Mackie DL Series Reference Guide

Mackie DL806 and DL1608 Reference Guide
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Vintage Gate Settings
Eachchannel’sthresholdandholdlevelsmaybechangedbydraggingup[increaseslevel]anddown
[decreaseslevel]overtheirrespectiveknobsuntilthedesiredlevelhasbeenachieved.Totheright
are two horizontal rows of buttons for the attack and release. Simply tap the button you desire for
the attack and release time. The current selection will illuminate green. The threshold and hold settings
(but not the attack and release settings) may also be manually entered via the current parameter display.
Therangeisxed.Thegatemaybeadjustedwhetheritisonoro.TheiPadchannelonlyhasacompressor,
not a gate.
Threshold — Threshold determines the level at which the gate acts on the incoming signal.
The range of the threshold setting varies from –80 dBFS to 0 dBFS.
Hold — Hold sets a xed time that the gate remains open once the signal drops below the threshold
setting. During the hold time, the gain is held constant, whereas during the release time, the gain
is falling at the release rate. The range of the hold time varies from 0 seconds to 5 seconds.
Attack —Attackdetermineshowquicklythegateopensoncethesignalisabovethreshold.
Short attack times allow triggering on short transients, while longer attack times cause these
 transientstobeignored.Choosebetweenafast,mediumorslowattacktime.
Release — Release determines how long it takes for the gain to fall to the setting of the range
 controloncethesignalfallsbelowthresholdandtheholdtimeelapses.Choosebetweenafast,
medium or slow release time.
Vintage Compressor Settings
Eachchannel’sthresholdandgainlevelsmaybechangedbydraggingup[increaseslevel]anddown
[decreaseslevel]overtheirrespectiveknobsuntilthedesiredlevelhasbeenachieved.Totheright
are three horizontal rows of buttons for the attack, release and ratio. Simply tap the button you desire
for the attack, release and ratio. The current selection will illuminate green. The threshold and gain
settings (but not the attack, release and ratio settings) may also be manually entered via the current
parameterdisplay.Thecompressormaybeadjustedwhetheritisonoro.TheiPadchannelonlyhas
a compressor, not a gate.
Threshold — Threshold sets the threshold of the compressor in dB below 0 dBFS.
The range of the threshold setting varies from –80 dBFS to 0 dBFS.
Gain — Gain adds make-up gain to the output of the compressor. This is useful to make the
apparent volume of the signal the same with the compressor in and out of the signal chain.
The range of the make-up gain varies from 0 dB to 20 dB.
Attack — Attackdetermineshowquicklythecompressorreactsoncethesignalisabovethreshold.
Short attack times allow compressing on short transients, while longer attack times cause these
 transientstobeignored.Choosebetweenafast,mediumorslowattacktime.
Release — Release determines how long it takes for the compressor to end gain reduction once
 thesignaldropsbackbelowthethreshold.Choosebetweenafast,mediumorslowreleasetime.
Ratio — Ratio sets the amount of gain reduction applied as the signal exceeds the threshold level.
 Choosebetween2:1,4:1,8:1,12:1and20:1.

Mackie DL Series Specifications

General

Brand	Mackie
Model	DL Series
Category	Music Mixer
Language	English