What are you sidechaining???

FossilTooth · 2nd July 2006

What are you using as sidechain triggers these days, and which instruments' compressors are they triggering?

You're not against sidechaining, are you? If so, why?

Do you think Sidechained compression has a place in rock music, or do you only think it makes sense in pop, dance and hip-hop and RnB?

-Justin

(I'm gonna chain my oboes to my french horns, B.!)

ryguydrum@netsc · 2nd July 2006

Sometimes I sidechain a 40-80Hz tone on a kick drum track gate to trigger the tone when the kick hits for extra oomph. Sometimes I will make a de-esser with a sidechain, but now I usually have access to a dedicated de-esser plug in or a hardware unit.

Jules · 2nd July 2006

A gate on under snare mic channel (to cut down on rustling noise in between hits..)

A guitar sub group compressor (making it duck a little each kick drum hit, my "Sex Pistols" trick)

A gate on Bass gtr to make it pluse like a sequencer (on one songs middle 8) side chain triggered by a click track cowbell, playing 16th notes...

Cojo · 2nd July 2006

I almost always duck the bassline with the kick in the sidechain. Also other sounds like chords and pads can soud cool if the duck in time with the beat.

/Cojo

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FossilTooth Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 918 Thread Starter	What are you sidechaining??? What are you using as sidechain triggers these days, and which instruments' compressors are they triggering? You're not against sidechaining, are you? If so, why? Do you think Sidechained compression has a place in rock music, or do you only think it makes sense in pop, dance and hip-hop and RnB? -Justin (I'm gonna chain my oboes to my french horns, B.!)

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ryguydrum@netsc Gear maniac Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Sherman Hoax, California Posts: 174	Sometimes I sidechain a 40-80Hz tone on a kick drum track gate to trigger the tone when the kick hits for extra oomph. Sometimes I will make a de-esser with a sidechain, but now I usually have access to a dedicated de-esser plug in or a hardware unit. __________________ Ryan Petersen "Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. . . after that who cares, you're a mile away and you have his shoes."

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Jules Gearslutz.com admin Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: A Yank in London, UK Posts: 17,356 1 Review written	A gate on under snare mic channel (to cut down on rustling noise in between hits..) A guitar sub group compressor (making it duck a little each kick drum hit, my "Sex Pistols" trick) A gate on Bass gtr to make it pluse like a sequencer (on one songs middle 8) side chain triggered by a click track cowbell, playing 16th notes... __________________ Jules Add your reviews to the new reviews area! Gearslutz on Facebook Follow my GS picks on Twitter

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Cojo Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden! Posts: 1,471	I almost always duck the bassline with the kick in the sidechain. Also other sounds like chords and pads can soud cool if the duck in time with the beat. /Cojo __________________ Conny Johansson [ www.asteroidkiller.com ]

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