2: Set Hardware And Levels - ELEVEN Free Manual

2: Set Hardware and Levels

After plugging in, do the following to set your primary gain and configure your Pro Tools hardware
by watching its input indicators (meters). This sets the first stage of your gain structure for Eleven.
Pro Tools LE
To prepare your guitar and Pro Tools LE hardware
for input calibration:
In Pro Tools, choose Setup > Playback Engine
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and set your Hardware Buffer to a low enough
setting to reduce monitor latency.
On your guitar, select the highest output
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pickup or position and set the volume and tone
controls to 10 (maximum).
Strum full chords (your loudest expected play-
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ing) while watching the Input indicators on
your audio hardware.
Adjust the Input Gain on your audio interface
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high enough to indicate a strong signal on the
hardware Input LED (but not overloading the
input).
Input 1 Gain on Mbox 2 Pro
Input 1 Gain
Pro Tools|HD
To prepare your guitar and Pro Tools|HD hardware
for input calibration:
On your guitar, select the highest output
1
pickup or position and set all volume and tone
controls to the maximum.
Strum full chords (your loudest expected play-
2
ing) while watching the Input indicators on
your audio hardware.
Adjust your pre-amp input gain until you see
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a strong signal on your audio interface Input
meters (but not overloading the input).
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