"Version 5.0 is the direct result of our listening to d8b users and providing them with real-world features and functionality that will improve their overall productivity and efficiency," says Keith Olsen, corporate director, global recording market and product development at Mackie Designs Inc. "The HUI capabilities, for example, were implemented specifically for artists and engineers that are interfacing more and more with desktop systems, but still require the sound-quality, routing, and I/O capabilities of a high-end mixer."
Features include updated dynamics algorithms to improve channel-processing performance; new production tools (which include on-screen help as well as track sheets and channel notes) which can be easily exported as html files for sharing session information with other users; independent surround monitoring level controls and on-surface surround monitor control; and new plug-in chaining capability permitting 'daisy-chaining' of up to four plug-ins for one send, which allows users to double, triple or quadruple the number of plug-ins assigned to one input.
(Lee Baldock)
