Mackie DL806 and DL1608 Reference Guide
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Modern EQ Introduction
Asmentionedpreviously,themodernEQisdesignedforclean,surgicalprocessing;it’sgreatfordialingin
anice,tightsound.Assuch,eachofthefourbandshasadjustablegainandfrequency,whilebands2and3
alsohaveadjustableQ(bandwidth).[Bands1and4alsohaveadjustableQ(bandwidth)whenin‘Bell’mode].
Bands 1 and 4 may be independently switched to shelving bands using the switches located between the
EQ graph and band sliders. The shelves have adjustable gain and frequency, which is the –3 dB point from
theshelf.Nowforadetailed(let’ssay“surgical”)lookatthemodernEQ.
Modern EQ Swipe Zone
Here in the Modern EQ view, swipe anywhere in the gray areas outlined below. Swiping up displays
thatchannel’sgateandcompressorview.Swipingdowndisplaysthatchannel’sFXview.Andswiping
left and right changes channels.