Mackie D8BKEYS User Manual

d8b Keyboard Shortcuts and Hot Keys

Key Function

F1 Select Mic/Line Fader bank – 1-24
F2 Select Tape Return Fader bank – 25-48
F3 Select FX/Bus/MIDI Fader bank – 49-72
F4 Select Master Fader bank – 73-96
Space bar Toggle Play/Stop
Ctrl + Space bar Play from Selection (Mix Editor)
Shift + < Rewind
Shift + > Fast Forward
Shift + 8 [asterisk] Record
[ Set Selection Start
] Set Selection End
Home Return to time 00:00:00:00
+ / - Go to next / previous cue point
Ctrl + M Set a new cue location
W Enable Automation Write on Selected

channel(s)

E Disable Automation Write on Selected

channel(s)
S Solo Selected channel(s)
D Un-solos Selected channel(s)
M Mute Selected channel(s)
, [Comma] Unmute Selected channel(s)
Z Zoom (“dive”) in the Mix Editor
D Drag the screen in the Mix Editor
Left/Right arrow (cursor) keys Moves channel Select by one channel in

the direction of the arrow
Shift + Left/Right arrow keys Selects multiple adjacent channels
Ctrl + Left/Right arrow keys Expands/Contracts Mix Editor scale

horizontally
Ctrl + Up/Down arrow keys Expands/Contracts Mix Editor scale

vertically
Alt + Left/Right arrow keys Scrolls Mix Editor vertically
Alt + Up/Down arrow keys (When Mix
Editor window is open)
Ctrl + ] Set selected channel faders to Unity
Ctrl + [ Set selected channel faders to zero
Alt + Up/Down arrow keys (other times,
even in the Fat Channel display)

Scrolls Mix Editor horizontally

Nudge the selected fader(s)

d8b Version 3 Shortcuts and Quick Keys – Revision B 01/08/01

Other Shortcuts

Editing Clipboard

Ctrl + C Copy to clipboard
Ctrl + V Paste from clipboard
Ctrl + X Cut (delete and copy to clipboard)

GUI

Ctrl + W (or ESC) Close the active (topmost) floating window
Ctrl + D Toggles between Mixer and Desktop

Grouping and Linking

Ctrl + A Selects all channels on the active fader

bank
Ctrl + G Groups selected channels (Opens Channel

Group dialog box)
Ctrl + L Links selected channels (Opens Link

Setup dialog box)
Ctrl + U Unlinks selected channels Opens Unlink

dialog box)

File Operations

Ctrl + O Opens a session (Opens Open a Project

dialog box)
Ctrl + S Save Session
Ctrl + Q Quit (prompts to save session)

Shortcuts to Windows

Ctrl + B Opens Channel List
Ctrl + H Opens History List
Ctrl + I Opens System Info window
Ctrl + P Opens Plug-in Assignment window
Ctrl + 1 Opens Setup window
Ctrl + 2 Opens Snapshots window
Ctrl + 3 Opens Surround Panning window on

selected channel
Ctrl + 4 Opens Locator window
Ctrl + 5 Opens Mix Editor window
Ctrl + 6 Opens Fat Channel window on selected

channel
Ctrl + 7 Opens 48-channel panning display
Ctrl + 8 Opens tape return faders display (Channel

25-48 faders on top half of mixer screen)
Ctrl + 9 Opens Event Track window
Ctrl + \ Closes all open floating windows

d8b Version 3 Shortcuts and Quick Keys – Revision B 01/08/01