Eleven – It’s One Louder
Digidesign/A.I.R. unveiled its next foray into virtual instruments with Eleven, a guitar amp simulation plug-in. I downloaded the 30-day free trial (yeah, 30 days free… I like that) a few days ago. After listening to the demo online, I was VERY skeptical as the sample was nowhere close to impressive. However, I used Eleven myself in a session yesterday and was pretty impressed. I ran a Rickenbocker bass through the Jazz Bass Tweed setting and got a nice, smooth full tone that I didn’t have to alter at all. I used that sound on the track. I also ran a Strat through a bunch of the guitar amps and ended using two different settings, both of which I tweaked with EQ and also with the “speaker breakup” control… and both ended up in the mix too.
This free version is light on some features that other guitar simulators have, but I’m waiting to see what the full version includes. They say on the Eleven site “The final release will come loaded with even more presets and other goodies.”
Overall, I think this plug-in has some good sounds. I’ve used pretty much all of the other amp simulators plug-ins and, for me, each one kinda has some “go to” sounds. I’m excited that after one use, Eleven seems to have a few that I’ll definitely use again. And, I’ve just scratched the surface.
Download the plug-in here:
http://www2.digidesign.com/eleven/
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This plug-in looks and sounds really sweet.
“I’m not hearing anything.”
“Well, you would if I were playing it. This guitar is famous for it’s sustain.”
I wonder how this compares with IK’s Amplitube 2.0? Just got that recently and trying to run it through it’s paces, but haven’t figured it all out yet. Wish they could be more upfront about (or listed)the amps they are actually modeling, but I suppose they have some licensing restraints… Hoping to take your “Producing with..” course soon, as I haven’t quite figured out Pro tools, either. :^)
Best regards…
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