Avid Technology Eleven Rack, User Manual

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Chapter 4: Eleven Rack Live Setup 37
Effects and Foot Controllers
Connecting Effects
Use the FX loop jacks to connect stomp boxes,
rack effects or other external processors to the
live guitar signal. These can be either rack or
stompbox effects, or a combination thereof, in
mono or stereo. The FX Loop accepts 1/4” plugs.
To connect external effects to Eleven Rack:
1
Connect the FX Loop Send output on Eleven
Rack to the input of your first (or only) effects
unit. If the unit is mono, use the Left/Mono out-
put. If the unit is stereo, use both outputs.
2
Connect the output of the final (or only) ef-
fects unit to the FX Loop Return input on Eleven
Rack. If the unit is mono, use the Left/Mono in-
put. If the unit is stereo, use both inputs.
3
If using a line-level rack effect, toggle the Rack
FX/Stompbox FX switch to the Rack FX posi-
tion. If using a guitar-level stompbox effect, tog-
gle the switch to the Stompbox FX position.
External Foot Controllers
Eleven Rack has a 1/4” TRS input that can accept
input from an expression pedal or a single or
dual momentary footswitch.
Figure 7. Effects and foot controller connections
If using a combination of mono and stereo
effects, it is usually best to put the mono ef-
fects units first in the chain, with the final
mono unit connected to the mono input on
the first stereo unit.
If using a combination of guitar-level
(stompbox) and line-level (rack) effects, it
may be preferable to put the guitar-level
unit(s) first in the chain. If your line-level
unit(s) have guitar-level outputs available,
the order is not important. See your effects
unit(s) documentation for more details.
The User Options and Rig View modes in
Eleven Rack contain a variety of settings
that control the behavior of the FX loop. For
more information, see “The Amps” on
page 20 and “FX Loop” on page 93.