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Mackie DL806 Quick Start Manual

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  • Page 1 QUICK START GUIDE QUICK START GUIDE...
  • Page 2 Please see the Compatibility Upon completion, if you’re still place to get their Matrix on the DL Series website hungry for more, the DL806 / DL1608 favorite doggie for the latest information: Reference Guide contains major treats, it’s time for http://www.mackie.com/products/...
  • Page 3 Here’s how... 3. Connect the iPad to the DL806 With a good internet connection or DL1608: via Wi-Fi, 3G, or LTE, turn on the The iPad easily slides onto the iPad and tap the App Store icon.
  • Page 4 Figure B – Front Panel few pages. We will dive into all of these features later. Our first goal is to ensure that the mixer and app are communicating with each other, followed by driving signal through the mixer. DL806 / DL1608...
  • Page 5 Five Simple Steps 5. Fire Up the DL806 or DL1608 After updating, the Mixer View Figure E below shows an iPad and Launch the Master Fader App: [Figure D] will be shown and at that is currently offline. In other...

  • Page 6: Setting The Levels

    –15 dBFS. Go ahead and impress your friends with this knowledge. This one’s a freebie, but Channel 8 Master the next one will cost you. Fader Figure G – Mixer View: Channel 8 and Master Fader DL806 / DL1608...
  • Page 7 Setting the Levels Do you notice the Signal / Clip Now let’s get signal through LED located near the upper-right the headphones. area of the channel 8 Gain knob? This WARNING: The LED illuminates green (to indicate headphones amp is signal) and red (to indicate clipping).
  • Page 8 6-7). Ethernet, NOT USB! (2) DHCP. The router needs to be able to assign an IP address to the Four Aux Sends on the DL806. Seven additional inputs on the DL806. mixer. Channels 5-8 on the DL806.

  • Page 9: Mixer Hardware : Wireless Setup

    If “DISCONNECTED” is shown, or the work with your mixer, but you might DL806 or DL1608 is not shown in the need to configure the wireless router wireless devices list, please follow first. Please refer to the router’s the directions again, step by step, manual for detailed information.
  • Page 10 Fader and Navigation Bar will including EQ, dynamics and FX. Navigation Bar that lies horizontally remain regardless of the selected across the top. view, channel, effect, etc. More on this later. DL806 / DL1608...
  • Page 11 Reverb, Delay and the iPad channel. flick the view right to view the image displayed on the previous page. Got it? Let’s look at how the Channel Strips work... The DL806 will display Channel Strips 4-8, Reverb, Delay and the iPad channel. Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 12: Channel Strips

    Mixer button located in the Compressor. The single meter top-left corner of the app. shows the sum of the total reduction applied by the Gate and Compressor. You will learn how to adjust the DL806 / DL1608 Gates and Compressors soon.
  • Page 13 Channel Strips Finally, the thin illuminated strip Channel Faders and Input Meters Channel Strips: Name and Image underneath the fader cap indicates The channel fader adjusts the Each channel strip name and which output type is currently level of each channel going to image is user-editable.
  • Page 14 This is the channel where you control the level and EQ from the iPad music library or any other audio app on the iPad that supports background audio playback. Channels 4-8, Reverb, Delay, iPad and the Master Fader on the DL806. DL806 / DL1608...
  • Page 15 Channel Strips Play Space previously known as the Music app volume slider Figure K – Music app iPad Channel Fader Meters For example, switch to the Heed our advice and raise the Music app on the iPad [Figure K]. iPad channel fader slowly [Figure L]. Notice that the volume slider image Most mastered music coming off is not available.

  • Page 16: Master Fader

    Master Fader: output. This is the same indicator There are nine possible that is also on display underneath outputs to select: LR, A1-A6 the fader cap of each input fader. Reverb and Delay. A1-A4 on the DL806. DL806 / DL1608...
  • Page 17 Master Fader Master Fader: GEQ and PEQ Master Fader: Balance & Pre/Post Graphic & The master fader EQ displays the When LR is the selected output, Parametric current Graphic EQ and Parametric the Balance slider controls how EQ settings simultaneously. much of the output signal is sent Mute Pre DSP...
  • Page 18 FX Sends are presented in mono. to name this masterpiece. If you’d prefer to think this recording never Aux Masters 1-4 on the DL806. took place – it happens, we know – it may be discarded at this point. DL806 / DL1608...
  • Page 19 Master Fader The stereo recording is Master Fader: Name and Image automatically saved as a .wav file The master fader’s name and within the application. In addition image is similar to that of a channel to the name, this .wav file also strip’s name and image.
  • Page 20 EQ, including low shelving, low-mid the far right and the Navigation Bar peaking, high-mid peaking and high would lie horizontally across the top. shelving. The mic inputs also have a As such, they are both there. high-pass filter [HPF]. DL806 / DL1608...
  • Page 21 EQ: EQ On / Off Modern / Vintage Polarity Tap this button to turn the current EQ On / Off Invert channel’s EQ on and off. When on, the EQ controls affect the signal and the button illuminates green. When off, the EQ controls EQ Display have no affect on the signal, nor will the button illuminate.
  • Page 22 It is easy to set parameters of you would be correct! Bar are present, with the Gate and both for each channel at one time. Compressor controls in the middle. We will first discuss the features of the Gate followed by the Compressor. DL806 / DL1608...
  • Page 23 Gate and Compression Modern / Vintage Gate On / Off Gate On / Off Tap this button to turn the current channel’s Gate on and off. Gate Gate When on, the Gate controls affect Controls Display the signal and the button illuminates green.
  • Page 24 As the slider is dragged right, the time and Output [OUT]. lengthens, resulting in a Use these meters to get the slower response. desired amount of gain reduction from the Gate and Compressor. DL806 / DL1608...
  • Page 25 FX: Introduction The FX View looks and works Reverb similarly to that of the EQ and Name & Compressor and Gate views. Image To get to the FX View, simply swipe the entire view up (again, Swipe View from any gray area) from the Gate Zone Delay and Compression View.
  • Page 26 2X mode. 31 vertical sliders ranging from 20 Hz-20 kHz. Drag these sliders up and down until the desired sound has been achieved. Tapping a band’s DL806 / DL1608 Graphic EQ ball twice will zero it.
  • Page 27 Parametric EQ Swipe Zone Parametric EQ Parametric EQ: Introduction On / Off In addition to a Graphic EQ, DL mixers also have a Parametric EQ on each output. To get here, simply Parametric swipe the entire view down (from the EQ View Display gray area) above the Graphic EQ.
  • Page 28 Tap this button to choose This is advanced live mixing, would prefer, soft or hard. between using a clean, surgical so please refer to the Reference modern compressor or a classic Guide for more information. sounding vintage compressor. DL806 / DL1608...

  • Page 29: Navigation Bar

    It lies horizontally across the Additionally, Tools is where you the Mixer button to return to the top of each view. Images of the select which DL806 or DL1608 device Mixer View. Navigation Bar are displayed above. to control wirelessly.
  • Page 30 Navigation Bar is still in the Reference Guide. Figure T presented, regardless of what view Quick Access Panel or popover may dominate the iPad. Figure R – Presets Figure S – Shows DL806 / DL1608...
  • Page 31 ©2014 LOUD Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, iPad, iPhone and iPod touch are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. All other marks are Registered Trademarks, or Trademarks, of LOUD Technologies in the United States and other countries. DL806 and DL1608 Patent Pending. All specifications, descriptions and screen shots subject to change.
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