Mackie Digital 8 Bus Owner's Manual page 97

MASTERS
MIC/LINE
(TRACK)
ASSIGN
BUS 1
ASSIGN
BUS 3
ASSIGN
BUS 5
ASSIGN
BUS 7
ASSIGN
L-R
6-20
Starting a New Session
SHIFT
1-24
25-48
TAPE IN
(MONITOR)
49-72
EFFECTS
BANK SELECT
ASSIGNMENT
ASSIGN
BUS 2
ASSIGN
BUS 4
ASSIGN
BUS 6
ASSIGN
BUS 8
ASSIGN
ROUTE TO
TAPE
MASTERS
1-24
MIC/LINE
(TRACK)
49-72
EFFECTS
BANK SELECT
ASSIGNMENT
ASSIGN ASSIGN
BUS 1 BUS 2
ASSIGN ASSIGN
BUS 3 BUS 4
ASSIGN ASSIGN
BUS 5 BUS 6
ASSIGN ASSIGN
BUS 7 BUS 8
ASSIGN ASSIGN
L-R
ROUTE TO
TAPE
REC/RDY REC/RDY
ASSIGN ASSIGN
WRITE WRITE
1 2
25 26
SHIFT
25-48
TAPE IN
(MONITOR)
TO BOUNCE RECORDED TRACKS DOWN
TO ONE OR TWO TRACKS
From the console:
1. Select Fader Bank 2 by pressing the
TAPE IN (25–48) button.
2. Press L-R in the Bus Assignment Sec-
tion. Turn off the ASSIGN buttons for
channels 25–30 (tracks 1–6 returns).
Turn off the ASSIGN buttons for any
other channels you don't want to
monitor while bouncing down.
3. Press BUS 1 in the Bus Assignment
Section.
4. Press the ASSIGN button on channels
25 through 30.
5. Press BUS 2 in the Bus Assignment
Section.
6. Press the ASSIGN button on channels
25 through 30.
7. Press the ROUTE TO TAPE button in
the Bus Assignment Section.
8. Press the MASTERS button in the
Master Fader/Bank Select Section to
switch to Fader Bank 4.
9. Press the SELECT button on BUS 1.
10. Press the ASSIGN button on channel 7.
11. Press the SELECT button on BUS 2.
12. Press the ASSIGN button on channel 8.
Channels 25–30 (tracks 1–6) are now
assigned to Bus 1 and 2, and Bus 1 and 2
are assigned to tape outs 7 and 8 respective-
ly. Adjust the V-Pot Pan controls on each
channel to achieve the proper left/right
balance (if you assign a channel to an odd/
even pair of buses, the channel pan control
pans the signal between the two buses).
You can run through a test mixdown to
adjust the levels, EQ, and effects for the
submix. You can even automate it.
Don't forget to press the REC/RDY
buttons on channels 7 and 8 when you're
ready to record.