Specifications

Chapter 97: Eleven Input Calibration and QuickStart 535
To prepare your guitar and Pro Tools host-based
hardware for input calibration:
1 In Pro Tools, choose Setup > Playback Engine
and set your Hardware Buffer to a low enough
setting to reduce monitor latency.
2 On your guitar, select the highest output
pickup or position and set the volume and tone
controls to 10 (maximum).
3 Strum full chords (your loudest expected play-
ing) while watching the Input indicators on your
audio hardware.
4 Adjust the Input Gain on your audio interface
high enough to indicate a strong signal on the
hardware Input LED (but not overloading the in-
put).
To prepare your guitar and Pro Tools|HD hardware
for input calibration:
1 On your guitar, select the highest output
pickup or position and set all volume and tone
controls to the maximum.
2 Strum full chords (your loudest expected play-
ing) while watching the Input indicators on your
audio hardware.
3 Adjust your pre-amp input gain until you see a
strong signal on your audio interface Input me-
ters (but not overloading the input).
Set Up a Pro Tools Track
In this step, you’ll create and configure an audio
track to use for the final stage of input calibra-
tion.
To set up and check Track level (all systems):
1 Choose Tracks > New, and create one mono Au-
dio track.
2 In the Mix window, click the track Input selec-
tor and choose your guitar input.
3 Click the track Insert selector and select
Eleven.
4 Record enable the audio track, or enable its
TrackInput monitoring button (Pro Tools|HD
only).
Input 1 Gain on Mbox Pro
One audio track for input calibration on Pro Tools
Eleven
Guitar input
Track meter