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D8B Manual • Appendices • page 165

Connections

You will need a MIDI interface with an

available input and output port connected to your
DAW. Connect the D8B’s MIDI output to the MIDI
input on the interface and connect the MIDI
output on the interface to the MIDI input on the
D8B. Mac users will need to set up a device for
their D8B under OMS (if you are using Pro Tools
or Nuendo) or Free MIDI (if you are using Digital
Performer).

Mac users launch OMS Setup (or Free MIDI

Setup). Create a new device called HUI. Use the
default settings and make sure you tell it the
correct input and output ports that you are using.
Save your setup and exit.

On the D8B, choose HUI Mode from the

Options menu.

You will see a HUI button appear next to the

master fader. Click it or use the control surface
shortcut SHIFT+MASTER (keyboard shortcut is F5).
The board and GUI will change to the HUI layer.
All the faders will be at unity and the V-Pots and
Time Code read out will be blank. You must now
launch your DAW and set it up to use a HUI.

Pro Tools:

Go to

Setups > Peripherals

Choose the

MIDI Controllers

tab. For the first

available Type, choose

HUI

. Select the MIDI port

you have connected to the D8B for both the

Receive From

and

Send To

. Click

DP3.1:

Go to

Basics > Control Surface

Setup

. Set the Driver to

HUI

. Under

MIDI

, select

the first channel. Click

Nuendo:

Go to

Devices > Device Setup

. Click

the

Add/Remove

tab and choose

Mackie HUI

Click the

Add

button and then click the

Setup

tab.

Now choose

Mackie HUI

from the Devices list.

Select the MIDI channel you have connected to
the D8B for both the Input and Output. Click

The D8B’s HUI layer faders should jump to the

position of the first eight faders in the currently open
session. If they don’t, repeat the above instructions.

For the D8B’s internal automation to function,

you must also set up your DAW to send MIDI Time
Code (MTC) to the D8B. This is done as follows:

Pro Tools:

Go to

Windows > Show Session

Setup

. On the left side of the window you will see

a check box and pull-down menu for

Send MTC to

Port

. Check this box and choose the MIDI port

you have connected to the D8B.

DP3.1:

Go to

Basics > Transmit Sync…

Check the

Send MTC

check box and choose the

MIDI port you have connected to the D8B.

Nuendo:

Go to

Transport > Sync Setup…

Under

Send MIDI Timecode

, check the MIDI port

you have connected to the D8B.

Now if you press Play, the blue time code read

out (top right corner of the D8B GUI) should
display the incoming time code. If, during play-
back, it stays at all zeros, then the D8B is not
receiving code properly and you should repeat the
above instructions.

Your D8B is now connected correctly.

Operation

The real HUI (and thus the HUI layer) only

has eight faders. To control more than eight faders
in a DAW, we put bank buttons on the HUI to shift
eight faders at a time to the right or left. This
allows you access to all your faders in the DAW.
Since the D8B doesn’t have bank left or right
buttons (or many others that are on the HUI), we
remapped the buttons on the D8B HUI layer to
perform different functions when in HUI Mode.