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Here’s the sample and the kick with no sidechain compression. I’ve imported a kick drum on to another audio track and sequenced it on each beat of the bar (imaginative I know).

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We’ll start off demonstrating how to sidechain to an audio kick. I’ve recorded eight bars of Island And Holiday’s 1984 b-side Living into Logic. Luckily since Logic 10.3.2 it’s a little easier now.Īnyway, let’s get down to it. So how do we get sidechain compression working in Logic X? Until recently, compression and the analysis of sidechain triggers in Logic was a lot more fiddly, including the need to route MIDI instruments to busses and what-not. You can hear a few bars of the untreated sample before the 909 bass drum comes in and ducks the whole mix. I’ve embedded from just before 2.09 where the compression kicks in (using the bargain Alesis 3630 compressor). Here’s one half of Daft Punk (plus DJ falcon) with their 2002 hit So Much Love to Give. It’s a sound you’ve heard a billion times and it’s littered all over EDM, Techno, Disco, Progressive and French House etc. Sidechain compression is the process of using an external sound source to trigger a compressor, typically a kick drum. It’s Ableton based but don’t let that scare you off as it’s very nicely presented. Special mentions go to Patches.zone’s animated guide to compression. I want to avoid doing a huge compression 101, as no doubt I’ll get to it later and there’s already a good amount of literature out there on the subject. A typical compressor would have controls for: Of course there’s more to it than just that. Here’s the excellent LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER demonstrating how an optical compressor works: Traditional compression, on say, vocals, analyses the incoming signal and when it passes a certain threshold it attenuates it (meaning it makes it quieter). Let’s start off with some basics first… What is Compression?īroadly speaking, compression gain regulation – put simply, it’s a glorified volume control. Today we’re covering the topic of sidechain compression.Ĭompression is a huge topic in on itself and it really deserves its own space on this site, and while understanding compression in its own right can help you better understand today’s topic, that doesn’t prevent you from using sidechain compression in your own work.

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Fully functional demo versions of all our products are available for this purpose.This is the second instalment in an informal series of Logic quick-reads, following on from my previous article on sampling drums in EXS24. However, you should check that Universal Sidechains work correctly on your system before purchasing.

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*** Universal Sidechains work with most multi-track audio software (supporting VST or Audio Units) currently available on PC Windows and Mac OS X. Thanks to db audioware’s easy-to-use MIDI Learn feature, it’s simple to map any on-screen control to your favourite external MIDI control surface. If you prefer to control your plug-ins with hardware knobs or sliders, Sidechain Compressor is happy to oblige. Just set up as above, making sure that every “receive” plug-in is tuned to the same Universal Sidechain bus.

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For full details please see the User Manual.įor added flexibility, you can side-chain from one “send” track to multiple “receive” tracks. Only the “receive” plug-in acts as a compressor. Notice that when set up like this (External Trig is on), the “send” plug-in does not compress the audio, but passes audio unprocessed directly to its output.