Mackie DL Series Reference Guide

Mackie DL806 and DL1608 Reference Guide
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Access Limits—ThissetofbuttonsallowsyoutolimitaccesstoavarietyofcontrolsoneachiPad. 
 Thisisusefulinmultiplesituations.Forexample,eachmemberofabandwithaniPadcanaccessand 
 changeonlythecontrolsyouchoose.Thesingerwon’tbethrilledaboutit,butweallknowthatyou’re 
the one who really runs the show! This feature works great for FOH and monitor engineers, as well.
 EachcanhavetheirowniPad,butwithouttheabilitytoaccessandruineachother’salready  
glorious settings.
 Withnoaccesslimitsbuttonspressed,theiPadcanaccessallcontrols.Withoneormorebuttons 
 pressed,thecorrespondingcontrolcannotbeaccessedorchangedfromthatiPad.Thefunction
of the limiting buttons is described below.
AccesslimitsaresetoneachiPad.Nomatterwhatmixerisconnected(orevenwhen
working oine) the limits will take eect.
 •LR,A1-A6[ontheDL1608;LR,A1-A4ontheDL806]—Pressinganyoftheoutputbuttonswill
prevent access to the corresponding output in the output selector. They will appear grayed out
and cannot be selected. These are the most common limits, preventing any unwarranted changes
to the selected outputs. If either side of a linked aux send is access limited, the stereo aux will be
grayed out in the output selector.
 •FX—LimitingtheFXpreventsaccesstoboththereverbanddelayeectsendsANDthereverb
and delay channel view screen. However, the eect returns for any unlimited output may still
be adjusted, allowing the total amount of reverb for the output to be adjusted.
 BUT,theuserwillnothavetheabilitytochangeanyoftheglobalreverbordelaycontrols.
 •InputDSP—Whenengaged,theuserwillnotbeabletoaccesstheinputchannelviewsforEQ, 
gate and compressor. If the FX limit is also engaged, they will not be able to access the input
channel view at all and the EQ curve at the top of each channel will be grayed out.
 •OutputDSP—Whenengaged,theuserwillnotbeabletoaccesstheoutputchannelviewsfor 
 graphicEQandcompressor/limiter.Additionally,thegraphicEQcurveatthetopofthemaster
fader will be grayed out.
 •Mute/Solo/ChannelID—Thesebuttonswilllimitaccesstothecorrespondingchannelcontrols 
and gray them out.
 •Presets/Shows—Thesebuttonswilllimitaccesstothepresetand/orshowscreensandgrayout
the corresponding button.

Mackie DL Series Specifications

General

Brand	Mackie
Model	DL Series
Category	Music Mixer
Language	English