Set Up Eleven Free - ELEVEN Free Manual

4. Set Up Eleven Free

Use the Input LED in Eleven Free to make your final gain adjustments and complete the input cali-
bration process.
To calibrate your input signal to the Eleven Free plug-in:
Open the Eleven Free plug-in window by clicking its insert slot. Leave it at its default settings.
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Input Clip
Input LED
Figure 2. Eleven's Input LED
Strum as hard as you can a few more times and watch Eleven's Input LED to see where your level
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registers. The Input LED lights green, yellow, orange, or red to indicate the following level ranges:
Green (Off to –8) Indicates signal is present, but too low.
Yellow (–8 to –4) Indicates the best level for low output sources, such as single coil pickups.
Orange (–4 to 0) Indicates the best level for higher output sources, such as humbucker pickups.
Red (0 and above) Indicates that you have clipped the plug-in input. Click the Input LED to clear the
clip indicator.
Leaving the Input control on the plug-in at its default setting of 0 (12:00 position), set the signal
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level going to the plug-in by adjusting the input gain control on your hardware until Eleven's Input
LED shows yellow or orange.
After calibrating, strum as you normally would and/or back down your guitar volume from the
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maximum setting used for input calibration. Don't worry about the Input LED showing yellow or or-
ange when playing normally. As long as the plug-in isn't indicating clipping, your gain staging should
be established.
Adjust the Output knob in Eleven's Master section to raise or lower the plug-in output signal.
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Proper input calibration of live guitar does not require any adjustment of Eleven's Input control. To
learn how this control was designed to work with the amp models, see "Input" on page 16.
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