Mackie TT24 Quick Start Manual - 3.4.6 Snap

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Owner’s Manual

Owner’

s Manual

3.4.6 SNAP 

Press the 

SNAP

 button to display and edit the settings 

on the SNAPSHOTS TT control software screen. See 

Snapshots

 on page 42 for a complete discussion. 

See 

Snapshots

 on page 18 to learn about the console’s 

Snapshot controls. 

3.4.7 EFX 

Press the 

EFX

 button to display effects settings on 

the EFX Touchscreen. There are four internal EFX 

processors. 

See 

Effects

 on page 45 for more information about the 

EFX Touchscreen. 

Also see 

Internal Effects Processors

 on page 27 and 

Tabular Summary of DSP

 and Effects on page 28. 

3.4.8 MATRIX 

Press the 

MATRIX

 button to display the MATRIX 

Touchscreen. See 

Matrix Mix

 on page 44 and 

Matrix 

Output

 on page 27 for more information. 

3.4.9 Engineer’s Utility 

The Engineer’s Utilities area consists of the clipboard 

buttons (

COPY

 and 

PASTE

) and four green backlit but-

tons: 

HELP

, 

SETUP

, 

UTIL

, and 

CTRL

. 

HELP 

The HELP button displays the current firmware ver-

sion in the TT24 mixing console. 

SETUP 

Press the 

SETUP

 button to open the SETUP Touch-

screen, which accesses global console parameters from 

the following categories: Operation, General, Digital, 

and MIDI. See page 45 for details. 

UTIL 

Press the 

UTIL

 button to open the UTIL Touchscreen, 

which accesses useful console configuration functions: 

Monitor Source, Stereo Input Assign, Talkback, Meter-

ing, Test Tones, and User Bank. See page 49 for details. 

CTRL 

Pressing and holding the 

CTRL

 button while access-

ing some console controls provides alternate functions: 

• 

Default Values

: Press and hold the 

CTRL

 button 

and touch any console parameter to restore its 

default value. 

For example, press and hold 

CTRL

 and turn a Pan 

V-Pot to return it to its center position or turn an 

EQ Gain knob to return the setting to 0. 

• 

Multiple Solo

: Press and hold the 

CTRL

 button 

to select multiple 

SOLO

 buttons. This works even 

when 

EXCLUSIVE SOLO

 mode is active in the 

GENERAL SETUP Touchscreen (see page 46). 

• 

Special TT Control Screens

: CTRL+METERS, 

CTRL+BANK (ANLG, DGTL, RTNS, or MSTR), 

CTRL+MATRIX 

COPY 

Press the 

COPY

 button to copy the selected channel’s 

parameters to the clipboard (can only contain one 

channel’s parameters). 

PASTE 

Press the 

PASTE

 button to paste the clipboard con-

tents onto the selected channel(s). The 

PASTE

 button 

has no effect until a channel is copied to the clipboard. 

The parameters copied and pasted can be restricted 

depending on the current Touchscreen: 

•  4-and 6-BAND EQ Touchscreens: only EQ param-

eters 

•  COMPRESSOR Touchscreen: only compressor pa-

rameters 

•  GATE/EXP Touchscreen: only gate/expander param-

eters 

•  DYNAMICS Touchscreen: 

both

 compressor and 

gate/expander parameters 

•  GRPS/AUXES Touchscreen: only Group and Aux 

assignments 

•  FAT OVERVIEW Touchscreen: all parameters 

3.4.10 Main Meters and RUDE SOLO LED 

The main meters display 

the Left, Right, and Center/

Mono outputs, depending on 

the console configuration. 

The meters receive the same 

signal as the Main outputs. 

The first red Clip LED at the 

top of the meter lights when 

the signal reaches -2 dBFS. 

If any channel is soloed, 

the 

RUDE SOLO

 LED flashes 

red. The 

L

 and 

R

 meters now 

display the stereo solo signal 

instead of the main output. 

If the solo signal is mono, it 

appears on both the L and R 

meters. 

The 

CTR/MONO

 meter 

does not display anything 

2

L

R

CTR/MONO

RUDE

SOLO

SNAPSHOTS

4

7

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

50

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Figure 3-6 Main Meters 

and RUDE SOLO