Make This Your Default FX Rack in Ableton Live

Welcome to the Universal Channel Strip

This Rack gives you the essential audio engineering tools for solving sonic problems, all in one compact place.

We put the devices in the right order to take you through a process of mixing on each sound, from gain staging to tone-shaping and dynamics control.

Very easy to use -- all devices are set to Bypass when you turn the knobs down, so you can easily skip any FX that you don't need.

This is the "Swiss Army Knife" rack that helps you make tight mixes fast, without wasting time hunting for the right devices or wondering what to do.

Here's the original Live10 Rack. See below for the 2023 updates.

UPDATE for Live11+

You will find a second download containing a new Rack that has more macro knobs, better detail in the devices, and it's easier to use on Push.

Now you get a global wet/dry control on the top row so you can easily A/B your changes from the Push controller.

You get a simple "Reset" snapshot in the macro variations so you can get back to zero when you copy and paste the Rack to other Channels.

The Filter section now allows you to choose Filter shape, so you can easily remove lows, highs, or work with the midrange as needed (LPF - HPF - Notch etc)

And the Compressor section has an expanded set of controls for you to easily dial in the details that matter for each sound.

My favorite detail is the peak/RMS control which doubles as the "soft knee" option. This allows you to get variable compression for something like a vocal, or hard-edged crisp thresholds for quick reaction on drum transients.

As always, you'll need to dial in your EQ frequencies by hand for each sound in the mix.

Add this Rack to your production Template so you can easily do all the gain staging, EQ'ing and Compression you need for a polished mix!