Mackie DL Series Reference Guide

Mackie DL806 and DL1608 Reference Guide
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Modern Output Compressor / Limiter Swipe Zone
Here in the output compressor / limiter view, swipe anywhere in the gray areas outlined below.
Swiping up or down displays the graphic EQ view. Swiping left and right does nothing.
Seepage87fortheSwipeZoneoftheVintageOutputCompressor/Limiterview.
Modern Output Compressor / Limiter Display and Settings
The output compressor for each selected output may be adjusted by moving the gain, threshold and ratio
ballsormovinganyoftheveslidersleftandright.Additionally,exactsettingsmaybeenteredintothe
current parameter display. The output compressor may be adjusted whether the output compressor is on
or o. There is no output compressor for the reverb and delay outputs.
Threshold — Threshold sets the threshold of the compressor in dB below 0 dBFS.
The range of the threshold setting varies from –60 dBFS to 0 dBFS.
Ratio — Ratio sets the amount of gain reduction applied as the signal exceeds the threshold level.
The range of the ratio of the compressor varies from 1:1 to inf:1.
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. The range of the attack time varies from 0.1 ms to 300 ms.
Release — Release determines how long it takes for the compressor to end gain reduction once the
signal drops back below the threshold. The range of the release speed varies from 50 ms to 3 seconds.
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.
Soft Knee / Hard Knee Compression
This switch sets the shape of the gain reduction curve at the threshold level. When set to hard, the gain
reduction curve changes abruptly at the threshold level. When set to soft, the gain reduction curve changes
gently as it transitions to the nal ratio amount.
Modern Output Compressor / Limiter Meters
These three meters show the input level, amount of gain reduction and output level. The input
and output meters range from –80 dBFS to 0 dBFS. The reduction meter ranges from 0 to 20 dB.
Mono metering is displayed for inputs and outputs on unlinked auxes and stereo metering is
displayed for inputs and outputs on linked auxes.

Mackie DL Series Specifications

General

Brand	Mackie
Model	DL Series
Category	Music Mixer
Language	English