Clipboard Section; Master L-R Section; Shortcuts Section; Bus Assignment Section - Mackie Digital 8 Bus Owner's Manual

output.
Note: The NEAR FIELD and MAIN buttons
cannot both be on at the same time.
lected Control Room output (NEAR FIELD or
MAIN). This control does not affect the signal
level that is sent to the Phones/Cue Mix Section.
by 20 dB, in case you're interrupted by a visitor
or the phone ringing.
Talkback Mic to Phones/Cue Mixes 1 and 2.
gu
hm
lected channel(s), and returns the channel
settings to the default. Options are selected in
the Fat Channel Display.
lected channel(s). Options are selected in the
Fat Channel Display.
selected channel(s).
their previous status, before a cut, copy, or paste
operation was initiated. There is only one level
of undo. Pressing the UNDO button a second
time will undo the undo, or "redo" the operation.
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Digital 8•Bus Description
gp NEAR FIELD button
Turns on the Control Room NEAR FIELD
gq MAIN button
Turns on the Control Room MAIN output.
gr SPEAKER LEVEL V-Pot
Adjusts the individual output level of the se-
gs DIM button
Quickly attenuates the Control Room output
gt TALKBACK button
Routes the signal arriving at the in-panel

Clipboard Section

Provides cut, copy,
CLIPBOARD
paste, and undo functions
hl
for specific fader opera-
CUT/ZERO SET COPY
hn
tions, channel
PASTE UNDO parameters, and automa-
tion events.
gu CUT/ZERO SET button
Deletes parameters from the currently se-
hl COPY button
Copies parameters from the currently se-
hm PASTE button
Pastes copied parameters to the currently
hn UNDO button
Reverts the currently selected channel(s) to

Master L-R Section

The buttons in this section apply to the Mas-
ter Fader.
ho SELECT button
Selects the Master Fader for edit operations.
hp WRITE button
Engages the Master Fader to record auto-
mation events dependent on the current
automation mode.
MASTER L/R SHORTCUTS
ho
SELECT CONTROL
hp
WRITE

Shortcuts Section

hq CONTROL button
Used in combination with other buttons as a
modifier key. See Appendix I for a listing of
shortcut keys.
hr ALT button
Used in combination with other buttons as a
modifier key. See Appendix I for a listing of
shortcut keys.

Bus Assignment Section

This is where you assign
channels to up to ten differ-
ent buses, as well as to any
direct TAPE OUT.
hs BUS 1–8 buttons
Selects a bus for channel
assignments. Only one bus
may be assigned at a time.
Press a channel's ASSIGN
button to route the channel's post-fader signal
to the selected bus. Since the ASSIGN button
lights when its channel is assigned to a se-
lected bus, you can quickly see what channels
have been assigned. Press the ASSIGN button
again to unassign the channel from the se-
lected bus.
ht MASTER L-R button
Pressing this button allows you to assign
channels to the L-R bus by pressing the chan-
nel ASSIGN buttons. The internal FX returns
(FX 1–16) and alternate returns (RET 1–8) can
also be assigned to the L-R bus. Since the AS-
SIGN button lights when its channel is
assigned to the selected L-R bus, you can
hq
hr
ALT
ASSIGNMENT
ASSIGN ASSIGN
BUS 1 BUS 2
ASSIGN ASSIGN
hs
BUS 3 BUS 4
ASSIGN ASSIGN
BUS 5 BUS 6
ASSIGN ASSIGN
BUS 7 BUS 8
ht hu
ASSIGN ASSIGN
L-R ROUTE TO
TAPE