The Eleven Rack is a rackmountable recording and signal processing system that does the DSP work for you so that your computer doesn't have to. That means that you can use the unit live onstage and recreate the exact tones you recorded with, withouta computer attached to it. However, there are advantages to using Eleven Rack with a computer -- more on that in a bit. Eleven Rack has an LED screen on its front panel that allows you to do everything you're used to doing with the Eleven package of plug-in effects. Eleven involves a connoisseur's collection of vintage and modern amps, cabs and effects, while giving you far-reaching signal path and internal component tweaking ability.
The unit has stereo balanced XLR outs and dedicated 1/4" outs designed to connect with amps. There's a headphone out, AES/EBU, S/PDIF and MIDI connectivity, and a high speed USB 2.0 connection.
We were impressed with our demo and spent hours checking out various tones and experimenting with signal path variations, effects settings, and reamping possibilities. When hooked to a computer you can continue to use the unit's control panel or the computer itself to adjust your effects selection, signal chain order or other various settings. We had our video camera with us so we shot a quick walkthrough and demo'd a few tones, but were barely able to scratch the surface of what the Eleven Rack is capable of, so we recommend that you check out Digidesign's website for the full skinny and studio-quality audio of the Eleven Rack's tonal possibilities. Keep an eye out for our review, by the way--we'll be putting the Eleven Rack through its paces here at our own studios and reporting our findings soon.
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For more information:
digidesign.com