Mackie 32.8Bus Meter Bridge - Page 4

TROUBLESHOOTING If a group of LED ladders doesn't respond, there's a good chance that the corresponding ribbon cable isn't pushed in all the way. Make sure that it is firmly plugged in. If nothing responds, contact your dealer or Mackie Designs Tech Support immediately. METER BRIDGE OPERATION Your meter bridge's ballistics and general behavior is the same as the submaster LED ladders on the Master section of the Console. For the excruciating details, read the section on METERING on page 11 of your 8•Bus manual. When TAPE is selected on the Meter Bridge, the channel meters will show you what is coming out of your multitrack into your tape returns - before any signal manipulation in the channel (but after the +4/-10 switching circuit). The channel meters should behave just like your multitrack's meters. When CHANNEL is selected, the meters "see" the channel's direct output post-EQ, post-fader and post-mute. This is particularly handy for live mixing. The VU meters on the MB•32, MB•24 and MB•16 "look" at the same signals as the console's L/R LED meters. You will notice that the VU meters and LED meters will not always agree with each other. THIS IS NORMAL. The LED meters read peak activity and will show every dynamic nuance. The VU meters, designed in the Early Bronze Age, are slower to respond and therefore show an RMS or average signal level. This will usually be several dB less than the peaks shown on the LED meter. Final suggestion: Turn your overhead lights way down so that your Mackie system will look like the Death Star from Revenge of the Jedi. Put baseball cards in the power supply fan to simulate a warp drive. Just kidding. ©1999 Mackie Designs. Printed in USA. Part # 820-008-00 Rev B 16220 Wood-Red Road NE • Woodinville • WA • 98072 1-800-898-3211 • FAX 425/487-4337 Outside the U.S. call 425/487-4333 www.mackie.com • E-mail: [email protected]