James Wiltshire explores the many possibilities offered by parallel mixing in this new collection of Ableton Live Racks. There are 22 Main Racks covering kick-drum, bass, vocal and drum tools, NY compression, special and vintage FX, parallel distortion, and an array of parallel EQs, plus 69 Sub-Racks with the individual building blocks.  Each effect has been fine-tuned and you can quickly add weight, clarity and character to beats, instruments and vocals.  The only downer is the need to do separate volume balancing after the effects, and that some Racks can tax the CPU.  You also get four bass, pad, 808 and drum instrument racks.

Music Tech Magazine Verdict

9/10

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