I agree that side chaining certainly is useful. Yes you could automate the delay, as you could just about any other use for side chaining but as far as I'm concerned that's much more work.

Remember you've only got to set the whole lot up once and then save it as a track template, then it's ready to insert into any project. The biggest problem I have is keeping all my track templates organised so I can find them quickly.

so there are a few ways to side chain
 when side chaining a delay on a vocal
 would you put the comp on its own track
 or under the delay in the buss.
 and why not use that comp with  the side chain switch on prochannel
 or are the sonitus fx giving better result for you sidechain folks

All I can say is that I did as Jeff suggested last night and I was successful the first time.... I'm a happy camper! thank you to everyone for their help on this Clifford

timidi


One thing about sidechaining kik and bass (where the kik ducks the bass) that I can't figure out, is how to hear the ducked bass when soloed.

Is there a simple solution?

One way.

Remove the send to the bass sidechain in, clone the kick track set it's output to the sidechain.  Use that as the 'key', solo both this 'key' kick track and the bass when you want to hear the ducked bass.

Like I said previously for the 'key' track it's role is merely to control the compressor you don't even need to be able to hear it.

It is often the case a even a completely different 'key' sound will be used just to drive the comp as distinct to the actual one you are hearing in the final mix.  On this key track provided the performance is the same one you can treat it to extremes just to get the compressor to behave the way you want.  So for example on a vocal track say, on your cloned key track you can use big cuts to stop the comp being triggered by a whole frequency range.

Provided you solo both the key and the ducked track you'll be able to hear the consequnces of any adjustments knowing the 'actual' perfomance you want to be heard stays completely unaffected.