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2nd December 2004
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| Gear maniac Join Date: Sep 2004
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Thread Starter | side chain? hi- excuse my ignorance but could someone tell me what a side chain is and how its used, like on a compressor? where does it occur in the signal path, etc. i'm a bit confused. thanks, kurt |
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2nd December 2004
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| Gear nut Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Montreal, Canada
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| I believe that the sidechain is an input on a compressor that is used to trigger it. Meaning, when there is a signal being input through the sidechain input, that is when the compressor is activated.
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3rd December 2004
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| Gear Guru  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Orygun
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| ...or, you could use the kick to trigger a gate on the bass (add 6-18 dB for a moment). That way it sounds like the drummer and bassist are tight.... Usually, you will see sidechains used for de-essing (with a filtered signal triggering a compressor) or for ducking (where an voice-over triggers a comp on background music). -tINY |
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