Gate; Compressor; Internal Effects; Plug-Ins - Mackie 56-input, 72 channel, fully automated digital audio mixing console Quick Start Manual

Gate

Press the GATE button to view the selected
channel's gate settings.
SUPER CD ENCODING
SELECT
PREVIOUS LOW
ON
EQ GATE
• You can adjust each parameter's value by
turning the V-Pot below each parameter.
• Press the NEXT button to view offscreen
parameters that won't fit in the display.
• The gate settings are stored in MEMORY A.
Press the MEMORY B button to create
different settings for the gate. Now you can
quickly switch back and forth between the
two gate settings to compare how they
sound, or to make a deliberate change to the
sound of the instrument or voice.

Compressor

Press the COMPRESSOR button to view the
selected channel's compressor settings.
SUPER CD ENCODING
SELECT
PREVIOUS LOW
ON
EQ GATE
• You can adjust each parameter's value by
turning the V-Pot below each parameter.
• Press the NEXT button to view offscreen
parameters that won't fit in the display.
• The compressor settings are stored in
MEMORY A. Press the MEMORY B button
to create different settings for the compressor,
perhaps to make it work as a limiter. Now
you can quickly switch back and forth
between the two compressor settings to
compare how they sound, or to make a
deliberate change to accomodate a variation
in the dynamics of an instrument or voice.

Internal Effects

SELECT
The Digital 8•Bus is shipped with one
internal effects card (MFX
card is capable of processing two discrete
mono input/stereo output digital effects. You
LOW MID
can install up to three more effects cards, for a
total of eight mono input/stereo output digital
effects that can operate simultaneously.
SETUP
The first eight Aux Sends are normalled to
the internal effects cards:
Aux 1 and 2 feed Card A
COMPRESSOR
Aux 3 and 4 feed Card B
Aux 5 and 6 feed Card C
Aux 7 and 8 feed Card D
The stereo returns from the internal effects
cards are the 16 FX RETURNS in Fader Bank 3:
Card A = FX 1 and 2
Card B = FX 5 and 6
Card C = FX 9 and 10
Card D = FX 13 and 14

Plug-Ins

MFX

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The Mackie Standard Effects Package
contains a variety of effects that you can
download to the FX cards, including reverb,
chorus, and delay.
• Press the PLUG-INS button in the Setup
SELECT
Section and the Plug-Ins setup menu
appears in the Fat Channel Display.
LOW MID
P i c k a C a r d
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SETUP • Press the SELECT button below the card
you want to configure.
COMPRESSOR
M a c k i e F X
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• Press the SELECT buttons below the arrows
in the display to scroll through the available
plug-ins.
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) installed. This
FX 3 and 4
FX 7 and 8
FX 11 and 12
FX 15 and 16
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