Solo Latch

•When Solo Latch is checked, SOLO buttons remain engaged even when a new SOLO button is pressed.

•When Solo Latch is not checked, new SOLO selections disengage previous SOLO selections.

•If Solo Latch is not set (checkbox not selected), multiple solos may be manually latched by either:

°pressing and holding another solo switch while initiating more solos, or pressing multiple solos at one time.

°pressing and holding [Shift] while initiating more solo’s.

To allow this operation, set the “Solo Latch” checkbox in the Mix Options Setup window, or press GENERAL in the Setup Section and, under Solo, select “SOLO LATCH” ON or OFF in the Fat Channel Display.

Link Speakers

•When the Link Speakers checkbox is enabled, the Mains and Near Field SPEAKER LEVEL control is linked. Increasing or decreasing the SPEAKER LEVEL control simultaneously adjusts both the Near Field and the Main Control Room Output. This provides a consistent level when A/B’ing between speaker sets. The default option is an unlinked state.

•Holding down the [Shift] key and spinning the SPEAKER LEVEL V-Pot temporarily breaks the link. This can be used to establish a level offset between the two stereo output pairs. The level difference is maintained in the same operational manner as linked channel parameter offsets. The link offset may be updated at any time, using the [Shift] key.

Faders to Tape

•When this option is checked, source channel faders control the level to the tape outputs 1–24.

•When this option is not checked, level to tape outputs 1–24 are adjusted by selecting LEVEL TO TAPE in the V-Pot Assign section and adjusting the channel V-pots.

Use V3 Style EQ

•When checked, the D8B uses the version 3.0 EQ algorithm for channels 1-48. This allows complete backward compatibility with 3.0 sessions.

•When not checked, the new and improved v5.1 EQ algorithm is used.

Calibrate

•This operation resets the minimum and maximum fader values for the OS.

•For optimum performance and positioning response, the fader calibration may be used periodically. The calibration takes a few minutes to perform its routine, so take a break, will ya?

Caution: Do not touch the faders during the calibration procedure. Doing so could damage the servo motors.

Note: This procedure is only available from the Mix Options Setup window on the screen.

Dim Amount

•This sets the amount of attenuation for the DIM button in the Control Room section.

•Choose from –20 dB, –30 dB, –40 dB, and –inf dB (Cut).

SurroundSurround Mode

•This pull-down list provides access to the various Surround Sound modes available on the D8B.

•All standard mix modes are selectable through the Surround Mode list, including Stereo, Quad, LCRS, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1 (SDDS), and 7.1 (TP).

Auto Arm

•Once the Surround Mode is selected, Auto Arm provides a quick and easy way to arm all the channel buses to feed the appropriate outputs.

•Stereo automatically activates all L/R assignments for all appropriate channels.

•Quad automatically activates bus assignments 1, 2, 5, and 6.

•LCRS automatically activates bus assignments 1, 2, 3, and 4.

•5.1 automatically activates bus assignments 1–6.

•6.1 automatically activates bus assignments 1–7.

•7.1 automatically activates bus assignments 1–8.

Clear

•Automatically clears all bus assignments (whether set manually or activated automatically through the Auto Arm feature).

Stereo Mode Setup Options

•Choose whether to mute the analog Bus 1-8 outputs when Stereo mode is selected for the surround mode.

•This is recommended when using the bus outputs for surround monitoring.

D8B Manual • Chapter 3 • page 70