Automation Section; Bus Assignment Section; Session Setup Section; Transport Section - Mackie 56-input, 72 channel, fully automated digital audio mixing console Quick Start Manual

Mackies 56-input, 72 channel, fully automated digital audio mixing console

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copy, or paste operation. There is only one level

of Undo. Pressing UNDO a second time re-

stores the original cut, copy, or paste operation

(you can undo an undo!).

Master Fader/Shortcuts Section

MASTER L/R

SHORTCUTS

SELECT

WRITE

These buttons are used to select the Master

Fader and to put it into write mode for auto-

mation. The Shortcuts buttons act as modifier

keys, used in combination with other buttons

to perform certain operations quickly. The

CONTROL and ALT buttons are equivalent to

the Ctrl and Alt keys on a computer keyboard.

Bus Assignment Section

ASSIGNMENT

ASSIGN

BUS 1

ASSIGN

BUS 3

ASSIGN

BUS 5

ASSIGN

BUS 7

ASSIGN

L-R

Use this section to assign channels to any of

ten different buses (Bus 1–8 and L-R Main),

and also to the direct TAPE OUTs. When a Bus

1–8 button is selected, press a channel's AS-

SIGN button to route the channel's post-fader

signal to the selected bus. Since the ASSIGN

button lights, you can quickly see what chan-

nels have been assigned to the bus.

When the MASTER L-R button is selected,

press the channel ASSIGN buttons to route the

channels' post-fader signal to the L-R bus. The

Effects Returns and the Bus 1–8 Surround

Masters can also be assigned to the L-R bus.

Since the ASSIGN button lights, you can

quickly see what channels have been assigned

to the L-R bus.

The ROUTE TO TAPE button activates the

Digital 8•Bus' built-in patch bay. Use it to as-

sign a selected channel to one of the 24 Tape

Outputs. The Effects Returns and the Bus 1–8

Surround Masters can also be assigned to the

Tape Outputs. When ROUTE TO TAPE is se-

lected, press the SELECT button on the

channel you want to assign, then press the AS-

SIGN button for the tape out you want to

assign the selected channel to.

CONTROL

ALT

The BYPASS button turns automation playback

on and off.

gages the fader motors and prevents any

automated fader motion during automation

playback. This does not affect fader level

changes that have been recorded into automa-

tion. The level changes still play back, only the

faders don't move.The FADERS, MUTES, PAN,

and ALL buttons determine what is recorded to

automation, and the AUTO TOUCH and TRIM

LEVELS buttons determine how moves are re-

corded to automation.

ASSIGN

BUS 2

ASSIGN

BUS 4

ASSIGN

BUS 6

ASSIGN

BUS 8

ASSIGN

ROUTE TO

TAPE

tenance and for setting up system functions

such as Virtual Groups, Digital I/O, meter as-

signment, and MIDI parameters. For more

information, see "General Setup" in Chapter 3 of

the Digital 8•Bus Owner's Manual.

corder transports, time display, snapshots,

locates, and loops.

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