Mixer Input Channel Strips - MOTU 8M User Manual

MIXER INPUT CHANNEL STRIPS

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To access a mixer input channel strip, go
to the mixer tab (page 21), reveal the side
bar (item #3 on page 21), and then show
the input channel you want in the Mixer
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Inputs section (29).
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strip, such as EQ or the compressor, use
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the Controls section of the side bar (item
#3 in the mixer tab on page 21).
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1. Click the input channel name to
2. Provides hardware settings for the
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3. Choose the source for the input
4. Create, name, save and recall channel
5. Toggles the input between mono and
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6. High Pass Filter with cutoff frequency.
7. Each effect in the channel strip (High
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8. The Gate processor provides standard
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9. The Gate indicator turns red when the
10. The EQ section provides four bands of
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11. The High and Low EQ bands provide a
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12. The Compressor provides standard
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change it. Delete the current name to
restore the default name.
input. For example, if the input is a
mic input, you'll see settings for
preamp gain, 48V phantom power
and so on.
channel. You can also make this
setting directly on the Routing grid
(page 20).
strip presets.
a stereo pair.
Pass Filter, Gate, EQ, etc.) has an on/
off button (on the left) and a preset
menu on the right, for managing
presets that apply only to that
processing module. For example, you
can create your own EQ presets for the
EQ modules.
attack, threshold and release
controls.
gate is engaged.
parametric EQ, each with standard
Gain, Frequency, and Bandwidth
settings.
Shelf filter button for standard high
and low shelf filtering.
controls for Threshold, Ratio, Attack,
Release and Gain. Normally, the
compressor operates in Peak mode,
where signal peaks determine the
input level. Engage the RMS button to
uses RMS values (a computational
method for determining overall
loudness) to measure the input level.
13. Input level and gain reduction meters
for the compressor.
14. Aux and reverb sends.
15. Solo/Mute. Mute affects all sends as
well as the main channel. Pre-fader
sends are not affected by Mute.
16. Move the fader to adjust level.
Double-click to return to zero (unity
gain) or -∞.
17. Click the dB scale numbers to make
the fader jump exactly to that level.
Click and drag horizontally to jump
consecutive faders to the same level.
18. Click to type in an exact dB level.
19. Channel pan. For mono inputs,
double-click to center.
20. Main Mix Slider is used to feed signal
to the Main Mix. Slider is set to 0 dB
by default, so all channel strips are
pre-routed to the Main Mix bus. If a
channel is being sent to a Group
(which will eventually be fed to the
Main Mix), drag the slider to -∞ so it
is not sent to Main Mix directly.
21. Group sends.
22. 'S' lets you solo the group. 'PRE'
toggles the sends between pre- and
post-fader routing, i.e. before or after
the channel fader.
23. Clears all solos.
24. 'S' lets you solo the Aux bus. 'PRE'
toggles the sends between pre- and
post-fader routing, i.e. before or after
the channel fader. The dots let you
toggle the Aux bus between mono
and stereo.
25. This side bar, with the section labels
in it, can be shown or hidden using
the Legend switch in the Controls
section of the side bar (item #3 in the
mixer tab on page 21).
26. Shows how much DSP power is being
used by the mixer hardware. To free
up DSP bandwidth, try reducing the
number of mixer ins, disabling
channel effects, reverb, etc. See "DSP
Usage" on page 74 for more info.
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