Sidechaining.
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CJWall
Member
easiest way I know how to do it in Nuendo 3 is using otiumFX's Compadre. it's a bit different doing this in SX2 or Nuendo 2 compared to 3, as posted above.
great a QUADRO group, and put Compadre on it.
buss your bass track to this group (i usually call it bass sidechain)
go to vst connections, group/fx tab, and on the 'bass sidechain' group, right click and add a child bus (Ls, Rs, i believe is what it adds).
go to your kick track's sends, and use a send to send it to this child bus, Ls/Rs (it'll be in the list). put the fader to 0.00 and click the little pre-fader button so it turns orange.
click the key in button the Compadre and you're off!
BUT IT'S WAY FUCKING EASIER IN PT!!!!
great a QUADRO group, and put Compadre on it.
buss your bass track to this group (i usually call it bass sidechain)
go to vst connections, group/fx tab, and on the 'bass sidechain' group, right click and add a child bus (Ls, Rs, i believe is what it adds).
go to your kick track's sends, and use a send to send it to this child bus, Ls/Rs (it'll be in the list). put the fader to 0.00 and click the little pre-fader button so it turns orange.
click the key in button the Compadre and you're off!
BUT IT'S WAY FUCKING EASIER IN PT!!!!
::XeS::
Member
Gavin, I've just tested the panning thing....I sidechain with no panning problem..kick and bass sound centered without mda imager
Jaymz
Stymphalian Productions
Thats the whole point of the panning isnt it? Too cancel out the kick and leave you with the bass.
No!
the panning is so the FX triggers from L-R
The left side triggers the right.
Reread what i wrote.
the panning is so the FX triggers from L-R
The left side triggers the right.
Reread what i wrote.
Jaymz
Stymphalian Productions
I just cannot see why this is so hard to grasp.
hard pan.
Trigger left input (kick) in the comp to output onto the right channell (bass).
Use an imager to cancel the kick and bring the bass back to centre.
Voila!
Bass being triggered by the kick but only the sound of the sidechained bass on the bus giving you more options when mixing and not stuck bussing kick/bass.
hard pan.
Trigger left input (kick) in the comp to output onto the right channell (bass).
Use an imager to cancel the kick and bring the bass back to centre.
Voila!
Bass being triggered by the kick but only the sound of the sidechained bass on the bus giving you more options when mixing and not stuck bussing kick/bass.
Jaymz
Stymphalian Productions
Ahhh....
So the left triggers the right....kick on the left bass on the right hence the kick triggering the comp for the right which is the bass....please say im right. Or ill just hang myself now
So the left triggers the right....kick on the left bass on the right hence the kick triggering the comp for the right which is the bass....please say im right. Or ill just hang myself now
Jaymz
Stymphalian Productions
You are routing the kick/bass via the bottom routes to the sidechain arnt you? Ive got everything going now im just having trouble getting rid of the kick.
EDIT: Got the bass centered and got rid of the kick....now I have no kick ;\
EDIT: Got the bass centered and got rid of the kick....now I have no kick ;\
What i do is use an FX send for the kick but actually bus route the bass...
That way the kick still plays out of it's regular channel and the bass gets 100% chained.
I shoulda explained that.
And yes, your above post was right!
Jaymz
Stymphalian Productions
Awesome, cheers, ive pretty much got it sorted (finally) Ive just been using the low pump preset on the crushessor.
Jaymz
Stymphalian Productions
Personally Im struggling to hear a big difference, there again I should know what all the settings actually do. Its not a typical style comp 
I usually use presets and hope for the best. Same with elephant which I have now got. I use that and crush in my mastering chain. Still trying hard so it dosent flatline my recordings at a low level.
I usually use presets and hope for the best. Same with elephant which I have now got. I use that and crush in my mastering chain. Still trying hard so it dosent flatline my recordings at a low level.
Fanny around with crunchessor, you'll see.
It's one of those ones, use it on one track = fuck all difference. Use it across a mix on several = Big difference.
It's one of those ones, use it on one track = fuck all difference. Use it across a mix on several = Big difference.
Jaymz
Stymphalian Productions
Is this what ud use when trying to get immense bleed out of OH's?
scorpio01169
Member
check this out, go to youtube and type in sidechaining in the search area...theres a tutorial video that explains in detail about it....it's really good info.
Jaymz
Stymphalian Productions
