Ableton Live's Effect Racks are really powerful tools. They're great for carrying out parallel processing, one of the best examples of which is parallel (or 'New York-style') compression.
This technique is excellent because it combines the loudness of a compressed sound with the punch of an uncompressed one. Find out how it works in the video above.
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