User Manual

Master Fader and My Fader Reference Guide
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Chapter 1 : Welcome
Introduction
Hello everyone! This is the Master Fader and My Fader Reference Guide...we hope you like it!
Instead of one massive document containing detailed information about the hardware and software,
we have divided them into separate manuals. Simply decide if you need assistance with the hardware
or software and dive on in. The water here is warm and crystal clear.
Master Fader V3.0 / My Fader V3.0
The following pages describe the software side of things. The hardware should remain relatively unchanged
throughout the life of your product. The software, though, is another story. The Master Fader and
My Fader apps are always being updated...even right now this very minute! This means frequent updates
to this Reference Guide, rmware and more. With each major release comes an updated Reference Guide.
This version of the Reference Guide is written and designed for Master Fader V3.0, My Fader V3.0 and
the corresponding mixer rmware installed by these apps. With so many frequent changes, some screen
shots may look slightly dierent than what you see within these pages and there could be some functional
dierences, as well.
So there you have it. Again, we hope you like it. If you have any questions or comments about this Reference
Guide (or other Mackie documentation), please don’t hesitate to contact us: [e-mail]
About This Guide
This guide is designed to be accessible, with subsections as complete as practical to minimize having to
electronically leaf back and forth looking for the whole story. The entire guide does not need to be read to
gure out how to use this console. However, a certain amount of familiarity with analog mixing consoles,
their features, and commonly used signal processing (compressors, limiters, gates, EQs, etc.) is assumed.
This guide provides the following resources:
• Detailed description of each screen on the Mackie Master Fader app.
• An entire chapter dedicated to My Fader iPhone and iPod touch app.
• An entire chapter dedicated to the level setting procedure.
As the saying goes, “a picture tells a 1000 words”. With that thought in mind, we added quite
a few illustrations, screen shots and other images throughout to accompany the text.
This icon marks information that is critically important or unique! For your own good, read and
remember them because there is pop quiz built in to the Master Fader app. To conrm your
knowledge of these features, the app will not function until all answers are correct. Ok, maybe
that’s not entirely accurate (or even somewhat accurate), but it IS a good idea to pay special
attention to these areas in the Reference Guide marked with the “VERY IMPORTANT” hand icon.
There’s an illustration of a microscope, so, of course, you’re going to get more detailed
information when you see this little guy. There are explanations of features and practical
tips listed here.
It’s a good idea to pay attention to text displayed next to a note icon, as this icon draws
attention to certain features and functions relating to the usage of Master Fader and My Fader.