Amplifier Section in Pro Tools Eleven MKII Plugin
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Amplifier Section in Eleven MKII
Eleven MKII is the ultimate guitar tone and gear emulation solution included in Avid Pro Tools as one of their flagship stock plugins.
This plugin is capable of emulating the amplifier, cabinet and microphone you would have as part of your real guitar setup.
Today we are going to learn more about the amplifier section of this plugin, how to select different amplifiers and modify their parameters.
Let’s explore this!
- Open or create a new Pro Tools session
For the purpose of this tutorial we have a session that contains a single audio track with an electric guitar DI signal recorded to it.
Eleven MKII is designed to be added as a plugin (insert) on tracks that only contain DI signals.
2. Add Eleven MKII plugin to the DI guitar track (audio track):
It is easy to see how Eleven MKII comes loaded with a default Amplifier, in this case the “DC Modern OD” Amp.
However this can be changed.
3. Locate the amp type box as:
4. Click on this box and the available amp list will show as:
This list shows all the available amplifier heads that you can select.
5. Select the “67 Black Panel Duo” amp from the list:
From this amp we can find several parameters as:
- ON/Bypass: This switch toggles the amp between the ON position, and bypassed.
- Bright: This switch enables a high frequency boost.
- Volume: This knob serves as the input gain knob of the amp head.
- 3-Band EQ: These 3 knobs serve as the equalizer, letting the user shape the bass, mids and treble of the sound.
- Speed/Intensity: These two knobs will control the amount of Vibrato added to the signal.
Now, keep in mind, other amps such as the “82 Lead 800” might have a “Presence” knob, that serves as a fourth equalization band after the treble.
So those are some of the parameters you will find in the amplifiers included in Eleven MKII.
Go ahead and experiment with these and get that perfect guitar tone you are looking for!
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