Setting up side-chains

Did you ever wish you could control the dynamics of one element using another?…Maybe you never thought about that, but I promise after learning about…side-chains, you will.…A more advanced dynamics processing technique called side-chaining allows you to…control the dynamics of one signal using the dynamics of another.…In fact, you've already used the technique if you've ever used a DeEsser.…Some examples of this would include radio ducking.…If you've ever heard the dialogue ducking out the music when the DJ comes on and…starts speaking and triggering gain reduction on a compressor that's being…applied to the music.…

So in this case, the dialog is interacting with the compressor's threshold, but…the compressor is actually turning down the music.…In the Take Me Down session, I am actually using a fairly common use of side…chains to side-chain the kick to the bass guitar's compressor.…So if we go over here to the Bass Sub, I've got a compressor on the bass that's…listening to the kick drum bus.…