New 11R convert

[jhumber]

Hi,
First post here, from a long-time recording guitarist who got tired of having to mic up his live-rig at home. I recieved the 11R today, and after an hour of playing with it (assisted by the manual) I started recording a session track with really satisfying results.
I'm using the 11R's main-outs into the inputs of an Apogee Duet, and then into Cubase, and it seems to work great. No latency or monitoring problems, and really impressed with the recorded sounds (and I've barely got into tweeking the preset sounds).
Hopefully I can call on you guys for advice over the coming weeks/months, and in time be able to repay said advice to newcomers.
Cheers!
Jordan
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www.jordanhumber.co.uk

[Benoni]

Enjoy your new toy!

[59tweed]

Glad to have you here. There are many who are happy to offer their experience and knowledge when needed, though the pace of this forum isn't as fast as some. Consider it more relaxed.

[udamann88]

Welcome to the dark side.........Lol

Or just welcome........

[nst7]

I'm glad you're liking it, but I'm not sure why you're going into the Apogee Duet with it. You're losing any quality advantage because of the extra step of ad/da conversion.

Is there a reason you can't just use the 11R as your interface with Cubase via USB?

[VaiSatchAtrucci]

Glad your having such a positive experience already!

All the guys here are awesome. Benoni is probably the best technical resource of the bunch aside from C.T. and Chimp with Avid but basically everyone here is more than capable and eager to lend a helping hand as you need it.

Welcome aboard! :)

[VaiSatchAtrucci]

Originally Posted by nst7

I'm glad you're liking it, but I'm not sure why you're going into the Apogee Duet with it. You're losing any quality advantage because of the extra step of ad/da conversion.

Is there a reason you can't just use the 11R as your interface with Cubase via USB?

Good question - though I will say the Apogee ad/da converters are pretty dang stellar...

[jhumber]

Originally Posted by nst7

I'm glad you're liking it, but I'm not sure why you're going into the Apogee Duet with it. You're losing any quality advantage because of the extra step of ad/da conversion.
Is there a reason you can't just use the 11R as your interface with Cubase via USB?

Hey,
Yep, I understand it doesn't make total sense on the face of things. One reason is convenience, in that I'm always flipping between recording electrics and acoustics, and it's a little quicker just to pull the XLRs out of the 11R and into a couple of mics, and leave everything else 'as-is'. Also, as noted above, I'm happy with the quality of the ADA in the Duet. I'll definitely try the 11R straight into Cubase as I've read a few reports of people doing that without issue, and I'll probably end up on ProTools at some point ;-)
Cheers
Jordan

[bredo]

I use one 11R for each scenario.
In my studio, I use the main outs to my interface (bigger setup) using it in Nuendo as a regular guitar-amp (DI).
I also tracks through the output to amp, sent through the powerstage of an 100 Watt tube amp (Carvin Legacy), 4 x 12 Cab w/Vintage 30 speakers, mic/pre-amp of choise.

I've tuned and made me two different "Preset-sets" (with lots of nice presets), one for DI and one for recording through my amp.

In my home setup, I use the 11R as my main audio interface. Tracking to Cubase/Nuendo without problems.
Set it up exactly as in PT, with one track for clean guitar signal (output to ReAmp). One track (mono or stereo) with input from Eleven Rig L/R.

Just turn off the "Direct Monitoring" in Cubase, hit monitor button, record and off you go
Check out the "Tapemachine Style" monitoring in Cubase. Just like the old days (Input signal in stop and record, track signal in playback mode). Nice

[brad383music]

Originally Posted by jhumber

Hi,
First post here, from a long-time recording guitarist who got tired of having to mic up his live-rig at home. I recieved the 11R today, and after an hour of playing with it (assisted by the manual) I started recording a session track with really satisfying results.
I'm using the 11R's main-outs into the inputs of an Apogee Duet, and then into Cubase, and it seems to work great. No latency or monitoring problems, and really impressed with the recorded sounds (and I've barely got into tweeking the preset sounds).
Hopefully I can call on you guys for advice over the coming weeks/months, and in time be able to repay said advice to newcomers.
Cheers!
Jordan
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www.jordanhumber.co.uk

+1000 on what you said, but I also wanna add that Benoni and vaisatchatrucci have some of the most mental pre-sets over at the ERPS site. That's the reason I love the 11R and this forum. People take time out of their day to help others to help themselves. Frickin brilliant I say!!!!!

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