User's Manual

289 Instrument, Drum and Effect Racks
Note: Racks, chains and devices can be freely dragged into and out of other Racks, and even
between tracks. Selecting a chain, then dragging and hovering over another Session or Ar-
rangement View track will give that track focus; its Device View will open, allowing you to drop
your chain into place.
Since the Device View can show only one device chain at a time, the Chain List also serves as a
navigational aid: The list selection determines what will be shown in the adjacent Devices view
(when enabled). Try using your computer keyboard’s up and down arrow keys to change the
selection in the Chain List, and you’ll find that you can quickly flip through the contents of a Rack.
The Chain List also supports multi-selection of chains, for convenient copying, organizing and
regrouping. In this case, the Devices view will indicate how many chains are currently selected.
Each chain has its own Chain Activator, as well as Solo and Hot-Swap buttons. Chains in Instru-
ment, Drum and Audio Effect Racks also have their own volume and pan sliders, and Drum Rack
chains have additional send level and MIDI assignment controls. Like Live Clips, entire chains
can be saved and recalled as presets in the browser. You can give a chain a descriptive name
by selecting it, then choosing the Edit menu’s Rename command. You can also enter your own
info text for a chain via the Edit Info Text command in the Edit menu or in the chain’s [right-click]
(PC) / [CTRL-click](Mac) context menu. The context menu also contains a color palette where
you can choose a custom chain color.
18.4.1 Auto Select
Auto Select in an Audio Effect Rack.
When the Auto Select switch is activated, every chain that is currently processing signals be-
comes selected in the Chain List. In Drum Racks, this feature will select a chain if it receives its
assigned MIDI input note. In Instrument and Effect Racks, Auto Select works in conjunction with