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  • Page 1: User Guide

    User Guide Version 8.0.1...
  • Page 2 Legal Notices This guide is copyrighted ©2009 by Avid Technology, Inc, with all rights reserved. Under copyright laws, this guide may not be duplicated in whole or in part without the written consent of Avid Technology, Inc. 003, 96 I/O, 96i I/O, 192 Digital I/O, 192 I/O, 888|24 I/O,...
  • Page 3 Communication Statement Compliance Statement NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply This model Digidesign Eleven Rack complies with the following with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part standards regulating interference and EMC: 15 of the FCC Rules.
  • Page 4 CE Compliance Statement: 9) Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other. A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong. The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Eleven Rack Back Panel ........
  • Page 6 Installation Overview........... . . 41 Installing Pro Tools LE and Connecting Eleven Rack....... 41 Launching Pro Tools LE .
  • Page 7 Eleven Rack MIDI CC Controllers........
  • Page 8 Eleven Rack User Guide...

  • Page 9: Part I Playing Guitar Through Eleven Rack

    Part I: Playing Guitar through Eleven Rack...

  • Page 11: Chapter 1. Introduction

    Got Your Guitar. What’s Next? monitors, a stereo power amp and speakers, or mixer inputs, use the Main outputs. Eleven Rack is a high-quality audio and MIDI in- terface, with classic guitar amp and effects pro- cessing built right in. This means that Eleven Rack is useful both when recording, and when playing guitar live or in practice.

  • Page 12: System Requirements And Compatibility

    Connect the power cable and set the Power System Requirements and switch to On. The Eleven Rack logo will appear. Compatibility As Eleven Rack warms up, check your guitar to make sure that its volume is turned up. To use Eleven Rack with Pro Tools, you need.

  • Page 13: Getting Around This Guide

    Conventions Used in This Guide There are two main ways to use Eleven Rack. In Part 1, we’ll cover using Eleven Rack as a live gui- Digidesign guides use the following conven- tar processor, and in Part 2, we’ll get into how to...
  • Page 14 Eleven Rack User Guide...

  • Page 15: Chapter 2. Hardware Overview

    Use the heavy-duty Power switch to turn Eleven backwards to the previous view. When you’re Rack on and off. Eleven Rack will take a few sec- satisfied with the changes you’ve made, press onds to warm up. When the Rig name appears the Save button to save your settings.
  • Page 16 Use the SW1 and SW2 buttons to toggle various switched behaviors and navigate through edit- When you’re finished tuning, press any button ing views in Eleven Rack. The part of the display to return to the previous screen. next to the SW1 and SW2 buttons shows the current function of the buttons.
  • Page 17 Main outputs of pickups, or even vintage electric pianos. Eleven Rack. This can be either the output of the current Rig when using Eleven Rack, or the out- Most recent keyboards have line-level out-...

  • Page 18: Eleven Rack Back Panel

    Eleven Rack Back Panel Figure 2 identifies each port on the back panel of the Eleven Rack. FX Loop Output To AES/EBU Main output AC power input Amp 2 (R) digital I/O Line input Exp. Pedal/ MIDI I/O S/PDIF Footswitch...
  • Page 19 MIDI devices The Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format (S/PDIF) is used in many professional and con- When Eleven Rack is used as a standalone pro- sumer CD recorders and DAT recorders. To cessor, the MIDI jacks are used to communicate...
  • Page 20 Eleven Rack User Guide...

  • Page 21: Chapter 3. Exploring Rigs

    Rig Select Mode Eleven Rack is a powerful guitar signal processor When you turn on Eleven Rack, it’s already in that delivers the tone of a wide variety of ampli- Rig Select mode. In this mode, you can turn the fiers, speaker cabinets, microphones, and effects Scroll wheel to select a Rig.

  • Page 22: Rig Organization

    The 208 Rigs in Eleven Rack are arranged into Simple Mode two sets of 26 banks, each containing four Rigs. Each bank is marked with a letter, from A to Z. For example, the third preset in bank D is re- ferred to as D3.

  • Page 23: What's In A Rig

    What’s In A Rig? Figure 3. Eleven Rack Rig devices Each Rig in Eleven Rack contains the following Rig View devices for processing your guitar signal, and each of them has settings you can control: Rig View is a special editing mode you access by •...

  • Page 24: Rig Device And Utility Settings In Rig View

    Page Indicator When playing Eleven Rack through a guitar In Eleven Rack’s editing screens, a Page indica- amp, it is recommended that you bypass the tor appears on the display if there is more than Cab and Mic simulations. Unless the guitar one page of controls.
  • Page 25 Press MIDI to toggle sync of Rig tempo to incom- Turn the lit Control knob to manipulate the ing MIDI clock (from the MIDI input of Eleven True-Z impedance circuitry in Eleven Rack. Rack) on or off. When set to Auto, the input impedance is deter-...

  • Page 26: Signal Routing

    Move Lets you move an effect or the FX loop to pedal is moved. a different point in the signal chain. For information on how to toggle Eleven Rack between expression pedal and footswitch control, see “External Pedals” on page 93. Eleven Rack User Guide...

  • Page 27: Control Pages

    Rig. at any time by pressing the corresponding Effects Control button on the front panel of Eleven Rack. The Wah effect can be toggled on and off by pressing FX1 and FX2 simul- taneously. Chapter 3: Exploring Rigs...

  • Page 28: The Amps

    Press Save again to save the new Rig. ’59 Tweed Bass The Amps This section takes you through all of the emu- lated amplifiers available in Eleven Rack, and touches on any special features and controls each amp offers. Based on a late-50s low-wattage tube bass combo amp, the ‘59 Tweed Bass model has a...
  • Page 29 ’64 Black Panel Lux Vibrato and ’66 AC Hi Boost Normal Originally released in 1958, the British amp we based our ‘66 AC Hi Boost model upon went The amp we based the ‘64 Black Panel Lux Vi- through a few design changes that would even- brato and Normal models on is regarded by tually define the sound of British pop/rock in some as the ultimate small club amp.
  • Page 30 60s, which needed to be on 10 to achieve an overdrive sound, this amp could conjure up real distortion at any volume level, and that made it very popular in the bur- geoning 80s heavy metal scene. Eleven Rack User Guide...
  • Page 31 which leads to a rounder, thicker sound. The ’85 M-2 Lead Bright switch circuit has progressively less effect as the gain is raised, and no effect when the pre- amp is set to 10. Toggle the Bright switch on and off with the SW2 button.

  • Page 32: General Amp Controls

    SW2 toggles vibrato on and off. Speed Lets you set the speed of the Tremolo ef- Digidesign Eleven Rack is not affiliated with, fect’s amplitude modulation. sponsored, or endorsed by the makers of the amplifiers that are emulated in this Sync When set to a rhythmic value, the SYNC product.

  • Page 33: The Speaker Cabinets

    Noise Gate Controls The Speaker Cabinets Each of the amps in Eleven Rack has a Noise This section describes all of the emulated Gate, which can be used to suppress noise com- speaker cabinets available in Eleven Rack. ing from the instrument before the signal reaches the amp model.

  • Page 34: The Microphones

    121 model offers rounded, sweet highs and mids, and solid, deep lows. Dyn 7 Digidesign Eleven Rack is not affiliated with, Based on a large-diaphragm American dynamic sponsored, or endorsed by the makers of the microphone, the Dyn 7 model has a smooth, speaker cabinets or microphones that are em- powerful tone quality.

  • Page 35: The Effects

    Wah Effects The Effects Black Wah This section takes you through the effects avail- able in Eleven Rack. Volume Pedal Black Wah is a standard wah pedal effect, offer- ing a sweepable resonant filter that lets you add animation and special timbral effects to the gui- tar signal.
  • Page 36 Its hard-clipping drive can squeeze signal and the delayed signal, with timbral re- aggressive rhythm and lead tones out of soft- sults. sounding vintage amps, and create surprisingly hard-edged tones when paired with more mod- ern amps. Eleven Rack User Guide...
  • Page 37 Depth Sets the amount of delay. The higher the Chorus/Vibrato Toggles the effect between Cho- setting, the more “jet-engine” artifacts will be rus and Vibrato. introduced. When set to CHORUS, the Rate and Depth Fdback Sets the amount of signal fed back into controls are inactive.
  • Page 38 “room” grows larger. Type Chooses between various types of rotary speakers. Type Selects from a variety of different reverb types. Eleven Rack User Guide...
  • Page 39 Delay Effects BBD Delay Tape Echo When “bucket brigade” analog delays arrived in the mid-70s, their relatively small size and solid- Inspired by the ultimate vintage solid state tape state reliability made them a godsend to tape echo unit, Tape Echo supplies supple, crunchy loop-addled guitarists.

  • Page 40: General Effects Controls

    General Effects Controls Graphic EQ Sync The time-based effects in Eleven Rack (such as Chorus, Delay and Flanger) can be set to syn- chronize with Rig or Session tempo. When the Sync control on these effects is set to a rhythmic subdivision of the incoming tempo, the effect will lock to it.

  • Page 41: Chapter 4. Eleven Rack Live Setup

    Chapter 4: Eleven Rack Live Setup In live performance or practice, Eleven Rack can be used as a standalone guitar preamp and processor, connected to an amplifier and/or direct to a PA system. This chapter will describe how to make the necessary connections.

  • Page 42: Basic Live Setup

    Basic Live Setup PA Mixer Figure 5. Eleven Rack connected directly to the PA mixer Plugging in Your Guitar Connecting Eleven Rack to a PA System Connect your guitar to the Guitar input on the The simplest way to play live with Eleven Rack is front of Eleven Rack with a 1/4”...

  • Page 43: Using An Amp Onstage

    Using an Amp Onstage PA Mixer Figure 6. Eleven Rack connected to the PA mixer and an onstage amplifier In some cases, having an amplifier onstage can Sending the Correct Signal be handy for monitoring or tone reasons. Eleven Eleven Rack lets you choose the point in the sig- Rack makes it easy to feed your signal to both a nal path that feeds each Output To Amp jack.
  • Page 44 Amp output can be set on a per-rig basis in the Output section in Rig View or in the Eleven Rack Control window. For more de- tails, see “OUTPUT” on page 17, or “Out- put to Amp Selectors” on page 80.

  • Page 45: Effects And Foot Controllers

    Eleven Rack has a 1/4” TRS input that can accept the first stereo unit. input from an expression pedal or a single or dual momentary footswitch.

  • Page 46: External Foot Controllers

    Rack, such as volume or wah position. over a larger range of simultaneous parameters. In addition to commonly-used expression ped- For details on Eleven Rack controls you can als, a standard volume pedal with a “Y” adapter control with a MIDI foot controller, see cable (two 1/4-inch TS plugs to one 1/4-inch TRS “Eleven Rack MIDI CC Controllers”...

  • Page 47: Setting Up And Using Pro Tools With Eleven Rack

    Part II: Setting Up and Using Pro Tools With Eleven Rack...

  • Page 49: Chapter 5. Installing Pro Tools On Mac

    Before connecting your Eleven Rack to the com- puter, you need to install Pro Tools LE software. If you’re installing or upgrading Pro Tools HD to work with Eleven Rack, please refer to the Setup Do not start this procedure with your Eleven Guide for your system.
  • Page 50 After the computer has started, connect the ative Collection Plug-ins Guide. small end of the included USB cable to the USB port on Eleven Rack and connect the other end Additional Options to any available USB port on your computer.

  • Page 51: Launching Pro Tools Le

    (for playing other audio applications through your Digidesign hardware) and a To authorize Pro Tools LE software: Pro Tools demo session. Make sure Eleven Rack is connected to your Check your Pro Tools Installer disc for addi- computer. tional software and installers.

  • Page 52: Uninstalling Pro Tools

    Standalone Eleven Rack CoreAudio Driver The demo session can be opened by double- The Eleven Rack CoreAudio Driver can be in- clicking the Filtered Dream.ptf file (located stalled as a standalone driver on Mac systems in the Filtered Dream Demo Session folder).

  • Page 53: Chapter 6. Installing Pro Tools On Windows

    The Pro Tools Installer disc includes addi- If you’re installing or upgrading Pro Tools HD to tional software for your system. For more in- work with Eleven Rack, please refer to the Setup formation, see “Additional Software on the Guide for your system.

  • Page 54: Installing Pro Tools Le And Connecting Your Interface

    Eleven Rack may not function properly if connected to a USB hub. If you need to use a hub for other USB peripherals, connect the hub to a separate USB port; Eleven Rack must be connected to a dedicated port on the Setup.exe icon...
  • Page 55 Additional Options In Windows XP, a series of Software Instal- The Pro Tools installer provides the following lation dialogs about the driver not passing additional options to install along with Windows Logo testing may appear. Click Pro Tools software and plug-ins. Continue Anyway on each one until they go away.

  • Page 56: Launching Pro Tools Le

    To authorize Pro Tools LE software: drivers (for playing other audio applications through your Digidesign hardware) and a Make sure Eleven Rack is connected to your Pro Tools demo session. computer. Double-click the Pro Tools LE shortcut on...
  • Page 57 Digidesign ASIO Driver Pro Tools Demo Session The Digidesign ASIO (Audio Sound Input Out- The Pro Tools LE Installer disc includes a demo put) Driver is a single-client multichannel session that you can use to verify that your sys- sound driver that allows third-party audio pro- tem is working.

  • Page 58: Uninstalling Pro Tools

    Start Windows, logging in with Administrator privileges. For details on Administrator privi- leges, refer to your Windows documentation. Go to C:\Program Files\Digidesign\ Pro Tools\Pro Tools Utilities and double-click Uninstall Pro Tools.exe. Click Next. Click Uninstall to proceed with the uninstalla- tion. Eleven Rack User Guide...

  • Page 59: Chapter 7. Pro Tools Configuration

    Lower the volume of all output devices in your Turn off any external hard drives. system. Turn off your Eleven Rack. Turn on your Eleven Rack. Turn on any external hard drives. Wait ap- proximately ten seconds for them to spin up to speed.

  • Page 60: Configuring Pro Tools Le

    Low Latency Monitoring mode can be used to circumvent latency caused by higher buf- fer settings when recording. This can be tog- gled on and off by clicking Options > Low Latency Monitoring in Pro Tools. Eleven Rack User Guide...
  • Page 61 RTAS Processors To set the number of RTAS Processors: Choose Setup > Playback Engine. The RTAS Processors setting determines the number of processors in your computer allo- From the RTAS Processing pop-up menu, select cated for RTAS (Real-Time AudioSuite) plug-in the number of available processors you want to processing.
  • Page 62 To change the CPU Usage Limit: Choose Setup > Playback Engine. From the CPU Usage Limit pop-up menu, select the percentage of CPU processing you want to allocate to Pro Tools. Click OK. Eleven Rack User Guide...
  • Page 63 The optimum DAE Playback Buffer Size for most RTAS Error Suppression Options disk operations is 1500 msec; Level 2 (Default). Ignore Errors During Playback/Record When en- • DAE Playback Buffer Size settings lower than abled, Pro Tools continues to play and record 1500 msec;...
  • Page 64 To change the Plug-in Streaming Buffer Size: Choose Setup > Playback Engine. From the Plug-in Streaming Buffer Size pop-up menu, select a buffer size. Click OK. Eleven Rack User Guide...
  • Page 65 (Refer to the Pro Tools Reference Guide for details.) To change the default Sample Rate: Choose Setup > Hardware. Hardware Setup dialog for Eleven Rack Select the sample rate from the Sample Rate pop-up menu. Click OK. Chapter 7: Pro Tools Configuration...
  • Page 66 Internal Use this setting if you are recording an- AES/EBU Use this setting if you are interfacing alog signals directly into Eleven Rack, and/or are Eleven Rack with a digital device that uses the recording digital inputs into the AES/EBU or AES/EBU format.

  • Page 67: Optimizing A Mac System For Pro Tools

    Optimizing a Mac System for Pro Tools I/O Setup dialog for Eleven Rack To ensure optimum performance with Click the Input, Output, Insert, or Bus tab to dis- Pro Tools, configure your computer before using play the corresponding connections.
  • Page 68 Click the Keyboard Shortcuts tab. Do one of the following: • Deselect the Mac OS X options that conflict with Pro Tools keyboard shortcuts. – or – • Assign different, non-conflicting keyboard shortcuts to the corresponding Mac OS X options. Eleven Rack User Guide...
  • Page 69 Reassign Spaces Keyboard Shortcuts Disabling Spotlight Indexing If you want to use Spaces, you should reassign The Mac OS X Spotlight feature automatically the Spaces keyboard shortcuts to avoid conflicts indexes files and folders on local hard drives in with important Pro Tools keyboard shortcuts. the background.

  • Page 70: Optimizing A Windows System For Pro Tools

    In most cases the DMA option will already be set This helps prevent long record or playback correctly, as Windows detects and activates passes from stopping due to system resources DMA mode by default. powering down. Eleven Rack User Guide...
  • Page 71 To configure Windows Power Management Disabling User Account Control (Windows Vista): (Windows Vista Only) Choose Start > Control Panel. For optimal performance with Pro Tools on Double-click Power Options. Windows Vista, disable User Account Control (UAC). In the Power Options window, select High Per- formance.
  • Page 72 Adapter card you want to disable. dow. Under the General tab, choose “Do not use this Restart the computer for the changes to take device (disable)” from the Device Usage pop-up effect. menu, and click OK. Close the Computer Management window. Eleven Rack User Guide...
  • Page 73 Disabling System Startup Items The fewer items in use by your computer, the more resources are available for Pro Tools. Some startup applications may be consuming unnec- essary CPU resources, and can be turned off. If you disable any of the following startup items, do so carefully: •...
  • Page 74 Eleven Rack User Guide...

  • Page 75: Chapter 8. Eleven Rack Studio Setup

    This first section addresses the connections you’ll want to make when recording with Pro Tools LE. If you’re using Eleven Rack as a processor with a Pro Tools HD system, see “Using Eleven Rack with a Pro Tools|HD or M-Powered System” on page 71.

  • Page 76: Listen To Your Sound

    There is a dedicated guitar (instrument- level) input, a stereo line input, and a mic-level The Main outputs on the back of Eleven Rack are input. Choose the input type that fits the signal male XLR connectors. To listen to audio coming you want to send to Pro Tools.

  • Page 77: Digital Audio Input And Output

    Phantom Power switch (la- If your device has unbalanced (TS) outputs, set beled 48V) to OFF. the line inputs on Eleven Rack to –10 dVB by toggling the Level switch between the Line in- Plug your microphone cable into the Mic in- put jacks to its outward position.

  • Page 78: Midi Connections

    MIDI cable from the MIDI Out port on use in your Pro Tools session. If your device op- the back of Eleven Rack to the MIDI In port of erates in a limited range of sample rates, you’ll your device.

  • Page 79: Using Eleven Rack With A Pro Tools|Hd Or M-Powered System

    Using Eleven Rack with a Pro Tools|HD or M-Powered System Analog I/O -or- Digital I/O Pro Tools HD Audio Interface Figure 9. Eleven Rack connected to a Pro Tools|HD system You’ll also need to install the included Pro Tools Apart from its roles as a Pro Tools LE interface...
  • Page 80 To connect Eleven Rack to your Pro Tools interface using AES/EBU or S/PDIF digital I/O: To connect Eleven Rack to your Pro Tools Connect the Eleven Rack to an open pair of interface using analog I/O: digital inputs and outputs on your audio inter- face, either AES/EBU or S/PDIF.
  • Page 81 USB: Open the Digidesign Eleven Rack utility: Use the supplied USB cable (or another USB 2.0 cable) to connect Eleven Rack to an open • On Mac, open System Preferences from the USB 2.0 port on your computer.
  • Page 82 Eleven Rack User Guide...

  • Page 83: Chapter 9. Eleven Rack With Pro Tools

    This chapter shows you how to take advantage • Up to 128 audio tracks (with up to 48 active of some of the unique features that Eleven Rack tracks), 128 Auxiliary Input tracks, 64 Master brings to Pro Tools. If you’ve never recorded...

  • Page 84: The Eleven Rack Control Window

    Figure 10. Eleven Rack Control window (in Pro Tools LE) The Eleven Rack Control window is a special window in Pro Tools that lets you control Eleven Rack entirely from your computer. It can be accessed when using Eleven Rack as an interface with Pro Tools LE, as well as when connected to a Pro Tools HD system for control over USB.

  • Page 85: Accessing The Eleven Rack Control Window

    Accessing the Eleven Rack Control Window When Pro Tools LE, HD or M-Powered is launched and Eleven Rack is connected to your computer using USB, The Eleven Rack Control window is displayed. You can always access it by clicking Window > Eleven Rack.

  • Page 86: Rig View Section

    Output 1 selector selector Figure 11. Eleven Rack Control window (in Pro Tools LE) In the Rig View section, you can access all of the Clicking on the Rig name brings up a menu amp, cab, effects, and utility parameters of the...
  • Page 87 When Pro Tools is set to manual tempo (ignor- brarian, an all-in-one view of all Rigs currently ing the Conductor track), and Eleven Rack is set stored in the memory of Eleven Rack. to lock to Session tempo, changes in Rig tempo...
  • Page 88 • If the selector you click is already assigned desired element. to an Output to Amp out (highlighted), you get a menu letting you assign that To Amp output to another point in the signal chain. Eleven Rack User Guide...

  • Page 89: Control Section

    Rig just pane, the controls of the device are shown in the like you can in the Rig View on Eleven Rack. Vi- Control section. sualize the signal travelling from left to right through the signal chain.

  • Page 90: Master Control Section

    Tuner Output Mute Buttons This tuner works like the one you can access us- ing the front panel of Eleven Rack, but is much These two buttons let you mute the Headphone larger and easier to see when working in output and the Main outputs on Eleven Rack Pro Tools.

  • Page 91: Recording Guitars

    The simplest way to record guitar with Pro Tools as a standard mono input path (Guitar Eleven Rack is to simply plug in your guitar, cre- In). This input passes the guitar signal, unpro- ate a track in Pro Tools, and record the sound cessed, to Pro Tools, where it can be recorded as coming from the Rig.

  • Page 92: Embedding Rig Settings In Audio Regions

    Record-enable the two tracks. Click the User Options button. The Embed Set- ting From menu appears. Select a Rig in the Eleven Rack Control win- dow, and tweak its settings, if necessary. Press Record, then Play, in the Pro Tools trans- port.
  • Page 93 Eleven Rack Control Win- show up as a list at the bottom of the menu. dow. The Rig is loaded into Eleven Rack and is ready to use. To load a Rig setting from a region in the Edit window: Open the Edit window by clicking Window >...

  • Page 94: Re-Amping

    83). or both of the To Amp outputs using the To Amp Output selectors. In the case of Eleven Rack, re-amping can be done one of two ways. See “Output to Amp Selectors” on page 80 for details.

  • Page 95: Controlling Eleven Rack Parameters With Midi Data

    Start recording in Pro Tools. Press Play on the Pro Tools transport. You will see the Rig Volume setting on the Eleven Rack The audio from the selected track is sent out of Control window move in time to match the Eleven Rack, processed through your amp or curve you’ve drawn.
  • Page 96 Eleven Rack User Guide...

  • Page 97: Part Iii Reference

    Part III: Reference...

  • Page 99: Chapter 10. User Options

    This section describes the details of the User Op- To explore User Options mode when using Eleven Rack with Pro Tools: tions mode within Eleven Rack. User Options mode lets you access the behind-the-scenes con- Show the Eleven Rack Control window, by trols in Eleven Rack.
  • Page 100 This setting lets you specify which input on any effects emulations placed after the amp in Eleven Rack will be routed through the Rig. This the signal path. can be set any of the analog or digital inputs on...
  • Page 101 MIDI the signal as present at the Rig input (the “dry” The MIDI page lets you set up how Eleven Rack signal) is sent to the right digital output. responds to MIDI data.
  • Page 102 Blink The Tempo button on the front panel of Amp/Cab Linking Eleven Rack can be set to blink in time with the current Rig tempo. The Blink control toggles This parameter toggles the linking of amplifier this behavior on and off.

  • Page 103: Chapter 11. Controlling Eleven Rack With Midi

    Chapter 11: Controlling Eleven Rack with MIDI Many of the parameters in Eleven Rack can be controlled using MIDI. This opens up the possibility of using both external MIDI devices (such as foot controllers) and the MIDI capabilities of Pro Tools to vary Eleven Rack’s tonal aspects in real time.
  • Page 104 0~63=Off ; 64~127=On Amp Settings 13 Amp Settings 14 FX2 Setting 9 FX2 Setting 10 Delay Setting 7 Delay Setting 8 Modulation On/Off 0~63=Off ; 64~127=On Modulation Setting 6 Modulation Setting 2 Modulation Setting 3 Modulation Setting 4 Eleven Rack User Guide...
  • Page 105 Distortion Setting 6 Distortion Setting 7 Amp Setting 9 Delay Setting 4 FX2 On/Off 0~63=Off ; 64~127=On Delay Setting 5 FX Loop Mix FX2 Setting 4 FX2 Setting 5 FX2 Setting 6 FX2 Setting 7 Chapter 11: Controlling Eleven Rack with MIDI...
  • Page 106 0~63=Off ; 64~127=On Amp Setting 7 FX2 Setting 1 FX2 Setting 2 FX2 Setting 3 FX1 Setting 5 FX1 Setting 6 FX1 Setting 7 FX1 Setting 9 All unused continuous controllers have been omitted from this list. Eleven Rack User Guide...

  • Page 107: Chapter 12. Hard Drive Configuration And Maintenance

    Chapter 12: Hard Drive Configuration and Maintenance It is recommended that you start with a newly Supported Drive Formats and formatted external or secondary internal audio Drive Types drive. You should also periodically defragment your audio drive to ensure continued system performance.

  • Page 108: Formatting An Audio Drive

    Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Pro Tools only supports Basic drive types. Do not convert the drive to a Dynamic type. To format an audio drive: Launch the Disk Utility application, located in Macintosh HD/Applications/Utilities. Eleven Rack User Guide...

  • Page 109: Partitioning Drives

    If the volume is “Unallocated,” do the follow- To format an audio drive: ing: Right-click Computer (Windows Vista) or My • In the Disk Management window, Right- Computer (Windows XP) and choose Manage. click the hard drive you will use for audio Under Storage, choose Disk Management.

  • Page 110: Defragmenting An Audio Drive

    If there is any dam- sound files in this way and must write to disk age to your hard drive's directories prior to opti- wherever it can find space. mizing, serious data loss may result. Eleven Rack User Guide...

  • Page 111: Using Mac Drives On Windows Systems

    Defragmenting Windows Audio Drives Using Mac Drives on Windows Systems To defragment an audio drive (Windows Vista): Choose Start > Control Panel. Pro Tools for Windows lets you record and play back sessions directly from a Mac-formatted Click System and Maintenance. (HFS+) drive connected to a Windows system.

  • Page 112: Hard Disk Storage Space

    48 mono tracks, 60 minutes 14 GB 15.6 GB 21 GB 23.2 GB Double the 44.1 kHz hard drive space re- quirement when recording at 88.2 kHz, and double the 48 kHz numbers when recording at 96 kHz. Eleven Rack User Guide...

  • Page 113: Chapter 13. Troubleshooting

    Chapter 13: Troubleshooting Backing Up Your Work Common Issues It is highly recommended that you back up your Pro Tools Won’t Launch work on a regular basis, and especially before making changes to your system configuration. Problem Backing Up Your Session Data When you double-click the Pro Tools applica- tion or a Pro Tools session file, Pro Tools doesn’t Back up your session and audio data frequently.

  • Page 114: Performance Factors

    Card included with every Pro Tools system. Registering your purchase is the only way you Turn off your computer and Eleven Rack (re- become eligible to receive complimentary tech- member to save first!) and check to be sure your nical support and future upgrade offers.
  • Page 115 Digidesign Hardware Other Software • Type of cards, interfaces, or peripherals If you are using other audio or video applica- tions, refer to the manufacturer’s documenta- Hard Drives tion for operational details. • Make, Model Make note of any other software that was run- •...
  • Page 116 Eleven Rack User Guide...

  • Page 117: Chapter 14. Resources

    Pro Tools Guide you to read and utilize the many guides that The printed Eleven Rack & Pro Tools Guide has tu- Pro Tools provides. There are also useful online torials on using Pro Tools (such as recording in a...

  • Page 118: About Www.digidesign.com

    Technical Support or Customer Service; down- load software updates and the latest online manuals; browse the Compatibility documents for system requirements; search the online An- swerbase; or join the worldwide Pro Tools com- munity on the Digidesign User Conference. Eleven Rack User Guide...
  • Page 119 index AES/EBU 10 Cache Size 56 amp models 20 Clean Uninstall (Mac) 44 AC Hi Boost 21 Clock Source 58 Black Duo 22 Internal setting 58 DC Modern & DC Vintage 24 S/PDIF (digital) setting 58 Lead 800 22 Control knobs 4, 9, 15 Lux Vibrato &...
  • Page 120 Volume Pedal 27 installing QuickTime (Windows) 47 wah 27 Black Wah 27 Shine Wah 27 Eleven Rack Control window 13 journaling (Mac), enabling 61 Energy Saver (Mac), turning off 60 Exp. Pedal/Footswitch input 11 key commands 5 FireWire requirements 100...
  • Page 121 User & Factory rigs 14 demo session (Windows) 44, 49 RTAS Processors setting 53 removing (Windows) 44, 50 Pro Tools HD using with Eleven Rack 71 S/PDIF 11 Pro Tools LE 13 Safe Uninstall (Mac) 44 configuration (Windows) 52 Sample Rate 57...
  • Page 122 True-Z 9 Tuner view 8 uninstalling Pro Tools Windows 44, 50 User Account Control (UAC) disabling 63 User Options mode 8 Utility settings Display 17 Input 15, 17 Output 15, 17 Pedal 15, 18 Tempo 15, 17 Eleven Rack Setup Guide...
  • Page 124 www.digidesign.com DIGIDESIGN TECHNICAL SUPPORT (USA) PRODUCT INFORMATION 2001 Junipero Serra Boulevard Visit the Digidesign Online Support Center For company and product information, Daly City, CA 94014-3886 USA at www.digidesign.com/support visit us on the web at www.digidesign.com...

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