Specifications

MACKIE
D8B (DIGITAL 8•BUS)
AUDIO MIXERS
392
EQUIPMENT LEASING AVAILABLE
PHOTO - VIDEO - PRO AUDIO
Open Card Cage Architecture
The D8B can be configured for almost any recording application.It offers analog I/O, digital I/O,
word clock I/O and effect processing cards as add-on options.And it doesn’t take a degree in
electrical engineering to add a card.In fact, you don’t even need a screwdriver to install a card.
HUI Mode
The D8B software includes a HUI mode,
which allows the D8B to operate as a HUI
(Human User Interface) control surface with
DAW software applications that support the
Mackie HUI. Turn on HUI mode by clicking
Options in the top menu bar and selecting
HUI Mode.This creates a fifth fader bank in
addition to MIC/LINE, TAPE IN, EFFECTS,
and MASTERS, which can be accessed by
pressing SHIFT+MASTERS on the control
surface or clicking the HUI button above the
Master fader on-screen. HUI mode uses the
MIDI IN/OUT ports connected to a MIDI
interface to control specific functions in the DAW, including fader and transport control.
AIO•8
DIO•8
Apogee Word Clock I/O
If you need to sync your D8B to an external clock reference, the optional Apogee Word
Clock I/O card provides a BNC clock input for slaving the D8B. Extremely low-jitter,
cost-effective clocking card with vari-speed and pull-up/down capabilities.
AIO•8 Analog I/O Card:
8 balanced line level (+4dBu) outputs and returns for
connecting the D8B to analog equipment.
DIO•8 Digital I/O Card:
Made by Apogee, this card gives you 8 channels of
24-bit digital tape outputs and digital tape returns in
both ADAT lightpipe and Tascam T/DIF formats. The
DIO•8’s provide direct dubbing capabilities from
ADAT optical to T/DIF format, and vice versa.
OPT•8 Low-Cost Digital I/O Card:
The low-cost OPT•8 I/O card provides 8 channels of
ADAT lightpipe for under $100!
PDI•8: 24-bit AES/EBU Digital I/O Card;
Ideal for digital audio workstations and supports real
time sample rate conversion on input as well as
Apogee’s UV22 16-bit CD encoding on output.
OPTIONAL
8-CHANNEL I/O C
ARDS
PDI•8
Locator/Transport/Jog
◆ Once you start using it, you’ll discover that
you don’t have to take your eyes off of the
console nearly as much.You can run the
transport of any tape or hard-disk based
recorder that can slave to MIDI Machine
Controlled.You can create song start and
stop or loop continuously between two
points.And you can dial in any location
point in a session right from the console.
◆ You can also arm up to 24 tape machine
tracks directly from the Record Ready but-
ton on each D8B channel strip.The time
code counter window and location point
reader above the transport section reflect
the tape position in SMPTE
(hrs:mins:secs:frms) or MIDI
(bars:beats:ticks), and let you mark multi-
ple location points.
Easy Surround Sound
The future of music is multichannel and the
D8B makes it easy. To move a channel from
front to back or side to side, just pull up the
Surround window and use the mouse to
“grab” the sound source and move it around
in the Pan window. You can select two differ-
ent positions for a sound and then “morph”
it from one spot to another over a specified
length of time. There is also a mind-boggling
Surround Screen that shows the front-
back/left-right position of up to 72 different
channels—all in one view.
◆ Surround Sound mixing environment with
depth of center control,surround LFE gain
control for each channel,sound-corrected
buss and track assignment.
◆ Surround front-to-rear pan control via
control surfaces or MIDI
◆ Pan Depth of Center for keeping sound
effects and/or music out of the center
speaker during LCRS, 5.1/6.1/7.1 sessions.
◆ The Surround Sound window includes
nine faders (eight surround and a master)
for adjusting the analog output levels at the
Bus 1-8 outputs. This doesn’t affect the
digital surround output signals at the Alt
1-8 outputs. This allows you to make
adjustments in your monitoring levels
without affecting the signal being recorded.
Once the levels are set, you can lock the
monitor level settings by clicking the Menu
button and choosing Lock Monitor Levels.