Mackie 24-8 BUS User manual

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METER BRIDGE • CONSOLE STAND
METER BRIDGE
1. GENERAL
CONFIGURATION. The
Mackie 8•Bus Meter Bridge
shall be provided as a user-
installable display option for
the Mackie 8•Bus Series
Consoles and shall include
mounting hardware, inter-
face cabling and instruc-
tions. The Meter Bridge
frame shall be formed of
painted steel, and a model
shall be available to fit each
of the four 8•Bus Console
configuration options.
2. MECHANICAL SPECIFI-
CATIONS. The Meter Bridge
frame shall have a display
face 3.20" in height, and
shall have a width of 45.80"
(MB•32), 37.00" (MB•24), or
29.15" (MB•16 and MB•E).
At each end of each Meter
Bridge frame shall be a
mounting ear designed to
accommodate mounting
and rotation on the appro-
priate Mackie 8•Bus Console
by means of collar pieces
and associated hardware.
Each Meter Bridge frame
shall accommodate 32
(MB•32), 24 (MB•24) and
(MB•E), or 16 (MB•16) LED
ladder-type meters. Addition-
ally, the MB•32, MB•24 and
MB•16 shall be fitted with
two 3" mechanical VU
meters. The Meter Bridge
shall have 5 (MB•32), 4
(MB•24), or 3 (MB•16) and
(MB•E) access slots for
interface connections.
3. DISPLAY. The Meter
Bridge shall have a peak-
reading LED ladder-type
meter for each of the
Console input/tape chan-
nels, and the MB•32,
MB•24 and MB•16 shall
have two additional me-
chanical VU meters for the
Console main outputs. All
the display meters in the
Meter Bridge shall be
electronically buffered. The
LED meters shall have 12
segments, displaying a
range of –40 dB to +10 dB.
The 0 dB reference level for
the LED meters shall be
either +4 dBu. The VU
meters shall be calibrated
to read 0 VU for a level of
+4dBu measured at the
Console main outputs.
4. INTERFACE CABLING.
Depending on the model,
the Meter Bridge shall have
3, 4 or 5 ribbon-type inter-
face cables, each positioned
and terminated in a manner
to easily connect to the
corresponding interface
sockets on the Mackie 8•Bus
Console frame.
5. POWERING. All powering
for the Meter Bridge will be
provided by the Mackie
8•Bus Console through the
interface ribbon cables.
6. LED LADDER METER
INPUT SWITCHING. The
Meter Bridge shall have a
two-position switch which
shall globally switch all the
LED meters to one of two
sources available from the
Console: the multitrack tape
return or the channel direct
output.
7. INSTRUCTIONS. The
Meter Bridge shall include
complete, illustrated and
user-friendly assembly
instructions, which shall
conform to existing Mackie
standards for technical
literature without being
actually misleading.
8. DESIGNATION. The Meter
Bridges shall be designated
according to size and con-
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figuration: The meter bridge
incorporating 32 LED meters
and 2 VU meters shall be a
Mackie MB•32.
The meter bridge incorpo-
rating 24 LED meters and 2
VU meters shall be a Mackie
MB•24. The meter bridge
incorporating 16 LED meters
and 2 VU meters shall be a
Mackie MB•16. The meter
bridge incorporating 24 LED
meters and no VU meters
shall be a Mackie MB•E.
1. GENERAL CONFIGURA-
TION. The Mackie 8•Bus
Console Stand shall be
provided as a user-as-
sembled kit, consisting of a
left and a right Stand Leg, a
Horizontal Stand Panel and
associated hardware and
instructions. The Stand Legs
and Panel shall be formed
of painted steel, and a kit
shall be available to fit each
of the four 8•Bus Console
configuration sizes. The
Console Stand shall se-
curely support an appropri-
ately configured Mackie
8•Bus Console at a nominal
29 inches above the floor.
2. STAND LEGS. The left
and right Stand Legs shall
be common in design for
all four configuration sizes.
Each Leg shall have an
angled riser panel, 12" wide
and approximately 26.8"
high, with a mounting
flange at the top and a
weighted foot at the
bottom. The weighted foot
shall be 22.5" in length and
shall extend toward the
front of the Console for
proper balance. The under-
side of each foot shall be
fitted with two steel glides,
adjustable in height to
compensate for uneven
floors. The mounting flange
on the top of each Stand
Leg shall be pre-drilled and
designed to mate with the
existing mounting holes on
the 8•Bus Console series.
Additionally, the Stand Legs
shall have tapped screw
holes provided to mount
the Horizontal Stand Panel.
3. HORIZONTAL STAND
PANEL. The Horizontal
Stand Panel shall be
designed and formed to
provide a stable cross-link
between the two Stand
Legs. The Panel shall be
pre-drilled to mate with the
existing mounting holes on
the Stand Legs. The Hori-
zontal Stand Panels shall be
made in three lengths.
4. INSTRUCTIONS. The
Console Stand shall include
complete, illustrated and
user-friendly assembly
instructions, which shall
conform to existing Mackie
standards for technical
literature without being
actually misleading.
5. DESIGNATION. The
Console Stands shall be
designated according to
Horizontal Panel size: The
Stand incorporating the
40.3" long Horizontal
Panel shall be a Mackie
32STD, and shall mate
with a Mackie 32•8 con-
sole. The Stand incorporat-
ing the 31.5" long Hori-
zontal Panel shall be a
Mackie 24STD, and shall
mate with a Mackie 24•8
console. The Stand incor-
porating the 23.7" long
Horizontal Panel shall be a
Mackie 16STD, and shall
mate either a Mackie 16•8
or a 24•E console.
CONSOLE STAND
1005 3/95
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to improve its products with new components
and manufacturing methods, all specifications
are subject to change without notice. Rev 1.1
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