NEWS: Premier Guitar checks out Digidesign Eleven rack unit

Excuse me for a moment while I squeal like a little girl… EEEEEEEEEEEEK! Sorry, just had to get that out of my system after seeing Premier Guitar’s first peek at the new DigiDesign Eleven rack unit.

Head over here to read the whole story, but here are some snippets:

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, without a 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.

One of the coolest things about Eleven Rack's eight simultaneous recording capable inputs is the True-Z auto-impedance matching input that recreates the electronic connection between your guitar and an amp or effect. This isn't done with digital processing, either—analog components are used to detect and adjust the input impedance from your guitar's pickups and adjust the signal for a proper match for the particular amp/effects you're using within Eleven. The result: you get the nuances you're used to—both in feel and sound. With the ability to record both dry and processed signals, your reamping options are endless—you can even reamp later without doing the cable patching tango.

And here’s Premier Guitar’s video demo.