Reference Manual

249 Instrument, Drum and Effect Racks
The Chain List in a Drum Rack.
1. In addition to the standard selectors found on all Racks, Drum Racks have four additional
controls in the view column. From top to bottom, these are toggles for the Input/Output,
Send, and Return sections, and the Auto Select button.
2. Input/Output Section. The Receive chooser sets the incoming MIDI note to which the drum
chain will respond. The list shows note names, MIDI note numbers and standard GM drum
equivalents. The Play slider sets the outgoing MIDI note that will be sent to the devices in
the chain. The Choke chooser allows you to set a chain to one of sixteen choke groups.
Any chains that are in the same choke group will silence the others when triggered. This
is useful for choking open hihats by triggering closed ones, for example. If “All Notes“ is
selected in the Receive chooser, the Play and Choke choosers are disabled — in this case,
the chain simply passes the note that it receives to its devices. The small Preview button to
the left of these choosers fires a note into the chain, making it easy to check your mappings
away from a MIDI controller.
3. Mixer Section. In addition to the mixer and Hot-Swap controls found in other Rack types,
Drum Racks also have send sliders. These sliders allow you to set the amount of post-fader
signal sent from each drum chain to any of the available return chains. Note that send
controls are not available until return chains have been created.
4. Return Chains. A Drum Rack’s return chains appear in a separate section at the bottom of
the chain list. Up to six chains of audio effects can be added here, which are fed by send
sliders in each of the drum chains above.
The Audio To chooser in the mixer for return chains allows you to route a return chain’s output to
either the main output of the Rack or directly to the return tracks of the Set.
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