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Transport section, Position display, Range display – MACKIE Digital 8Bus D8B v5.1 User Manual

Page 45: Set time button, Smpte view button, Number buttons 0–9, Enter button, Locator button, Loop button, D8b manual • chapter 2 • page 39

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D8B Manual • Chapter 2 • page 39

Transport Section

This section provides control for external recorder
transports, time display, snapshots, locates, and loops.

POSITION display

• Shows the numeric representation of SMPTE

or MIDI Time Code (Hours: Minutes: Sec-
onds: Frames) or a musically referenced
display (Bars: Beats: Ticks).

• When the console is receiving time code, this

display continually updates according to the
time code position.

• Displays entered values for Locate storage.

RANGE display

• Shows the snapshot number in Snapshot

mode.

• Shows the most recently entered MMC locate

point when in Locator mode.

• When looping it shows the beginning (FROM)

and ending (TO) locate points for the loop.

SET TIME button

• Press this button to enter a new time in the

Position Display (in Hours: Minutes: Seconds:
Frames or Bars: Beats: Ticks)

• The number buttons are used to enter the time.

• Press ENTER to complete the action. This

sends an MMC locate command.

SMPTE VIEW button

This button toggles between SMPTE/MTC time

and BBT (Bars/Beats/Ticks) in the Position display.

Number Buttons 0–9

• Used to numerically enter Snapshot, Locate,

and Loop points in the Range display, and
time values in the Position display.

• When numeric buttons are used to enter data,

you must press ENTER to complete the action.

• Pressing the number keys while holding CON-

TROL scrolls through the on-screen interface
windows.

ENTER button

• Initiates numeric changes that have been

typed into the snapshot, locate, position, or
range display from the console number but-
tons (or standard IBM-style keyboard
connected to the console).

• Pressing CONTROL and ENTER increases the

SNAPSHOT or LOCATOR selection (control
surface only).

• Pressing ALT and ENTER decreases the

SNAPSHOT or LOCATOR selection (control
surface only).

LOCATOR button

• Allows the number buttons to be used for en-

tering specific location numbers.

Each location number (00 – 99)

may represent a specific time during
an MTC-referenced playback or re-
cording, if previously stored.

When in this mode, the left two

digits in the Range display indicate
the locate point number.

Locate points can be captured

while tape is moving. Simply hit
STORE, the Locate number, and then
ENTER at the instant you wish to
store a location.

LOOP button

Used to set the start and end Locate

points in a Loop.

To loop a segment, first enter the

locate start point using the numeric
buttons (onboard or computer key-
board), then press ENTER.

Next, press LOOP, enter the ending

locate point number, then press ENTER.

SMPTE VIEW

SET TIME

MINUTES

HOURS

SECONDS

FRAMES

BARS

BEATS

LOOP

TICKS

POSITION

RANGE

MODE

FROM

TO

2

3

4

5

7

1

6

8

9

0

ENTER

STORE

LOCATOR

LOOP

SNAPSHOT

JOG & SHUTTLE

SHUTTLE

JOG

REWIND

FAST FWD

STOP

PLAY

RECORD