Ableton Live Racks Explained

Ableton Certified Trainer Scottie Dugan is back with a collection of videos that will show you what you need to know to build, edit and play racks within Ableton Live. Watch and learn how racks are a powerful way to create amazing sounding instruments, effects and more within Ableton Live.

Videos

• What is a Rack? (02:53) - Scottie gives a general description of what a rack is and why we would want to use one. You will also learn how to load a factory rack.

• Rack Types (03:41) - In this video Scottie goes over the four different types of racks and explains when to use each (MIDI Effect, Audio Effect, Instrument and Drum)

• Loading & Saving (02:53) - Join Scottie as he shows where to find the different factory rack presets and how to save and recall your own presets.

• Rack Layout (03:26) - Learn the main sections in a rac, Show/Hide, Macro Controls, Chain List and Devices.

• Audio & MIDI Effect Racks (04:26) - In this video, dive a little deeper and create our own Effect Rack by grouping, dragging and reordering Effects.

• Instrument Racks (02:37) - Scottie shows how to create an Instrument Rack and how Instruments & Effects can be grouped together to create complete presets.

• Drum Racks (03:01) - See how to drag samples and instruments into a Drum Rack in order to create a new Drum Rack. Scottie also goes over Pad View.

• Using Multiple Chains (11:09) - In this video, learn how to create more than one Chain resulting in parallel processing. Scottie also organizes and mixes those chains and discusses their routing. You will also see some really cool applications for using an Effect and Instrument Rack.

• Drum Rack Chains (07:00) - In this video, Scottie discusses the unique features the Drum Rack has; including the IO section, Sends/Returns and Hot Swap.

• Advanced Drum Rack Chains (06:41) - Join Scottie as he explores more advanced ways to use a Drum Rack including Group to Drum Rack, Instruments in a Drum Rack, Triggering multiple Chains and Effects Routing.

• Zones (06:59) - Learn different ways to control how and which Chains are played using Key Zones, Velocity Zones and the Chain Selector Macro Controls.

• One Control to Rule Them All (09:25) - In this video, Scottie uses Macro Controls to control parameters deep within the Rack. Scottie also combines parameters to create powerful one-knob Macros.

• Advanced Racks (08:24) - Dive deep and explore using Racks within Racks, Auto-Select, Jumping to certain parts of the Rack, and Extracting Chains.

• Using Macro Controls with MIDI Controllers (04:45) - This video will take Macro controls one step further and show how to use MIDI controllers with Racks.