttime
creating them, it might be best to start o simple until you get the hang of it. Go ahead
and move some faders around, name some channel inputs and load up a couple of images,
as well. If feeling brave, set some EQs, gates and compressor levels, too.
  NowreturntotheShowsviewbytappingit.Atthebottomoftheshowsviewyoushouldseeasection 
 labeled“Snapshots”.Itmaybemostlybarrennow,butwillllupsoon.Thisareaiscalledthesnapshot
 list.Atthebeginningofthesnapshotlistisabuttonlabeled“0-Default”andattheendofthesnapshot
 listisabuttonlabeled“StoreSnapshot”.Tappingthe“StoreSnapshot”buttonwillstorethecurrentstate
 oftheconsole[thefaders,EQs,gatesandcompressors,etc.thatyoujustset]intoanewsnapshotand
 movethe“StoreSnapshot”buttontotheendofthesnapshotlist.Doingthisissimilartopressinga
 “Store”buttononotherconsoles.

Mackie DL Series Specifications

General

Brand	Mackie
Model	DL Series
Category	Music Mixer
Language	English