Mackie TT24 Quick Start Manual - 3.4 Aux Functions

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Quick-Start Guide

Quick

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Connect CD to channels 23 and 24 

1.  Move the CD to the channel 23 and 24 

LINE

 con-

nectors. 

2.  Set the 

LINE

 switch to the down position (line 

level). 

3.  Press and hold channel 23 

and

 24’s 

SELECT

switches until the Link Channels dialog appears in 

the Touchscreen. 

4.  Touch 

OK

 to approve the channel linking. 

5.  Press the 

PAN

 button in the V-POT CONTROL area 

(Figure 3-3). 

6.  Turn channel 23’s V-Pot hard left. Channel 24 

automatically pans in the opposite direction. Pretty 

cool! 

7.  Activate the 

SOLO

 button above the fader on either 

channel to solo. The linked channel 

does not

 also 

solo. 

8.  Adjust the channel’s 

GAIN

 knob and watch the 

meters to the right of the Touchscreen. 

The level should be between –7 and –10 dBFS. 

9.  Repeat steps 7 and 8 for the other channel in the 

linked pair. 

NOTE: Stereo linking always operates on a consecutive odd/even 

channel pair. The odd channel’s parameters are copied to the even 

channel except Pan, which is inversely linked (i.e., hard left on odd 

channel translates to hard right on even channel). 

Adjust EQ, Dynamics, and channel routing 

1.  With channel 23 and 24 selected, press the 

EQ

 but-

ton in the QuickMix area to display the channel EQ 

screen in the Touchscreen. 

2.  Touch the 

EQ IN

 toggle switch on the screen. 

3.  Use the 12 V-Pots to adjust the EQ parameters. 

4.  Press the 

DYN

 QuickMix button to display the 

Comp/Gate screen in the Touchscreen. 

5.  Touch the 

GATE IN

 or 

COMP IN

 toggle switches on 

the Touchscreen to engage the processors. 

6.  Use the 12 V-Pots to adjust the dynamics param-

eters. 

NOTE: Press the Gate or Compressor graph on the Touchscreen to 

access a larger view of the individual dynamics processors. 

7.  Press the 

GRP/AUX

 QuickMix button to display the 

Group/Aux routing screens. 

Groups 1–8 buttons on the Touchscreen are used 

for channel routing. The 12 V-Pots are used to 

adjust the Channel Aux send levels. 

8.  Push the V-Pot knobs to toggle each Aux send 

between pre- and post-fader. 

3.4 Aux Functions 

This section discusses how to setup, route, and mix 

the Aux buses. Each of the 12 Aux masters have their 

own EQ and compressor/limiter. 

1.  Display the Aux masters by pressing the 

AUX 

MSTR

 button (Figure 3-4) to the right of the 

QuickMix knobs. 

2.  Select Aux master 1 by pressing the top-left Quick-

Mix knob. Figure 3-7 (left) shows Aux 1 selected. 

3.  Touch the EQ grid or press the 

EQ

 QuickMix button 

to display the EQ output parameters for selected 

Aux send 1 (right of Figure 3-7). 

NOTE: The EQ IN/OUT button is located on the upper right of the 

Touchscreen. 

The EQ has six bands: 

Figure 3-7 Aux Master (left) and EQ (right) screens