User Manual

Eleven Rack User Guide12
Phones Output
The Phones output is a 1/4-inch TRS jack that
drives a pair of headphones with the same signal
that is being sent out of the Main outputs of
Eleven Rack. This can be either the output signal
of the current Rig when using Eleven Rack as a
standalone device, or the output signal of
Pro Tools or other applications when using
Eleven Rack as an audio interface.
The headphone output level is adjusted in tan-
dem with the Main volume when you turn the
Volume knob on the front panel of Eleven Rack
or adjust the Main volume from within
Pro Tools. If you want the headphone volume to
differ from that going to your speakers, you can
adjust the Headphone Offset setting in User Op-
tions mode.
Output To Amp 1 (L)
The Output To Amp 1 (L) is one of two outputs
specifically designed for connecting to the input
of a guitar amplifier or effects unit. It is an in-
strument-level output. Since most amplifier in-
put jacks are located on the amp’s front panel,
we put one of these jacks on the front panel of
Eleven Rack for easy patching.
The Output to Amp 2 jack, which outputs the
right channel signal, is located on the back of
Eleven Rack. It can be used independently of
Output 1, or along with it for stereo amplifier
configurations.
The Output to Amp jacks can output a live gui-
tar signal in real time as you play, or a pre-re-
corded signal from Pro Tools, for re-amping pur-
poses.
You can select from specific points in the signal
chain to feed each Output To Amp jack. This lets
you choose the type of processing you want on
the output signal.
Guitar Input with True-Z
The Guitar input is a 1/4" TS, instrument-level
input. Designed for electric guitars, the jack also
works well with bass guitars, acoustic guitars
with pickups, and even vintage electric pianos.
Eleven Rack features a special variable-imped-
ance circuit called True-Z, which automatically
changes the input impedance of the Eleven Rack
guitar input depending on which amp or effects
model is first in the chain of the current Rig.
True-Z alters the frequency response of your gui-
tar signal by loading your pickups in the same
manner as plugging into a real amp or effect.
This setting only effects instruments with pas-
sive pickups.
When using an instrument with active (battery-
powered) pickups, we recommend setting the
True-Z setting to 1M. This feature can be manu-
ally controlled and saved as part of a Rig setting.
For more information on Headphone Offset,
see “Headphone Volume” on page 93.
Most recent keyboards have line-level out-
puts and should be connected to the Line in-
puts on the back panel of Eleven Rack.
When using Eleven Rack as a standalone
preamp and processor, it’s important to note
that only one input type can run through the
Rig at one time. The Rig Input User Option
setting must be set to the correct input type,
or no audio will pass to the outputs. For
more info, see “Rig Input” on page 90.
When using Eleven Rack as an audio inter-
face with Pro Tools, all inputs are usable si-
multaneously (though the Rig is still limited
to processing one input type at a time).