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 audio 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).

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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 clipping 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 audio 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).

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Click the Insert selector and select Eleven.

3 Choose Track > New and create one mono audio track.

4 Configure the new audio track as follows:

Click its track Input selector and choose the Bus 1 (or Bus 1-2).

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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, locate to where you want to begin recording (or make a time selection), arm the Pro Tools Transport and press Play to start recording.