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evan
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August 11, 05 10:43 AM (permalink)

L->R Sidechain Trick

Hi everybody!

I'm not sure if I'm doing L->R Sidechain Trick right (I'm using crunchessor). I hard pan Kick to the left and bass to the right. I route both tracks to a stereo aux bus. I insert crunchessor, slapping bass preset, set the plugin to stereo and choose sidechain SC:R. Then I send this bus to another bus and I set the mono/stereo button to mono.

Is this process ok? Which compressor settings are right for sidechaining? Fast attack and release, but how much compression?
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    dcastle
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    RE: L->R Sidechain Trick August 11, 05 1:22 PM (permalink)
    Hey Evan,

    You're working too hard! Use the db audioware - db-D dynamics processor which has a sidechain feature builtin.

    The unique side chain feature (which requires a multi track application like Cubase or Cakewalk) lets you perform tricks like ducking and synchronized gating, normally only possible with external hardware.

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    RE: L->R Sidechain Trick August 11, 05 1:31 PM (permalink)
    haven't gotten Crunchessor sidechain to work in Sonar myself...which is a shame, since I loved using it in Cubase.

    But if you do figure out a way, please post and let us know.
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    RE: L->R Sidechain Trick August 11, 05 2:44 PM (permalink)
    How did trying the Beta work out ?

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    evan
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    RE: L->R Sidechain Trick August 11, 05 3:04 PM (permalink)
    Thanks dcastle and psi777;


    ORIGINAL: dcastle

    Use the db audioware - db-D dynamics processor which has a sidechain feature builtin.


    I tried db audioware's demo but I think it distorts the bass too much when you set a fast attack. I think it is quite difficult to find a software compressor that can deal with fast attacks and basses. I find Crunchessor to sound better because has some kind of upsampling feature when you press a high quality button.

    ORIGINAL: psi777
    But if you do figure out a way, please post and let us know.


    I've been testing the process I described before and I think it works (it is not new). Nevertheless, I must be doing something wrong because two reasons;

    1 When I route bass and kick to the first bus (no plugins inserted yet) I've got an increase in bass and kick volume and I don't know why. All faders are set to zero. Perhaps it has something to do with hard panning and sonar panning law (my setting is sin/cos taper, constant power), but I don't know.

    2 I can hear bass and kick pumping as a result of the volume increase and crunchessor's slapping bass preset, but the plug-in compress the bass so smoth that I can't say if there is sidechain or not.






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