Sidechaining in rock

emreyazgin · 5th July 2006, 03:33 PM

If we forget the fact that there are not much right's and wrong's in mixing for a minute I want to ask something about sidechaining in rock music.

I would like to try and compress a couple of tracks with a key input like vocal etc. I guess its a common trick to compress 5th powerchord type of guitars with vocal track as key? Any other applications I might consider?? Eg. Key:Vocals, compression:Keys? etc. ?

Thanks a lot in advance...

Emre

JonCraig · 5th July 2006, 04:14 PM

hmmm... if the kick is getting lost in the bass, i'll duck the bass off the kick. never tried guitars off the vox. makes sense, though. i usually do volume automation.

--jon

RobR · 5th July 2006, 09:09 PM

If you believe the artist might ask the mastering engineer to crush the crap out of your mix, then I might urge against this. Otherwise, do what you feel.

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5th July 2006, 03:33 PM	#1
emreyazgin Gear maniac Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: London Posts: 177	Sidechaining in rock If we forget the fact that there are not much right's and wrong's in mixing for a minute I want to ask something about sidechaining in rock music. I would like to try and compress a couple of tracks with a key input like vocal etc. I guess its a common trick to compress 5th powerchord type of guitars with vocal track as key? Any other applications I might consider?? Eg. Key:Vocals, compression:Keys? etc. ? Thanks a lot in advance... Emre

5th July 2006, 04:14 PM	#2
JonCraig Lives for gear Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 1,801	hmmm... if the kick is getting lost in the bass, i'll duck the bass off the kick. never tried guitars off the vox. makes sense, though. i usually do volume automation. --jon __________________ "my job is to make music sound great and to not whine too much." --george massenburg Learn PT Techniques from Multi-Platinum Engineers. Click Me. Pro Tools "Tip of the Day" Widget. Click Me.

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5th July 2006, 09:09 PM	#3
RobR Gear addict Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 448	If you believe the artist might ask the mastering engineer to crush the crap out of your mix, then I might urge against this. Otherwise, do what you feel.