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Posted by whitel on Sep-22-2007 14:05:

Cubase and sidechain?

I have been using Cubase SL2 for quite a long time now and I still don�t know how to use sidechain on anything. Can somebody explain it to me leaving out no details, please?

I�m quite sick of trying to get my tracks as kicking as others without sidechain.. I always end up with mixes where the kick is simply too loud and it sounds very amateur I think.

Posted by all-nite-freak on Sep-22-2007 14:37:

I prefer Ableton for this, but to ask a person to describe everything to you isn't as good as you actually using google.

Posted by jey on Sep-22-2007 21:01:

1/ open an audio stereo track, record a 4 to the floor kick and import it to the audio track!

2/ make a copy of the the kick track. this will be the signal..

3/ open up a midi track and add e.g v-station, this will be the bassline that will get the sidechaining effect.

4/ open up a stereo group channel and add the plugin sidechain compressor. on this channel select stereocombined panner and drag both stereochannels to the centre.

5/ route the signal kick to the group channel, balance the kick hard left.

6/ route the v-station/bassline to the group channel and balance the bassline hard right.

i use waves sc and in it u select key mode L>R...

thats it, the audio kick/signal triggers the sc which effects the bassline/v-station.

this is mono sidechaining for basslines so any stereo delay reverb will not sound as it should!

Posted by echosystm on Sep-23-2007 00:14:

SL2?!
Way to keep up with the times man! haha

Ok, probably the easiest way for you is to use the db-audioware plugins. SL2 supports DX right? Alternatively, it's cheaper for you to just quit SL2 and start using Reaper ($40). Reaper has sidechaining, timestretching, and all the other mod cons built in.

Posted by whitel on Sep-26-2007 15:23:

Thanks for all your help!

I googled it too and found Sidekick. A great vst plug for this cause only.
And yeah I wish I had Cubase 4 but it costs like 300-400 euro I think.. It�s just too much for some improvements to the work flow.

Never heard of Reaper..