Mackie D8B Owners Manual - Page 63

Shortcuts: Note the "previous-click" shortcut (the last click has a memory if it was on a "like" parameter, and copies the previous-click setting to the next click). Also you can click and swipe down the list to change the column to the value that's toggled by the click. From the control surface (or the keyboard) press the CONTROL button (or Ctrl key) and the channel SELECT button simultaneously to enter or exit (toggle) Punch-Run mode. The red bank LED (for Ch 25-48) above the SELECT button blinks to indicate Punch-Run status. Note: The Disabled state does not automatically reengage itself. Remember to toggle it to Playback status if you want automation moves to play once again. Write-This in an individual channel write-safe function that is independent of the global Automation Bypass and Automation filters. There are two modes, Enabled and Locked, where Enabled allows automation to be written, and Locked prohibits the overwriting of moves on the channel's dynamic automation track. Toggle the Write mode by clicking on the Write column in the specific channel's row. From the console, hold down an individual channel strip's SELECT button for 2 seconds, and then press the SELECT button under the Write mode in the Fat Channel Display to toggle between the enabled and locked states. Shortcuts: Note the "previous-click" shortcut (the last click has a memory if it was on a "like" parameter). You can also click and swipe down the list to change the column to the value that's toggled by the click. Isolate-This turns Solo Isolate on and off. When Solo Isolate is on, the channel or track remains on when another channel is soloed. Filter-This noise-shaping filter can improve the signal-to-noise ratio for particularly noisy analog input sources. If you have Digital I/O cards (DIO•8, PDI•8, OPT•8) installed in channels 26 through 48, turn the filter off for those channels. Save the settings in your template so they carry over from session to session. Open Channel... • Static channel parameter settings can be saved and recalled. • The Open Channel window provides access to previously saved channels on either a floppy disk or the internal hard drive. • Highlight the desired item and click Open to send the saved channel data to the selected channel. • Recalls all Fat Channel parameters. Save Channel As... • Allows static channel parameter settings to be named and saved for instant recall at a later time. • Descriptive naming provides for stress-free recall of a finely-honed channel status. • Save channel status to either a floppy disk or the internal hard drive. • Select New Folder to organize channels into logical groups: band name, instrument type, singers, drums, guitars, etc. • Saves all Fat Channel parameters. D8B Manual • Chapter 3 • page 57