Ball Icon; A/B (Red Ball/Green Ball); Morph; Flyback - Mackie Digital 8 Bus Owner's Manual

icons represent the bus outputs and may be
toggled on and off by clicking on them to re-
strict the pan access (hard on/off bus
output) of the signal, on a per-channel basis.
This is stored and recalled with the session.

Ball icon

Displays the relative signal position in
the pan grid. This is stored and recalled
with the session.

A/B (red ball/green ball)

Use for panning positioning comparison
and automation.

Morph

This button is a trigger to move the ball
in a timed fashion on a straight-line track
between the A and B positions, according
to the time amount box below the morph
button (0.1 to 10.1 seconds).

Flyback

This causes the position ball to jump im-
mediately back to its original start point
(mouse driven only, where releasing the
mouse button causes the ball to fly back).

Menu

This button is identical to the menu
buttons in the EQ, gate, compressor, and
effects control panels. It provides clipboard
functions, and storing and recalling
surround patches.
A two-digit current-channel designator
in the upper right hand corner has the same
function as the Channel Select Display on
the console.
Monitoring in Surround-Sound
You should reserve eight of the first 48
channels (Fader Banks 1 and 2) for moni-
toring your surround-sound mix. The
signal-flow should be as follows (refer to
Figure 8-6 on the following page):
1. Use up to 40 of the first 48 channels
for signal input (reserve eight of them
for monitoring). If you have an I/O card
installed in the ALT I/O slot, you could
use the 8 ALT inputs as well (but not
for monitoring).
2. Use the Surround-Sound Control Panel
to locate each signal source within the
sound field. The signals are routed to
the BUS 1-8 outputs. Remember, you
can mix any of the internal FX returns
in surround-sound, too.
Advanced Techniques
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