MACKIE Digital 8Bus D8B v5.1 - Manual (Page 51)

D8B Manual • Chapter 3 • page 45
Aux Pans 9-10 and 11-12
• The blue bars with the pointers, located after Aux
levels 9 and 11, are pan controls for Auxes 9/10
and 11/12.
• Click and drag left to pan left; click and drag right
to pan right.
• Center pan position puts the pointer in the middle
of the pan bar (the default setting).
• Control-clicking sets the pan to center position.
• To copy an Aux pan across contiguous multiple
channels, Alt-Click or Right-Click on a pan position
indicator, then drag across several channels.
EQ On/Off
• Highlight the EQ button to turn equalization on.
Cool Quick EQ Box
The blue box directly below the EQ
on/off icon offers lightning-fast access
to powerful equalization.
• When EQ is on, adjustments to the
overall EQ curve can be performed
quickly without entering the Fat
Channel.
• Click on the EQ line and drag up or
down to boost or cut frequency ranges.
All four bands can be adjusted here.
• Click on any boost or cut, then drag
right to raise the selected frequency or
left to lower it.
• Right-click (or Alt-click) on any boost
or cut, then drag left to increase
bandwidth or right to decrease it.
• Double-click in the box to open the Fat
Channel for more detailed editing of
the EQ parameters.
Note: Right-click in the box to open an edit
menu. This menu provides options to Undo,
Redo, Open, Save, Cut, Copy, Paste, and
Reset the channel EQ status.
Compressor On/Off
• Highlight the Compressor button (C) to
turn the compressor on.
Gate On/Off
• Highlight the Gate button (G) to turn
the gate on.
Phase
• Highlight Phase button ( ø ) to invert
the channel polarity 180˚.
Quick EQ
You can adjust the EQ by click-dragging directly in
the main screen EQ box. This procedure doesn’t
provide immediate pinpoint accuracy but is very
quick in the heat of battle.
Treble
Bass
Increase
Decrease
Wide Q
Narrow Q Right-click
(or Alt-click)