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Page 1: Quick Start Guide
D I G I T A L 8 • B U S QUICK START GUIDE ™ MACKIE’S 56-INPUT, 72-CHANNEL, FULLY AUTOMATED DIGITAL AUDIO MIXING CONSOLE... -
Page 2: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction ......................3 About the Quick Start Guide ...................... 3 Unpacking ..........................3 2. The Basics ....................... 5 The Traditional Split-Console Approach ..................5 Three Things to Keep in Mind ....................5 Tracking ........................... 5 Monitoring ........................6 Overdubbing/Bouncing Tracks ..................... - Page 3 ™ Mackie Designs Inc. 16220 Wood-Red Rd. NE • Woodinville, WA 98072 • USA 800/898-3211 • Outside the US: 425/487-4333 Fax: 425/487-4337 • www.mackie.com email: sales@mackie.com ©1998 Mackie Designs Inc. All rights reserved. #820-075-00...
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Page 4: Introduction
Figure 1. Unpacking the Console Part No. 820-075-00 Rev. A 8/98 Introduction ©1998 Mackie Designs Inc., All Rights Reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. - Page 5 The Remote CPU • Remove the DC Power Cable from the • Use a sharp knife to cut the tape on the top bottom tray. of the box. • Remove the foam blocks from the sides of • Open the flaps to expose the Remote CPU the Remote CPU.
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Page 6: The Basics
2. The Basics The Traditional Split-Console Approach Before we go any farther, we want to Bank 1 and Fader Bank 2 as two separate present a concept that might help you mixing consoles, where Fader Bank 1 is used understand the Digital 8•Bus a little better. for tracking and Fader Bank 2 is used for Once you grasp this concept, you will begin to monitoring and mixdown. -
Page 7: Monitoring
To Tape From Tape DAT Recorder 2-Track Digital Channels 1-24 Tape Outs Tracks 1-24 L/R MASTER Master Multitrack MIC/LINE IN or Bus Outs TAPE IN Recorders CUE MIX Channels 1-24 Channels 25-48 TRACKING HALF MONITORING HALF Fader Bank 1 Fader Bank 2 Figure 4. -
Page 8: Mixdown
down to one of the Bus 1–8 Masters (Fader remembers every move you make and plays Bank 4), and assign the Bus Master to any one them back each time you make a pass, while (for a mono mix) or two (for a stereo mix) of you add your creative touch to each and every the 24 Tape Outputs. -
Page 9: Tutorial Hookup - Let's Get It Working
WARNING: SHUT OFF POWER TO UNIT BEFORE INSTALLING OR REMOVING CARDS! CONCEIVED, DESIGNED, AND MANUFACTURED BY MACKIE DESIGNS INC • WOODINVILLE • WA • USA • MADE IN USA • FABRIQUE AU USA • COPYRIGHT ©1997 • THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS: THE FOLLOWING ARE TRADEMARKS OR REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OF MACKIE DESIGN INC.: "MACKIE", "DIGITAL SYSTEMS", D8B AND THE "RUNNING MAN"... -
Page 10: Power-Up
MOUSE Connections for MIDI CONCEIVED, DESIGNED, AND MANUFACTURED BY MACKIE DESIGNS INC • WOODINVILLE • WA • USA • 1. On the back of the Remote CPU, plug THE FOLLOWING ARE TRADEMARKS OR REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OF MACKIE DESIGN INC.: "MACKIE", "D... -
Page 11: Start-Up
Downloading Plug-Ins Turn on the power switch on the front panel of the Remote CPU, then turn on the power to Before beginning a session, you can all your peripheral equipment. The Digital download the effects algorithms of your choice 8•Bus takes a few moments to load the Mackie to the internal FX cards. -
Page 12: Getting Sound Out
Getting Sound Out • Make sure the MASTER L-R button and the NEAR FIELD button are lit in the Control Now that you have set all the options the Room Section. way you want them, we can make a sample TRIM recording and see how the Digital 8•Bus actually works. - Page 13 Assigning Channels 3 and 4 to Tracks 3 and 4. • Select Fader Bank 2 (TAPE IN 25–48). • Make sure Fader Bank 1 is selected (1–24 MIC/LINE). TRIM MASTERS SHIFT 1-24 25-48 MASTERS SHIFT 20dB +40dB MIC/LINE TAPE IN 1-24 25-48 (TRACK)
- Page 14 • Select Fader Bank 2 (TAPE 25–48). • Rotate the first V-Pot in the Fat Channel Section to select the effect you want to use with Aux 1. Press the NEXT button to scroll through the various parameters of the effect and adjust accordingly.
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Page 15: Saving Your Session
Saving Your Session When you first turn on the Digital 8•Bus, a session named Startup is loaded by default. You should create a new session any time you start a new project. After you’ve started a project, it’s a good idea to save it under a new name whenever you want to backup what you’ve already done. -
Page 16: General Guidelines
To recall your new default snapshot: and pan controls centered. Snapshot 00 is • Make sure the SNAPSHOT button in the pre-programmed with our default factory Transport Section is on. settings—our version of a “normalled” • Enter the two-digit number you used to store console. -
Page 17: Using Internal Channel Processing And Internal Effects
6. Press the PFL SOLO button in the Note: If you use the built-in compressor on any STUDIO/SOLO section. In this mode the channels, you can get away with turning the faders do not affect the solo level at the TRIM control up a little higher, since the Control Room output. -
Page 18: Gate
Gate to create different settings for the compressor, perhaps to make it work as a limiter. Now Press the GATE button to view the selected you can quickly switch back and forth channel’s gate settings. 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. - Page 19 • When the plug-in you want to use appears in Refer to “Selecting Internal Effects” in the display, press the SELECT button below Chapter 6 of the Digital 8•Bus Owner’s Manual TRANSMIT. The selected plug-in will now for more information on the Mackie FX plug-in. be downloaded to the FX Card.
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Page 20: Ivl Vocal Studio
• Adjust the Master V-Pot in the Master V-Pot • Adjust FX 1 and 2 faders and pans for the Section to adjust the overall amount of Aux amount of reverb you want returned to the 1 signal to send to the internal reverb. L-R bus. - Page 21 the lead part. Press the SELECT buttons Using the Vocal Studio From the console: (or rotate the V-Pots) to choose between 1. Select Aux 1 in the V-Pot Select Section. Bass, Baritone, Tenor, Unison, Alto, Mezzo, and Soprano. Set voice 1 to Baritone and voice 2 to Mezzo.
- Page 22 12. Press the EFFECTS button in the Bank Select Section to select Fader Bank 3. SHIFT MASTERS 1-24 25-48 MIC/LINE TAPE IN (TRACK) (MONITOR) 49-72 EFFECTS BANK SELECT 4. Make sure the OUTPUT MODE is set to Stereo. 13. Make sure FX1–4 are assigned to the L/R 5.
- Page 23 9. Click on the Detune button on the left side 12. Click on the Styles button on the left side of the control panel. This adjusts the pitch of the control panel. This provides a of the harmony voice slightly above or number of different options to add more below the exact note it is creating, to realism and personality to the harmony...
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Page 24: Using External Effects
15. Roll the tape. Make sure the lead vocal If you want to apply an external analog or track is turned up and center-panned digital effect to only one channel, use the INSERT between the left and right sides. jacks for channels 1–12 (only). This is a TRS 16. -
Page 25: Soloing
• Use the Master V-Pot in the Master V-Pot • Connect the output of the digital delay to an unused LINE IN (channels 13–24) on the Section to adjust the overall amount of Aux rear panel of the Digital 8•Bus. If the digital 2 signal to send to the external digital delay. - Page 26 • Press the SOLO LEVEL button in the You may want to solo an aux send so you Studio/Solo Section and use the LEVEL can hear the signals being sent to an external V-Pot to adjust the solo level in the Control effect or floor monitor.
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Page 27: Hookup For Multitrack Recording
5. Hookup for Multitrack Recording Vocal Enhancer Reverb Stereo Effects Procesor Figure 8. Tracking Hookup Hookup for Multitrack Recording... -
Page 28: Hookup For Tracking
Hookup for Tracking • Press the ASSIGN button for the Tape Out (1-24) you want to assign the selected Figure 8 shows a typical hookup for channel to. (In the following graphic, tracking. Four microphones are connected to channel 12 is assigned to Tape Out 13.) channels 1–4 for vocals. - Page 29 Optional AIO•8 Cards Figure 9. Mixdown Hookup Hookup for Multitrack Recording...
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Page 30: Hookup For Mixdown
Hookup for Mixdown The configuration shown in Figure 8 has two external effects devices connected for The beauty of the split-console approach is monitoring. Aux 8 send goes to a digital reverb, that you don’t have to repatch your cables which has stereo outputs that feed into the line when you finish tracking. -
Page 31: Hookup For Live Mixing (D8•Sr)
6. Hookup for Live Mixing Vocal Enhancer Digital Delay Stereo Reverb Processor Stereo Processor Mic Preamps Figure 10. Live Sound Hookup Hookup for Live Mixing... -
Page 32: Setting Up Monitor Mixes
Setting Up Monitor Mixes We made the Digital 8•Bus as easy to use as an analog console. Figure 10 shows how to Aux 3 through 6 provide stage monitor feeds. use the Digital 8•Bus in a live mix situation. The line level outputs go either directly to the •... -
Page 33: Digital 8•Bus Overview
7. Digital 8•Bus Overview stereo solo bus, and appear at the CR (Control Room) outputs. Channel Strip Description The MUTE button mutes the signal after the channel fader, prior to the output buses, includ- Refer to the foldout page at the end of this ing BUS 1–8 and the L-R bus. -
Page 34: Fat Channel Section
Master V-Pot Section adjusting incoming signals just after the A/D converters, and before DSP, Fader, and Mute. Just above the V-Pot Assign Section is the Talkback Mic. Sounds arriving at this in-panel microphone are routed to the Cue Mixes. You can also route the talkback signal to the Studio Outputs by pressing the TALKBACK TO STU- MASTER... -
Page 35: Control Room Section
Studio/Solo Section Control Room Section STUDIO/SOLO CONTROL ROOM MIXDOWN SOLO CLEAR SOLO RUDE SOLO LIGHT 2 TRACK A DIGITAL IN 1 PFL SOLO SOLO LEVEL 2 TRACK B DIGITAL IN 2 AFL SOLO STUDIO LEVEL 2 TRACK C MASTER TALKBACK TO TALKBACK LEVEL STUDIO LEVEL... -
Page 36: Automation Section
channel you want to assign, then press the AS- copy, or paste operation. There is only one level of Undo. Pressing UNDO a second time re- SIGN button for the tape out you want to stores the original cut, copy, or paste operation assign the selected channel to. -
Page 37: Rear Panel Description
Card Cage Section Rear Panel Description This section describes rear panel connector DIGITAL I/O APOGEE ANALOG I/O ANALOG I/O ANALOG I/O AES/EBU DIGITAL I/O types, their functions, and associated signal buses. Channels 1–12 Inputs DIGITAL I/O S/PDIF +48V +48V +48V +48V +48V +48V... - Page 38 The BUS OUT 1–8 (SURROUND OUT) con- The ALT I/O slot accepts either an AIO•8, a DIO•8 card, or a PDI•8 card, and provides nector provides eight balanced analog line-level eight additional inputs and outputs. The inputs outputs on a single 25-pin D-Sub connector. are routed to RETs 1–8 (channels 65–72) in Any channel (1–48), aux send, or ALT IN can Fader Bank 3 (EFFECTS).
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Page 39: Remote Cpu Description
MOUSE CONCEIVED, DESIGNED, AND MANUFACTURED BY MACKIE DESIGNS INC • WOODINVILLE • WA • USA • MADE IN USA • FABRIQUE AU USA • COPYRIGHT ©1997 • THE FOLLOWING ARE TRADEMARKS OR REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OF MACKIE DESIGN INC.: "MACKIE", "DIGITAL SYSTEMS", D8B AND THE "RUNNING MAN" FIGURE •... -
Page 40: Automation
that it’s there. Refer to the Automation section The MIDI IN connection is used to bring in MIDI Time Code (MTC) from a Modular Digital in the Digital 8•Bus Owner's Manual for an in- Multitrack (MDM) recorder or other external depth look at automation. -
Page 41: Remote Cpu Rear Panel View
MIDI Ethernet Video Digital 8•Bus Overview... -
Page 42: Top Panel View
56 INPUT / 72 CHANNEL DIGITAL MIXER CHANNEL LEFT RIGHT SUPER CD ENCODING TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM SELECT SELECT SELECT SELECT HELP 1-24... -
Page 43: Rear Panel View
WARNING: SHUT OFF POWER TO UNIT BEFORE INSTALLING OR REMOVING CARDS! CONCEIVED, DESIGNED, AND MANUFACTURED BY MACKIE DESIGNS INC • WOODINVILLE • WA • USA • MADE IN USA • FABRIQUE AU USA • COPYRIGHT ©1997 • THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS:...