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Hi
On the session view I'm using different effect chains inside a Audio Effect Rack placed in a return track so I can use specific sets of effects for different songs. Each song is launched by scenes, so I want to change the selected fx chain using scenes, but I don't know how to do this with clips that will launch with the scene.

I've tried mapping the chain selection to a macro but I can't find a way to control it from any kind of clip on the tracks that allow clips (midi and audio).

On a midi track I can select the output to be routed to the return track only if it has a VST plugin in it (native plugins don't show up), but then I can only send control messages to parameters of these plugins, but not to the rack.

Is there a way to do this? Is there a different way to select the chains in the return tracks with scenes?
Doing it by assigning an external controller to control the macro would make no sense because I need this to be done with scene launches.

Thanks for the help

Hi Elpernyl,

you can do it with a midi clip sending out the data to a virtual bus (IAC on a mac or midi yoke on a pc, http://www.midiox.com/index.htm?http:// ... /myoke.htm)

Set up the IAC / Midi Yoke bus in Live´s Midi/Sync preferences like this:
- activate 'Remote' for the input port
- activate 'Track' for the output port

- Create a new Midi track and an empty Midi clip. In the 'Midi To' section select the virtual port.
- Open the envelope view, choose an unused Midi controller and draw in a value.
- Start the clip, then activate the Midi mapping mode.
- Click the Chain Selector in your Return track´s effect rack - it should then be mapped to the CC you´ve drawn into the clip (check the mapping browser if it mapped correctly)
- end the mapping mode. draw an accurate envelope to control the chain selector, create new clips, etc....

jörg

thanks for the reply jörg
it seems to work fine on both mac and pc