Specifications

Chapter 98: Using Eleven 551
Processing Pre-Recorded
Tracks Through Eleven
You can process pre-recorded guitar tracks, or
almost any material, through Eleven.
To listen to pre-recorded tracks through Eleven
(without re-recording):
1 Import and place your audio in a Pro Tools au-
dio track.
2 Assign the audio track Output to Bus 1 (or
Bus 1-2 if working with stereo material).
3 Create an Aux Input track, and configure it as
follows:
• Click its track Input selector and choose
Bus 1 (or Bus 1-2).
– and –
• Click the Insert selector and select Eleven.
4 Begin playback and watch Eleven’s Input LED
to check your level. Make sure you’re not clip-
ping Eleven’s input.
5 While listening, adjust Eleven’s Input knob to
increase or decrease input level.
6 After setting your gain structure, do any of the
following:
• Try different Settings files (presets) to get
your basic amp/cab/mic combination.
• Adjust amp controls.
• Try different cabinets and varying amounts
of Speaker Breakup.
• Try different mics and positions to hear
how they affect the track.
7 Apply other plug-ins, or bus the Aux Input to
another track for additional processing.
To process and re-record tracks through Eleven:
1 Import and place your audio in a Pro Tools au-
dio track.
2 Configure the source audio track by doing the
following:
• Assign the audio track Output a bus (such
as
Bus 1 if mono, or Bus 1-2 if stereo).
– and –
• Click the Insert selector and select Eleven.
3 Choose Track > New and create one mono au-
dio track.
4 Configure the new audio track as follows:
• Click its track Input selector and choose the
Bus 1 (or Bus 1-2).
– and –
• Click the Insert selector and select Eleven.
5 Record enable the new audio track (or enable
TrackInput monitoring if using Pro Tools HD).
6 Begin playback and start listening.
7 While listening, adjust Eleven’s Input knob to
increase or decrease input level.
8 When everything sounds and looks good, lo-
cate to where you want to begin recording (or
make a time selection), arm the Pro Tools Trans-
port and press Play to start recording.