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16.1 An Overview of Racks
16.1.1 Signal Flow and Parallel Device Chains
In any of Live's tracks, devices are connected serially in a device chain, passing their signals
from one device to the next, left to right. By default, the Track View displays only a single
chain, but there is actually no limit to the number of chains contained within a track.
Racks allow (among other things) additional device chains to be added to any track. When
a track has multiple chains, they operate in parallel: Each chain receives the same input
signal at the same time, but then processes that signal serially through its own devices. The
output of each of these parallel chains is then mixed together, producing the Rack's output.
The entire contents of any Rack can be thought of as a single device. Indeed, when all of a
Rack's views are collapsed, they take up almost no space at all. If more devices follow after
a Rack in a track's device chain, the Rack's output is passed on to them, as usual.
16.1.2 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 naturally up to you whether it
be for convenience, by making an important device parameter more accessible; for dening
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