Important Tidbits And Tittles - Mackie SR40.8 Owner's Manual

Use Sysex Messages for backup. We're going
to repeat that in case you weren't paying atten-
tion. USE SYSEX MESSAGES TO BACKUP
YOUR SNAPSHOTS AND GROUPS!!! We can't
stress the importance of this enough. If you
create a series of mute configurations for a
show or band, back it up to disk, or at least to
your computer's hard drive. This can save you
hours of work in the event that something (or
everything) accidentally gets erased from
ULTRA MUTE's memory. See page 50 for more
information on using System Exclusive Messages.

IMPORTANT Tidbits and Tittles

• When you mute a Channel or MAIN AUX
RETURN (A1-A4), the entire path is muted,
including the assignment outputs, pre- and
post-Fader AUX SENDs, and DIRECT OUT.
The INSERT SEND remains active, as do
the PFL meters and PFL SOLO outputs.
• When you mute a Subgroup, all channels
assigned to that Subgroup are muted from
that point on. All of the individual channel's
functions (i.e., DIRECT OUT, pre- and post-
Fader AUX SENDs, INSERT points, and
assignment outputs) are still active.
• When you turn the console on, ULTRA
MUTE loads Snapshot 00 into the console,
then starts up in SYSTEM BYPASS mode.
The LED above the SYSTEM BYPASS
button lights, and all of the other ULTRA
MUTE buttons are disabled. Simply press
the SYSTEM BYPASS button to enable
ULTRA MUTE. The BYPASS LED goes off
and the Numeric Display
indicating either Set 1 (if ULTRA MUTE
was last in Group mode) or Snapshot 00 (if
ULTRA MUTE was last in Snapshot mode).
• ULTRA MUTE comes from the factory
preprogrammed with Snapshot 00 as "All
Mutes Off" and Snapshot 99 as "All Mutes
On." You can reprogram these Snapshots if
you wish. Since Snapshot 00 is loaded into
the console when it is first powered up, you
0 1
GRP SNAP
Note: During power-up a number briefly ap-
pears in the numeric display. This is the
version number of the on-board ROM.
• BYPASS can be turned on at any time. It
• The MODE
• The decimal point LED not only indicates
comes alive,
• Remember, if you push an AUX SEND FLIP
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MODE
ULTRA MUTE
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may want to reprogram Snapshot 00 with
certain channels muted to neutralize the
console at startup.
disables ULTRA MUTE — turns it off, so all
automation is inactive. The MIDI and DATA
inputs are ignored in Bypass mode. (Excep-
tion: Sysex messages are still acknowledged.)
The mute configuration of the console
remains as it was when BYPASS was
engaged. Any further changes you wish to
make in the mute configuration must be
done manually or by turning BYPASS off to
reactivate ULTRA MUTE.
button toggles back and
forth between Group mode and Snapshot
mode. In Snapshot mode, both digits and
the last decimal point in the Numeric
Display light up. In Group mode, only the
left digit and decimal point are lit.
the mode of operation (i.e. Group or
Snapshot), but also indicates whether or
not the current mute state of the console
corresponds to the selected Group or
Snapshot. If the mute configuration of the
console exactly matches the configuration
of the selected Group or Snapshot, the
decimal point LED lights steadily. If the
mute configuration of the console differs in
some way, the decimal point LED blinks.
switch, its signal is routed to the corre-
sponding SUB OUT. To mute it, you need to
push the SUB MUTE switch, and to mute
the SUB signal you need to push the AUX
SEND MUTE switch. Refer to the Block
Diagram on page 56 to gain a better
understanding of the signal flow when the
FLIP switch is engaged.
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SYSTEM MUTE
STORE
BY PASS PREVIEW
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DO IT
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