Mackie 8-submaster mixer Owner's Manual

18•BUS OWNER'S MANUAL2MUTE3MUTE4MUTE5MUTE6MUTE7MUTE8MUTE9MUTE10MUTE11MUTE12MUTE13MUTE14MUTE15MUTE16MUTE16x8x2 8-BUS MIXING CONSOLE1MUTECHANNEL1

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9AUXPRETRIMFLIP124356MIX-BCHANNELPRESHIFTTAPE MIC/LINESOURCE+15OOU+15OOU+15OOU+15OOUAUXGAIN +450dB10dBLTIVITY-40dBV16with even more gain, from unity t

10SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLOMONOL+RRLRLRLRdB302010OO104050dB302010OO104050dB302010OO104050dB302010OO104050dB302010OO104050dB302010OO10405

11SOLOSOLOSOLOSOLOSOLOSOLOAUX SENDSSTEREO AUX RETURNS432561PHONES2L/R MIXL/R MIX1-23-45-67-8L/R MIXSOLO1-23-4 5-6 7-8PHONES1PHONES2L/R MIX1234LEVELAS

12AUX SOLOThe SOLO button next to each level control(7) solos that send and allows you to check thesend level in the main meters. There is a soloLED (

13PHONESThe PHONES 1 (16) and PHONES 2 (17) sec-tions are identical. Eachcontains a stereo level controlfor the headphones outputs, astereo SOLO switc

14Mic InThe channel microphone input (1) is a stan-dard 3-pin female mic connector (call meCannon or call me XLR, just don’t call me latefor dinner).

15OUTPUT PANELThe input and output jacks that cor-respond to most of the functions in theOutput Panel are, logically, located inthe jack panel directl

16EXTERNALINPUTMIX-BOUTPUT1AUX SEND1RL22RR33RL44RR55RL66RRL7 LLR8RRRSUBMASTER INSERTAUX RETURN CNTRL RM OUTPUTSTUDIOOUTPUTMAIN MIXMAININSERT2-TRACKIN

17OPERATINGLEVEL CH. 17-24 TAPE RETUR1513 11 9 7 516 14 12 10 68171819202122TAPE RETURNS 9-16TAPE RETURNS 17-24OUT +4dBu IN –10dBV+4 / –10 BALANCED /

C. The 8•Bus Console and External Power Supply have beenexposed to rain; orD. The 8•Bus Console and External Power Supply does not appearto operate or

18LEFTRIGHTMAIN BAL OUTPUTS+28dBu MAX OUTEXPANDERPORTTHIS CONNECTION FOR MACKIE 8•BUS POWER SUPPLY ONLY ! DC POWER INUSE MACKIE 8•BUSEXPANDER CABLEONL

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20Do you need to read this section at all?Many of you reading this manual have a lotof experience in using large mixing consoles.For you battle-scarre

21HI MID Variable 1: Boost/CutHI MID Variable 2: BandwidthHI MID Variable 3: Band Center 3 HI MID VARIABLESmany recorders, and no amplifiers, that can

22detent if you are unfamiliar with the bandwidthfeature. This setting will give you a semi-para-metric type of EQ.The 8•Bus console’s set of three HI

23The LO and HI sections of the EQ are shelv-ing equalizers, with a family of curves shown inFigure 3. As you can see, shelving EQs lift orlower the e

24RECORDING OVERVIEWThe recording process can be as simple as onemicrophone recorded on a monaural tape re-corder. Not much advice needed for that.But

25right away so they can tune up and rehearse,providing all your chosen tracks are in recordmode and auto-switching to input when tape isnot rolling.K

26EXTERNALINPUTMIX-BOUTPUT1AUX SEND1RL22RR33RL44RR55RL66RRL7LLLR8RRRSUBMASTER INSERTAUX RETURN CNTRL RM OUTPUTSTUDIOOUTPUTMAIN MIXMAININSERTS2-TRACKI

27+15OOU12kMIX-BEQLOW CUTEQ INHIFREQ75 Hz18dB/octSOURCE45 3kPANLEVEL–15 +1580ULOSPLIT EQHI/LO EQTO MONMONITORLR–15 +15U250220 350PA NdB3020510SOLO-20O

1IMPORTANT SENSITIVITYADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE!16•824•832•8Owner’sManualVersion2.38/99during mixdown, roll an already-recordedtrack from your recorder.4.

28Getting reverb into the monitors is a littlemore involved, since there is no return assign-ment switch to MIX-B. You have three choices:• Assign MIX

29the sound of home and car speakers, mono com-patibility, human perception changes underdifferent listening conditions, matching similarproduct in yo

30OVERDUBBING PART 1: INPUT/OUTPUTEXTERNALINPUTMIX-BOUTPUT1AUX SEND1RL22RR33RL44RR55RL66RRL7LLLR8RRRSUBMASTER INSERTAUX RETURN CNTRL RM OUTPUTSTUDIOO

31+15OOU12kMIX-BEQLOW CUTEQ INHIFREQ75 Hz18dB/octSOURCE45 3kPANLEVEL–15 +1580ULOSPLIT EQHI/LO EQTO MONMONITORLR–15 +15U250220 350PA NdB3020510L/RMIXSO

32EXTERNALINPUTMIX-BOUTPUT1AUX SEND1RL22RR33RL44RR55RL66RRL7LLLR8RRRSUBMASTER INSERTAUX RETURN CNTRL RM OUTPUTSTUDIOOUTPUTMAIN MIXMAININSERTS2-TRACKI

33+15OOU12kMIX-BEQLOW CUTEQ INHIFREQ75 Hz18dB/octSOURCE45 3kPANLEVEL–15 +1580ULOSPLIT EQHI/LO EQTO MONMONITORLR–15 +15U250220 350PA NdB3020510SOLO-20O

34EXTERNALINPUTMIX-BOUTPUT1AUX SEND1RL22RR33RL44RR55RL66RRL7LLLR8RRRSUBMASTER INSERTAUX RETURN CNTRL RM OUTPUTSTUDIOOUTPUTMAIN MIXMAININSERTS2-TRACKI

35+15OOU12kMIX-BEQLOW CUTEQ INHIFREQ75 Hz18dB/octSOURCE45 3kPANLEVEL–15 +1580ULOSPLIT EQHI/LO EQTO MONMONITORLR–15 +15U250220 350PA NdB3020510SOLO-20O

36as reverb returns. Simply patch the return into aLine Input, if you have enough inputs to handlethis. (Bonus: you now have console EQ availableon yo

37pair of Leslie speakers or keying a gated set ofreindeer bells with the snare signal.The Mackie 8•Bus consoles can’t give you theinfinite number of

2TABLE OF CONTENTSSECTION 2* —Panel Layout and Function ... 4INPUT CHANNELS ... 4Fader ... 4Mute ...

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39One of Mackie Designs’ primary product phi-losophies is to make its mixers as multi-purposeas possible to make them more affordable. Thissounds like

40AUX RETURNLEFTRIGHTMAIN BAL OUTPUTS+28dBU MAX OUTOPERATINGLEVEL CH. 17-24 TAPE RETURNS 1-81513 11 9 7 5 3 116 14 12 10 6 4 281718192021222324TAPE RE

41+15OOU12kMIX-BEQLOW CUTEQ INHIFREQ75 Hz18dB/octSOURCE45 3kPANLEVEL–15 +1580ULOSPLIT EQHI/LO EQTO MONMONITORLR–15 +15U250220 350PA NdB3020510SOLO-20O

42LEFTRIGHTMAIN BAL OUTPUTS+28dBU MAX OUTEXTERNALINPUTMIX-BOUTPUT1AUX SEND1RL22RR33RL44RR55RL66RRL7LLLR8RRRSUBMASTER INSERTAUX RETURN CNTRL RM OUTPUT

43+15OOU12kMIX-BEQLOW CUTEQ INHIFREQ75 Hz18dB/octSOURCE45 3kPANLEVEL–15 +1580ULOSPLIT EQHI/LO EQTO MONMONITORLR–15 +15U250220 350PA NdB3020510SOLO-20O

44HOUSE AND MONITOR MIX TOGETHERIt’s a big board, but it’s the only one you own.So you find yourself mixing house and monitorsall from the same panel.

45and the other one up for stage monitor. If youneed to do some combination of house/recorderfeed or vocal/drum/keyboard monitors, dividethe functions

46“XLR” CONNECTORSMackie mixers use 3-pin female “XLR” connec-tors on all microphone inputs, with pin 1 wired tothe grounded shield, pin 2 wired to th

47TIP (SEND)RING (IN)TIP (OUT)RING (RETURN)TO MIXERCHANNEL INSERTTIP (RETURN)TIP (SEND)TO PROCESSORINPUTFROM PROCESSOROUTPUTFigure 11 : Hybrid connect

3RECORDINGSECTION 1: IntroductionThe Mackie 8•Bus Series is a flexible ‘in-linemonitoring’ style console. They are available with16, 24 or 32 micropho

48Figure 12: “Y”cord (a.k.a MULT) for splitting signal(Plugis Makus Doublis). Note that all three plugs are thesame — either TS (shown) or TRS. Don’t

49APPENDIX B: Options, Add-Ons and Extra StuffOPTIONSMeter BridgeYou can order an optional Mackie meter bridgefor any 8•Bus Series console. The meter

50Figure 8: Modification I — Aux SendBEFOREcut here (A)AFTERadd jumper (B)APPENDIX C: ModificationsADD-ONSSPECSETC.I. AUX Send modThis modification ch

51Figure 9: Modification II — PFLFigure 10: Modification III — Mix-B SourceBEFOREcut here (C&D)AFTERadd jumpers(E&F)BEFOREcut here (G)AFTERadd

52IV. Mix-B Mute modThis modification converts the Mix-B Sourceswitch to a Mix-B MUTE switch. The switch willno longer be able to source the channel s

53V. AUX 1/2 Source modThis modification should only be performed ifthe console is being used strictly for recording.A. When the Aux 1/2 Pre Switch is

54level up +20level up +15level up +150000000000000000000000max out +22max out +22max out +22+14 max in-10 trim dnMIC INPUT AUX RETURN CH. LEVEL MIX O

552.65"28.58" 2.50"2.70"Note: add 3.75" to depth for power supply cable clearance0.69"4.25"6.00 "9.00"4.7

562.65"28.58" 2.50"0.69"4.25"6.00"9.00"4.78"25.24"28.74"35.02"37.02"1.00"1.00"4.

572.65"28.58" 2.50"0.69"4.25"6.00"9.00"4.78"25.24"28.74"43.82"45.82"1.00"1.00"4.

4+15OOUMIX-BLOW CUT75 Hz18dB/octSOURCEFLIP SWCHANNELPANLEVELSPLIT EQHI/LO EQTO MIX-BMONITORLRPA NdB3020105-63-41-27- 8L/RMIX-20OLOO1610405060MUTE55SOL

582.65"28.58" 2.50"Note: add 3.75" to depth for power supply plug and expander cable clearance0.69"4.25"3.67"5.50&q

5919.00"10.1"3.50"(2 rack spaces)19.0"220-W Power SupplyWEIGHT24 lbs.26.80" 28.40" 22.50" 29.00" V. 1.0 4/4/94

60V. 1..1 6/5/958•BUS SIDE CAR RACK©1995 MACKIE DESIGNS INC.28.12" 28.25" 22.5" 29.88" SIDE VIEW28.75" *ALL SPECIFICATIONS S

61SERVICEIntermittent signal problems. Faulty plugsand cables are often the culprits. A TRS plug cansit in a socket for months doing its job and thens

624. When packing the Console, include:A. A note explaining exactly how to dupli-cate the problem. (If we cannot duplicatethe problem at the Mackie Fa

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64Draw a picture here of someone “making off” with your Mackie 8•Bus board and send it to yourlocal Police Department. (Just in case...)TRACK SHEETSSo

65+15OOU12kMIX-BEQLOW CUTEQ INHIFREQ75 HzSOURCE45 3kPANLEVEL–15 +1580ULOSPLITHI/LO EQTO MONMONITORLR–15 +15U250220 350PA NdB30205105-613 -143-411 -121

66This is the back of a master tracksheet, which came in the Mackie8•Bus console manual.If you find this sheet in a copymachine, please return it to t

67TALKBACKMIC MIX L/R dB3020510OO510405060UdB3020510OO510405060UdB3020510OO510405060UdB3020510OO510405060UdB3020510OO510405060UdB3020510OO510405060Ud

5+15OOU12kMIX-BEQLOW CUTEQ INLOMIDHIHIMIDFREQ75 Hz18dB/octSOURCEFLIP SWCHANNEL45 3kPANLEVELBANDWIDTHOCTAVES500 18k3kFREQ–15 +1580ULOSPLIT EQHI/LO EQTO

68This is the back of a master tracksheet, which came in the Mackie8•Bus console manual.If you find this sheet in a copymachine, please return it to t

69Whaddya say on thelast page of a manual?Well, we’d like to roll thecredits.This manual is copy-righted by MackieDesigns, ©1995, allrights reserved.I

70©1995 Mackie Designs 8•BUS CONSOLEBLOCK DIAGRAM Rev. 5.1- 6/6/95GAINHIBUS 1BUS 2BUS 3BUS 4BUS 5BUS 6BUS 7BUS 8L-BUSR-BUSL-SOLOR-SOLOAUX 1AUX 2AUX 3A

71BUS 1BUS 2BUS 3BUS 4BUS 5BUS 6BUS 7BUS 8L-BUSR-BUSL-SOLOR-SOLOAUX 1AUX 2AUX 3AUX 4AUX 5AUX 6L-MIX-BR-MIX-BL/R MIXMIX-B2-TKEXTERNALSUB MASTER 1 &

Some of thepeople at ourWoodinville,Washington factorywho helpeddesign, build, sell,and support yourproduct.Some of thepeople at ourWoodinville,Washin

6TRIMTAPE MIC/LINECHANNEL16GAIN +4–10dBV50dB10dBLINESENSITIVITYMICGAIN-40dBVCHANNEL16MIC/LINELINEINDIRECTOUTBAL-UNBALINSERTTIP = OUTRING = INPHANTOMPO

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