Amped: Digidesign Eleven Rack

US Guitar recording and live processing system 22/12/09

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MP4

4:10 mins

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The new Eleven Rack Hardware Guitar Porcessor from Digidesign has been getting a lot of coverage since it was announced in November. With its DSP powered amp and pedal simulations, the fact that it works as the interface with ProTools LE - it comes bundled with LE 8 makes it a self contained guitar recording system.

However, for those who don't work in that world, Eleven Rack works as a stand-alone guitar processor integrating with your existing amp so and pedals for live work - just hoik it out of the studio rack and into your live one, complete with tuners and many other goodies.

Features

Unique True-Z auto-impedance matching guitar input
Incredible emulations of classic guitar amp tones inspired by Fender®, Vox®, Marshall®, Soldano, and Mesa/Boogie® amps*
Refined collection of sought-after classic stompbox tones inspired by effects from MXR®, Electro-Harmonix®, Ibanez®, ProCo, Univox®, and more*
Powerful collection of studio-quality rackmount effects processors
Convolution-based cabinet emulations deliver unprecedented realism in cabinet tones
Convolution-based microphone emulations inspired by classic dynamic, condenser, and ribbon mic designs
Integrated FX loop switchable to incorporate existing mono or stereo rack and stompbox effects
Controllable via MIDI controllers and expression pedals
Built-in tuner
Tap-tempo control of time-based effects
High-speed USB 2.0 connection
Supports up to 8 simultaneous channels of high-resolution recording up to 24-bit/96 kHz
Stereo balanced XLR outputs and dedicated 1/4” outputs
XLR mic input with 48V phantom power and pad switch
2 x 1/4” line-level inputs
AES/EBU and S/PDIF digital I/O
Stereo 1/4” headphone jack
1 x 1 MIDI I/O

Our resident axe wielding maniac Rob Chappers aka The Monkey Lord, took a look at Eleven Rack from a live point of view - being the "valves and cloth front" kinda guy he is, we thought it would be interesting to confront him with this virtual reality guitar setup.

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