- Sidechaining, gating, ducking and compression
- Sidechaining
Sidechaining
Sidechaining is a production technique used in a wide variety of music genres where the volume of one track, influences another track.
A most recognizable example is sidechaining a kick (as input) and some synth part or a bassline, so that the latter is muted when the kick plays. This creates a rythmic "pumping" effect. A more subtle use of sidechaining, is using to help make specific tracks of your song cut through the mix.
You can also use sidechaining to temporarily attenuate ("duck") effects like reverb and delay - again to help make specific tracks of your song cut through the mix. You can also use this as a special effect.
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- 7. Sd.At Sidechain Attack (under Dynamics)
Specifies how slow/fast sidechaining should kick in for this track.
- 8. Sd.rL Sidechain Release (under Dynamics)
Specifies how slow/fast sidechaining should end for this track.
- "Your Words Against My Words" Song SYX (under Example songs and patches .SYX files)
- Randomizing a pattern (under Randomization)
If you use the feature on a kick track it may introduce conditionals, etc.
- Auditioning (under Tracks)
If the current (or last) selected track was the lead (Ld) track, pressing 1-16 will allow you to play the lead sound.