Drive Rack for Ableton Live

“Drive anything.”

Drive Rack gives you a single knob that simultaneously drives the input and pulls down the output of any effect, rack, or chain – maintaining perfect level balance while you dial in saturation, distortion, or character.

Ableton's built-in Utility has an uneven gain range (+35dB to -∞dB), making it impossible to create proper input/output linking. Drive Rack uses the output levels of two bypassed compressors with matched ±36dB ranges, giving you a perfect 1:1 gain ratio.

Perfect for:

• Driving saturators, distortions, and character effects without level jumps
• A/B testing different input levels on hardware emulations
• Getting more aggressive sounds from effects that don't have input drive
• Creative effects when you automate the Drive knob

Simply drop any effect or entire chains inside it and turn the Drive knob to taste – your output level is automatically compensated for as you explore different saturation levels.