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CHAPTER 17. INSTRUMENT, DRUM AND EFFECT RACKS 239
spans the top of the editor. Otherwise, the functionality here is identical to that of the Key
Zone Editor.
Velocity zone fade ranges attenuate the velocities of notes entering a chain.
17.5.4 Chain Select Zones
The Chain Select Editor.
Activating the Chain button in an Instrument or Effect Rack displays the Chain Select Editor.
These Racks have chain select zones, which allow you to lter chains spontaneously via a
single parameter. The editor has a scale of 0-127, similar to the Velocity Zone Editor. Above
the value scale, however, you will nd a draggable indicator known as the Chain selector.
The chain select zone is a data lter just like the other zones; although all chains in a Rack
receive input signals, only those with chain select zones that overlap the current value of the
Chain selector can be addressed and thereby produce output.
By default, the chain select zones of Instrument and MIDI Effect Racks lter only notes,
ignoring all other incoming MIDI events (such as MIDI CCs). To lter all MIDI events, enable
the Chain Selector Filters MIDI Ctrl option, available in the context menu (PC) /
Ctrl
(Mac) of a Rack's title bar or Chain Select Ruler.
In MIDI Effect Racks, fade ranges attenuate the velocities of notes entering a chain. In
Instrument Racks and Audio Effect Racks, which both output audio signals, fade ranges
attenuate the volume level at each chain's output. So what happens, then, if the Chain
selector is moved outside of the chain select zone where a sound is currently playing? If
the zone ends in a fade range, the chain's output volume is attenuated to zero while the
Chain selector is outside of the zone. If the zone had no fade range, the output volume