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5. Select another device parameter if you'd like to create more mappings, or click
on the Map Mode button once more to exit Macro Map Mode.
Note that once assigned to a Macro Control, a device parameter will appear disabled, since
it hands over all control to the Macro Control (although it can still be modulated externally,
via Clip Envelopes).
You can edit or delete your assignments at any time using the Mapping Browser (which only
appears when Map Mode is enabled).
16.7 Racks Within Racks
Now that you have seen all of the components that make up a Rack, we will introduce
an advanced concept: A Rack can contain any number of other Racks within its device
chains! This idea is easier to grasp if you remember our statement from the beginning of
this chapter: The entire contents of any Rack can be thought of as a single device. With this
in mind, adding a new Rack at any point in a device chain is no different than adding any
other device.
One MIDI Effect Rack
Contained Within
Another.
A Rack can be enclosed in another Rack by rst selecting it, and then selecting the Group
command from the Edit menu. In the Track View, the contents of Racks are always contained
between end brackets: Just as with punctuation or in mathematics, a Rack within a Rack will
have a pair of brackets within a pair of brackets.
Racks, chains and devices can be freely dragged into and out of other Racks, and even