Ableton Live 10 "GainRack" [download]

In a session with a student yesterday, I showed him a rack I always use for trying out different plugins that introduce analog saturation – i.e., plugins that react to the input level and add some pleasant harmonics to the sound.
I absolutely love trying out those types of plugs, and saturation has always been a big part of "my sound".
The one thing that often annoys me about plugins like is that you don't have a knob that'd handle both input and output at the same time, so you end up doing that yourself, constantly fiddling the level in and out.
And to keep objective ears, the level should stay the same all the time.

So, I've created a rack for Ableton Live for that: it has three Utility devices. Download it here.

Turning the In/Out macro sets both the input and output level, and it's also bipolar, so you can use it to even turn the input gain to less than it'd normally be. So, you can put any "roasting" plugin between the first two Utility devices (shown in the pic) and use the In/Out macro to drive the signal into the device (I've set the gain to go +-20 dB, but you can make this even more if you enter Map mode for the device), and the second Utility in the rack compensates for this level increase.
The Output 2 macro is a final level tweakery knob that allows for +-5 dB tweaks after the plugin you're using.

In short:
Use this rack for a convenient in/out knob operation for any plugin that allows for the sound to be roasted without having to mess with any in/out level settings in the plugin itself. Super nice with Saturator, for example: place Saturator (or even Glue Compressor with soft clipping engaged and threshold all the way up to compress as little as possible) between the first two Utility devices, mess with the In/Out knob, and enjoy!

PS!
There's some other tracks I've posted:
• EQ8 rack for Ableton Live 11
• SP-12 drum rack
• SP-1200-izer effect rack
• Multiband roastrack

Any wishes for racks, holla!