Operation; Group Mode - Mackie SR40.8 Owner's Manual

OPERATION

Some of the buttons in the ULTRA MUTE
section of the console behave differently
depending on whether you are in Group or
Snapshot mode. Let's look at how the buttons
work in each mode of operation separately.

GROUP MODE

Programming Mute Groups
1. Before creating and storing a Mute Group,
you may want to "clear the board" of any
active mutes. One easy way to do this is to
press and hold the CLEAR
two seconds, or engage Snapshot 00 if it is
programmed with "no mutes."
2. Make sure you are in Group mode (only the
left digit and decimal point is displayed).
Use the Up/Down Arrow
the Set that you want to program. There
are nine Sets, represented by the numbers
1 through 9 in the Numeric Display
3. Using the local MUTE switches, mute the
signal paths that you want included in the
Group. For instance, if you want Channels
1, 2, 3, and 4 to be included, press the
MUTE switches on those channels. Notice
that as soon as a Channel is muted the
decimal point LED in the Numeric Display
begins to blink. This indicates that you
have manually changed the muting
configuration of the console.
4. The STORE
button saves a mute
configuration in a Group. If the Group had
been previously programmed, the store
operation erases and overwrites the old
mute configuration with the new one.
Press STORE
. The LED above this
button begins blinking. The Group LEDs
also light to indicate whether or not their
corresponding Groups are programmed. If
the Group LED lights steadily, it already
contains a mute configuration. If the LED
blinks, that Group is empty.
5. Select the Group number in which you
wish to store the present mute configuration
by pressing one of the number buttons 0
. At this point the STORE
through 9
LED turns off, the LED above the number
lights, the decimal point LED lights
steadily, and the mute configuration you
selected is now stored in that Group.
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6. You can exit STORE mode by pressing the
CLEAR
muted any channels, you can either
manually turn off the MUTE switches or
press and hold the CLEAR button to
unmute all channels and outputs.
Clearing Individual Mute Groups
1. Be sure ULTRA MUTE is in Group mode.
2. Press and hold the CLEAR
two seconds. The LEDs for any Groups that
have been programmed in the selected set
light up.
button for
3. While still holding the CLEAR button, press
the button for the Group you want to clear.
Its LED turns off and the memory location
corresponding to that Group is cleared.
4. You may clear any and all Groups in a single
buttons to select
Set using this method.
Globally clearing all Mute Groups from memory
.
want to save the Group configuration to exter-
nal memory using the MIDI
ports prior to performing this procedure, if
there is a chance you will want to use any of
the programmed Groups again. See "Using The
MIDI Ports" on page 10 or "Using The DATA
Port" on page 12.
1. Be sure ULTRA MUTE is in Group mode.
2. Press and hold the CLEAR
consecutively cycles through all the Groups
in each Set, clearing each memory location.
The LEDs for each Group light up as they
are cleared. You may release the buttons as
soon as the cycle begins. When the cycle
ends, you are ready to reprogram the Groups.
Selecting Mute Groups
There are 9 Sets, each of which contains 10
Groups. When you first enter Group mode by
pressing the MODE
was last selected comes up in the display, but
no Group is selected.
Within a particular Set, you can select any
combination of Groups to be active at any one
time by pressing the number button for each
Group you wish to select. When the Group is
engaged, the LED above the Group number lights.
button at any time. If you had
The following procedure
completely and irretriev-
ably erases all of the
Groups programmed into
ULTRA MUTE. You may
buttons for 2 seconds. ULTRA MUTE
button, the Set that
button for
or DATA
and MODE