Mackie TT24 Quick Start Manual - 3.5 Utility Area

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when viewing solo levels. This, along with the 

RUDE 

SOLO

 LED, indicates that the meter is displaying a 

soloed signal. 

When all solos are cleared either individually or by 

pressing the global 

CLEAR SOLO

 button, the 

RUDE 

SOLO

 LED stops flashing and the three meters return to 

their normal operation. 

3.5 UTILITY Area 

At the top of the console, the UTILITY area contains 

TALKBACK

, 

MONITOR

, and 

PHONES

 controls. 

Figure 3-7 UTILITY area

OL

SIG

U

OFF MAX

MONITOR

U

OFF MAX

PHONES

TALKBACK 

U

+60dB

20

30

40

UTILITY 

3.5.1 TALKBACK 

The 

TALKBACK

 gain knob controls the input gain 

of the rear panel 

TALKBACK

 microphone input. The 

gain range is 0–60 dB. A green SIG (signal) LED and a 

red OL (overload) LED behave identically to those on 

the channel strips (see page 12). The talkback signal 

is routed via the TALKBACK Touchscreen, accessed by 

pressing 

UTIL

 and then touching the 

TALK-

BACK

 button. The Talkback signal can be 

routed to any Matrix or Aux bus. 

3.5.2 MONITOR 

The 

MONITOR

 gain knob controls the level of 

the 

Left

, 

Right

, and 

Mono

 monitor outputs. The 

gain range is from 

off

 to +10 dB. These out-

puts contain the left, right, and monitor signal 

selected in the MON. SOURCE Touchscreen, ac-

cessed by pressing 

UTIL

 and then touching the 

MONITOR SOURCE

 button. When a solo button 

is pressed, the solo signal is sent to the monitor 

outputs instead. 

3.5.3 PHONES 

The 

PHONES

 gain knob controls the head-

phone output level, a stereo output identical to 

the Monitor 

L/R

 outputs. The 

PHONES

 level is 

independent of the 

MONITOR

 gain control. 

3.6 Snapshots 

The TT24 includes a robust snapshot feature that cap-

tures and restores the state of the console. The console 

snapshot controls are in the top-right of the console 

beside the QuickMix buttons (Figure 3-5). These fast 

and intuitive surface controls can store/recall up to 99 

snapshots. See “Appendix B: Snapshot Parameters Saved” 

for a list of all the TT24 parameters saved in a snapshot.

More elaborate snapshot functionality is available on 

the SNAPSHOTS Touchscreen (i.e., channel and param-

eter filtering; see page 42). This section discusses only 

the console’s surface controls. 

The 

SNAPSHOTS

 LCD displays the selected snapshot 

(bottom-right in Figure 3-6). Use the up/down arrow 

buttons to scroll through existing snapshots. The current 

snapshot’s number is displayed in the 

SNAPSHOTS

 LCD 

field next to the Touchscreen. The snapshot number 

blinks in the 

SNAPSHOTS

 display before being recalled. 

Press and hold the snapshot up or down arrows to 

step through three numbers and then begin increasing 

or decreasing in increments of fives to allow for faster 

access to a desired snapshot.

Press 

RECALL

 to recall the blinking snapshot number 

displayed in the LCD. When the 

RECALL

 button is 

pressed, the snapshot parameters are loaded into the 

TT24 and the LCD lights continuously. Press 

STORE

to save the state of the console to the current snapshot 

(the last snapshot recalled). 

Figure 3-8 Bank Select, 

Group, Aux and Master 

sections

GROUP ASSIGN/SELECT

MASTER

MUTE

1

5

SELECT

SOLO

MUTE

2

6

SELECT

SOLO

MUTE

3

7

SELECT

SOLO

MUTE

4

8

SELECT

SOLO

CTR/

MONO

L/R

SELECT

Group Assign/Select buttons

Master Center/Mono Assign button

Master Left/Right Assign button

Master Select button

Group Select buttons

Group Faders

p

Group Mute buttons

Master Fader

Group Solo buttons