Specifications

Audio Plug-Ins Guide548
Mic Axis
When capturing the sound of a speaker cabinet
in a studio, sound engineers select different mi-
crophones and arrange them in different place-
ments to get a particular sound. For example, a
mic can be pointed straight at a speaker or an-
gled slightly off-center, in order to emphasize
(or de-emphasize) certain frequencies that the
mic picks up.
On-axis, for most microphones, is a line in the
same direction as the long dimension of the mi-
crophone and will produce a noticeable differ-
ence in coloration when compared to the same
microphone in the off-axis position.
In Eleven, the Axis switch lets you toggle be-
tween on- and off-axis setting of the currently
selected microphone model. The default posi-
tion for Mic position is On Axis.
About Mic Placement
All Eleven cabinets and mics were close mic’d
(whether on- or off-axis). This provides the pur-
est tones possible, of any room tone or ambience
specific to the Eleven recording environment.
Tracks and Signal Routing for
Guitar
The way you set up Pro Tools tracks and signal
routing can vary depending on what you want to
do while recording and mixing with Eleven. This
section gives you a few specific examples of
some of the many different ways you can choose
to work:
• “Recording Dry: Monitor Through Eleven”
on page 548.
• “Recording Wet: Record Eleven-Processed
Track to Disk” on page 549.
• “Recording Dry and Eleven Simultane-
ously” on page 550.
• “Processing Pre-Recorded Tracks Through
Eleven” on page 551
• “Blending Eleven Cabinets and Amps” on
page 552.
Recording Dry: Monitor Through
Eleven
This workflow lets you record dry (clean) while
the recorded signal is processed through Eleven,
letting you hear it but without committing the
track to that tone forever.
The flexibility to audition and compare differ-
ent settings and combinations of amps, cabinets
and microphones is a very creative and powerful
tool for mixing and arranging.
To record dry and monitor through Eleven:
1 Choose Track > New and configure the New
Track to create one mono Audio Track.
2 Set the track input to the audio interface input
your guitar is plugged in to (such as
In 1 (Mono)).
Mic Axis switch in the Cabinet section