Mackie D8B v5.1 Network Card User Manual


 
D8B Manual • Chapter 3 • page 45
Aux Pans 9-10 and 11-12
The blue bars with the pointers, located after Aux
levels 9 and 11, are pan controls for Auxes 9/10
and 11/12.
Click and drag left to pan left; click and drag right
to pan right.
Center pan position puts the pointer in the middle
of the pan bar (the default setting).
Control-clicking sets the pan to center position.
To copy an Aux pan across contiguous multiple
channels, Alt-Click or Right-Click on a pan position
indicator, then drag across several channels.
EQ On/Off
Highlight the EQ button to turn equalization on.
Cool Quick EQ Box
The blue box directly below the EQ
on/off icon offers lightning-fast access
to powerful equalization.
When EQ is on, adjustments to the
overall EQ curve can be performed
quickly without entering the Fat
Channel.
Click on the EQ line and drag up or
down to boost or cut frequency ranges.
All four bands can be adjusted here.
Click on any boost or cut, then drag
right to raise the selected frequency or
left to lower it.
Right-click (or Alt-click) on any boost
or cut, then drag left to increase
bandwidth or right to decrease it.
Double-click in the box to open the Fat
Channel for more detailed editing of
the EQ parameters.
Note: Right-click in the box to open an edit
menu. This menu provides options to Undo,
Redo, Open, Save, Cut, Copy, Paste, and
Reset the channel EQ status.
Compressor On/Off
Highlight the Compressor button (C) to
turn the compressor on.
Gate On/Off
Highlight the Gate button (G) to turn
the gate on.
Phase
Highlight Phase button (ø) to invert
the channel polarity 180˚.
Quick EQ
You can adjust the EQ by click-dragging directly in
the main screen EQ box. This procedure doesn’t
provide immediate pinpoint accuracy but is very
quick in the heat of battle.
Treble
Bass
Increase
Decrease
Wide Q
Narrow Q
Right-click
(or Alt-click)