Sidechain COMPRESSION in FL7 with Waves C1- comp sc

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Posted by Ry Thomas on Jun-03-2007 09:53:

Sidechain COMPRESSION in FL7 with Waves C1- comp sc

Right, ive tried and tried and read the PDF numerous times and i still cant get my head round sidechaining with this compressor.

Does anyone have any short write-ups or .flp's at all??

Ive read the stickies, googled it and did numerous web searches too but to no avail.

Thanks Ry

Posted by echosystm on Jun-03-2007 09:57:

its mono only babe, dont bother

use sidekick, dbaudioware or the gainducking method.

Posted by wrzonance on Jun-04-2007 18:33:

I'm in a good mood, and I have completed my tasks at my externship. So I made you a diagram.

Disclaimer:
How to do it in YOUR DAW is up to you.
For example, I use Cubase 4. So I'm hosed using the standard method of side-chain compression until Quarter 3 of this year. I have to use bubblewrap/duck-tape plug-ins like Twisted Lemon SideKick V3.

In Pro Tools it is extremely easy to do, but practically no one here uses Pro Tools, so it's a moot point.

So here is the tried and true method of side-chain compression, easily done on almost every single mixing console on the planet, and in Pro Tools.

Again, the CONCEPT behind side-chaining is the same in Fruity Loops. The exact METHOD in Fruity is up to you.

If Fruity can't route like this, as Echo said, there are a number of workarounds. The reason C1 is SO great is that you can EQ the incoming key signal. That way you can have your BASSLINE only be compressed when low frequencies from the KICK are present. That way the slap of the kick drum won't compress the BASSLINE.

And if absolutely nothing works. Just use volume automation. In my basslines I make sure the velocity controls the volume of the bassline. That way when I have a bass note that coincides with a kick drum, I just reduce the velocity of the bass note at that point.

Good luck.

---------Adam

PS: Ignore echosystem; whether or not it's mono almost never matters. Especially if it's a freakn' kick/bass for Christ's sake. Quit being retarded Echo, serially. <3