Mackie D8B v5.1 Master Section Description, MasterFader/Bank Select, Section, MIC/LINE (TRACK), TAPE IN (MONITOR)

Master Section Description

The Master Section—everything to the right of
channel strip 24—is divided into 13		Master Section
subsections. They are:
• Master Fader/Bank Select Section
• Master V-Pot Section
• V-Pot Assign Section
•	Fat Channel Section
•	Studio/Solo Section
•	Phones/Cue Mix Section
•	Control Room Section
•	Clipboard Section
•	Master Fader/Shortcuts Section
•	Bus Assignment Section
•	Automation Section

•Session Setup Section

• Transport Section

MasterFader/Bank Select

Section

This section consists of:

•The four buttons used to select the four Fader Banks.

•The SHIFT button, which is primarily used to select and deselect multiple channels.

•The Master L/R Fader, which controls the signal level going to the L-R stereo bus.

All 96 channels are always active. However
only 24 are available at a time from the control
surface (up to 48 are available through the on-
screen interface). The buttons used to select the
active fader set are:
• MIC/LINE (TRACK)		Fat Channel
• TAPE IN (MONITOR)
• EFFECTS	V-Pot Select
• MASTERS

MIC/LINE (TRACK)			Solo/Studio,
•	Fader Bank 1.	Master V-Pot	Phones 1 & 2
•	Selects channels 1–24.
•	Combination of Microphone	Bus Assignment,	Automation,
	inputs 1–12 and line inputs	Control Room
	1–24.		Setup
TAPE IN (MONITOR)		Master Fader,
		Bank Selection
•	Fader Bank 2.		Transport
•	Selects channels 25–48.	Clipboard, Master L/R,
•	Requires 1–3 Tape I/O
		Shortcuts
	cards installed in the card
	cage for input signals.

D8B Manual • Chapter 2 • page 28