Mackie D8B Owners Manual - Page 75

Mix Options Aux Select - Pre/Post • Select the desired Aux bus using the Aux Select pull-down list. • Set global pre/post status for the selected aux bus by clicking PRE or POST under Aux 1-12 Pre/Post Assign Macros. • Individual channel aux pre/post assignments are made by Alt-clicking on the aux send's level bar in the overview screen. Red indicates post fader and yellow indicates pre fader. Aux pre/post assignments can also be performed in the Fat Channel screen. One Button Punch • With this option checked, connected record devices are placed into record mode by simply pressing the RECORD button in the Transport section. Note: The record devices must be in play mode. • When this option is cleared, both PLAY and RECORD must be pressed at the same time to enter record mode on connected record devices. Record Safe • When this option is checked, the D8B is prohibited from engaging connected record devices into record active status. • Use this mode when you want to guard against inadvertently erasing previously recorded material. Use PreRoll • Checking this option instructs the playback transports to begin before the specified locate point based on the Pre-Roll time specified in the MIDI Setup window. Use Write Ready • When this function is enabled, the transport Master Record button becomes a Master Write button and functions as a global Master write enable for the absolute and (absolute) trim dynamic automation modes. • When "Use Write Ready" is toggled (in the Mix Options Setup window, or under the GENERAL MIDI Setup menu in the Fat Channel Display), the Write LEDs begin flashing (when enabled) to indicate Write Standby mode. Individual channels remain in Write Standby (if write armed) up until the point that the Write Master is engaged (time code must be rolling), and returns to standby mode when the Write Master is toggled off. "Standby" is indicated by flashing LEDs, and "Armed" is indicated by solidly lit LEDs (actively writing). • Conversely, when "Use Write Ready" is disabled, and absolute and (absolute) trim dynamic automation is enabled, any channel Write may be immediately punched in and out of armed status. There is no standby mode. The transport Record Master only applies to MMC control (Record enable). Please Note: The Record Safe and Master Write functions provide protection against the accidental overwriting of audio and automation data. Write Flyback • This feature provides a choice for the punch-out ending level of an automation pass. You can choose to either leave levels at the current state or to snap levels back to the original punch-in state. • The purpose of the Write Flyback feature is to establish a rough mix on any given channel at the point when the channel is first punched in, so that a default level may be maintained right up to 23:59:59:29. Whether Write Flyback is enabled or not, any subsequent punches that occur after the last dynamic event on a track will always "rubber band" snap back to the original level state upon punch out. There are also applications when you may not necessarily want to have the automation track return to the original level, such as an ending track fade, where the levels started high but end low, or for an effects parameter that goes from one state to another and remains that way for the rest of a song. Disable Write Flyback when you don't want the OS to create final levels for you. MIDI Snapshots • When enabled, incoming MIDI program changes (received on any MIDI channel) can recall Snapshots numbered 0-99 on the console. • The D8B sends MIDI Program changes on MIDI channel 1 (by default, selectable in the Snapshot Window) when snapshots are recalled on the console, either via the event list or by manually recalling a snapshot from either the snapshot window or the control surface. • Incoming program changes may be used to write snapshot events into the dynamic automation track. Please note that incoming program changes do not currently update the snapshot number displayed on the panel transport 7-segment displays. To avoid a snapshot thru MIDI feedback loop, we recommend (as is normal practice with any MIDI instrument) that you avoid looping the MIDI Out to the MIDI In, unless it is meant to be done intentionally (e.g., a normal exception is master keyboard control over a workstation type instrument, through a sequencer). Bottom line-avoid mapping the D8B to control itself through a sequencer. D8B Manual • Chapter 3 • page 69