Rack Power

How to Build Epic Audio E ect Racks

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Overview
• What are Audio E ect Racks? Why are they awesome?
• How to build Audio E ect Racks
• Organizing and saving Racks
• Macros
• Macro Ranges
• How to map Macros to a MIDI controller
• How to process kick drums (eg an 808) with Audio E ect Racks
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What are Audio E ect Racks / Why are
they awesome?
• A signal chain, aka a “chain”: the default track (Audio or MIDI) in Ableton Live

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What are Audio E ect Racks / Why are
they awesome?
• A signal chain, aka a “chain”: the default track (Audio or MIDI) in Ableton Live

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What are Audio E ect Racks / Why are
they awesome?
• A signal chain, aka a “chain”: the default track (Audio or MIDI) in Ableton Live
• 1 chain =

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 What are Audio E ect Racks / Why are
they awesome?
• A signal chain, aka a “chain”: the default track (Audio or MIDI) in Ableton Live
• In nite Chains (Aka, Audio E ect Racks)
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An Audio E ect Rack (Theory)
Customizable
Signal Flow!

Save it for later/sharing

Epic performance,
automation, sound
design potential
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An Audio E ect Rack (Theory)
Customizable
Signal Flow!

Save it for later/sharing

Epic performance,
automation, sound
design potential
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How to build Audio E ect Racks
• Right or Control Click on an E ect > Group (Cmd or Ctrl G)

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How to build Audio E ect Racks
• Right or Control Click on an E ect > Group (Cmd or Ctrl G)
• Important Buttons

Macros
Macro Variations
Devices
Chains
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Organizing and saving Racks
• How do you save a rack?
• Where are my racks?
• What should I name my racks?
• Your name/artist name
• Purpose of the rack
• Or, whatever works for you
Macros
• Where they are located
• How to assign them
• How many do you want?
• Multiple parameters
Macro Ranges
Macro Ranges
• Opening this area
• Example 1: common
• Example 2: Reverse
• Example 3: On/O
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Mapping Macros to a MIDI controller
• Cmd + M (Mac) or Ctrl + M (PC)
• Or, click the MIDI Map Mode Switch
• Cmd + M (Mac) or Ctrl + M (PC)
• Or, click the MIDI Map Mode Switch
Kicks + Audio E ect Racks

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