Reference Manual

239 Instrument, Drum and Effect Racks
18.1.2 Macro Controls
The Macro Controls.
One unique property of Racks are their Macro Controls.
The Macro Controls are a bank of eight knobs, each capable of addressing any number of
parameters from any devices in a Rack. How you use them is up to you — whether it be for con-
venience, by making an important device parameter more accessible; for defining exotic, multi-
parameter morphs of rhythm and timbre; or for constructing a mega-synth, and hiding it away
behind a single customized interface. See Using the Macro Controls (page 252) for a detailed
explanation of how to do this.
For the greatest degree of expression, try MIDI-mapping (page 482) the Macro Controls to
an external control surface.
18.2 Creating Racks
Four Rack variants cover the range of Live’s devices: Instrument Racks, Drum Racks, Audio Effect
Racks and MIDI Effect Racks. Just as with track types, each kind of Rack has rules regarding the
devices it contains:
•MIDI Effect Racks contain only MIDI effects, and can only be placed in MIDI tracks.
•Audio Effect Racks contain only audio effects, and can be placed in audio tracks. They
can also be placed in MIDI tracks, as long as they are “downstream“ from an instrument.