Thank you for choosing a Mackie Digital X Bus for your next-generation digital recording con- sole. The Digital X Bus offers you the flexibility to configure it for virtually any recording application through its extended card cage and I/O routing op- tions. It was designed with the ability to upgrade as advancements are made in digital recording technol- ogy. But with 32-bit floating point processing, you have more power than just about any other digital mixing console in its class.
We know you want to get started right away, so this Quick-Start Guide is designed to help you get up and running quickly. If you have any experience using a digital mixing console, like our D8B, you’ll find that using the Digital X Bus is very similar and you’ll be mixing away in no time. If this is your first experience with digital mixing, we’ll run you through some of the unique aspects of using a digi- tal mixing console. You will find that once you’ve learned these differences and the incredible flexibil- ity that digital mixing has to offer, you will have a very short learning curve, and wonder how you have lived without the power of digital mixing for so long.
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Note: As new software releases be-
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ed from the Mackie website by going to the Digital X Bus webpage at:
http://www.mackie.com/products/digitalxbus. You will need a USB flash drive (a.k.a. thumb- drive) to transfer the installer package from your computer to the Digital X Bus. Installation in- structions are also available on the website.
HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL
We know that many of you can’t wait to get your new Digital X Bus hooked up, and you’re probably not going to read the manual first (sigh!). So this Quick-Start Guide will help you get the mixer set up fast so you can start using it right away. After the "Getting Started" section, we have included some hook-up diagrams that show typical connections for tracking, mixdown, and using the Digital X Bus with a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation).
Then, when you have time, read the owner's manual. It describes every knob, button, and slider on the console, and all the menus and windows on the touchscreens.
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