What's Side Chaining?

[Thedeloshimself]

No joke i have no idea what this means. What do i use to do it? what if i have cubase

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Fucking hell, please use the search function or Google

 

[broken81]

Fucking hell, please use the search function or Google

hahahaahah sorry to laugh but

yea im waiting for oz to write article on it for the acustic drum thread to learn about it more!!

 

[Splat88]

Fucking hell, please use the search function or Google

Yeah, how dare he ask a question about mixing techniques on this website. What in holy fuckbutter was he thinking? Well my day is ruined.

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

lol
Naaaw, but it's more how dare he ask something that has been asked here like every week over these past monthes...

 

[JBroll]

Fucking hell, please use the search function or Google

http://justfuckinggoogleit.com/

Jeff

 

[Splat88]

lol
Naaaw, but it's more how dare he ask something that has been asked here like every week over these past monthes...

I am just messing around That was a pretty vague question!

 

[Glenn Fricker]

Ummm, yeah, I should really get that part finished.

To answer the inital question though, it's simple: What is sidechaining? It's a way to turn down shit in a track you don't want to hear.

 

[Suicide_As_Alibi]

To answer the inital question though, it's simple: What is sidechaining? It's a way to turn down shit in a track you don't want to hear.

Surely that's a use of side-chaining rather than what it is?

The way I'd exaplin it is that side-chainging is using one audio source to control parameters in another - for example, using the peaks on the kick drum to trigger ducking on a bass, or using a cloned tom track to open a gate on the original.

Steve

 

[xmarcelx]

it's about using the dynamic level of another input (another track for example) to control a dynamic effect like a gate or compressor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_level_compression#Side-chaining