Setup Of Monitor Mixes For Performers; Setting The Aux Send Levels - Mackie Digital 8 Bus Owner's Manual

Setup of Monitor Mixes for Performers

Any of the aux buses can be used to feed a stage
monitor mix. Set the aux sends in each channel to pre-
fader (see page 6-63) and patch the aux send outputs to
the appropriate amplifiers. See the "Live Mixing hookup
diagram" on page 6-79.
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LEVEL TO TAPE
DIGITAL TRIM
AUX 1 AUX 2
AUX 3 AUX 4
AUX 5 AUX 6
AUX 8
AUX 7
- -
AUX 9 10 AUX 11 12
PAN PAN
MASTER
PAN SOLO
If you need to provide a simultaneous
independent mix for a stereo recording,
use the stereo Aux 9–10 or Aux 11–12
Sends.

Setting the Aux Send Levels

TO SET THE AUX SEND LEVELS
From the console:
1. Press the AUX button in the V-Pot
Select Section you want to use.
2. Adjust the channel V-Pots to set the aux
send level on each channel you want
send to the AUX output. The LEDs
around the V-Pot indicate the relative
level, with 2 o'clock being unity.
3. Adjust the Master V-Pot to set the
overall aux send level for the selected
aux bus. The LEDs around the Master
V-Pot indicate the relative level, with 2
o'clock being unity.
4. To monitor the aux send mix, with the
aux bus selected in the V-Pot Select
Section, press the SOLO button in the
Master V-Pot Section. The aux send is
routed to the Control Room Output.
Use the V-Pot in the Studio/Solo Sec-
tion to adjust the Solo level (make
sure the SOLO button is on). If you're
monitoring on headphones, select
CONTROL ROOM in the Phones/Cue
Mix Section (see next section).
TO SET THE AUX SEND LEVELS
From the screen:
1. Click on the AUX button you want to
use in the V-Pot Select Section.
2. Click and drag on the channel V-Pots
to set the aux send level on each chan-
nel you want to send to the AUX
output. The box just below the V-Pot
indicates the level.
3. Alternately, click and drag on the hori-
zontal bar in the AUXES section of the
channel to adjust the aux send dB level.
4. Click and drag on the Master V-Pot to
set the overall aux send level for the se-
lected aux bus. The box just below the
Master V-Pot indicates the dB level.