side-chain bus or other buses created by inserted effects

Hi all,
I'm still using Sonar 8.5for the same reason as ever, blind user-friendliness.
I just installed a new plug-in, (a vocoder), that creates a new bus where you're supposed to
assign the signal used as the modulator.
I suppose this bus is like a side chain for a compressor, and so I looked into sonar's manual and tried to find something about side-chain effects,
but I didn't see anything.
Does 8.5 manage side-chain at all, because for the moment this bus works but in a very strange way, the sound that comes out of it is all saturated
and I don't see any settings for this bus.
Hope someone can help,
Best Regards.
 

thanks for this Scook.
unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any level settings for the side-chain bus. I imagine what happens is that side-chain works well for DirectX plug-ins, but not for VST ones.
I hope X2 will be adapted for the blind someday so I can work with something up to date.
Kind regards,
JPR
 

Okay friends,
I need your help again.
Whether you use sonar eight point five or a later version, could you please download the vocoder plug-in at the following link and tell me if the side chain (vocoder input 2), works for you.
It will also be the opportunity to try a bunch of very interesting and inspiring plug-ins which all have free trials.
Here:
 
 
http://www.meldaproduction.com/
 
The result I get in sonar eight point five, which I'm forced to use because I am blind and Later versions haven't been adapted yet, is that anything I throw into the side chain input gets totally distorted.
Fortunately, the vocoder has another way of working which is that the left channel of a bus will be the carrier and the right channel will be the modulator, this works but it's a little less comfortable.
Thanks for helping,
Best regards,
JPR