will v6 have sidechaining?

Johnisfaster · **Joined:** Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:34 am **Posts:** 7118

everyone can.

somehow everyone thinks ableton is supposed to spend time coding a feature that you can already do with freeware plugs. and god forbit if ableton charged for this feature, wow then you'd really never hear the end of it.

jackmazzotti · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:28 am

bensuthers wrote:

> doesn't work with waves or elemental audio

> or am i wrong

you're wrong.

I use it with elemental audio Neodymium ALL THE TIME.

i am on the mac

and I haven't seen any option to route to neodiums sidechin input

what am I doing wrong

longjohns · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:51 am

people keep slamming the video feature but remember that's what gave rise to the master warp/ tempo mapping, which i think is very useful

bensuthers · **Joined:** Wed Oct 01, 2003 4:51 am **Posts:** 760

> i am on the mac
> and I haven't seen any option to route to neodiums sidechin input
> what am I doing wrong

how could I possible know?

do you know how to route audio in Live?

In the following picture, Neodynium is on Track 3. The first audio track has an aux send (A). Aux A's output is set to the sidechain input on Nedynium. This flexible method allows you to do a submix for the sidechain input.

The second audio track's output feeds directly to the sidechain - so no audio in the master outputs, just to the sidechain.

jackmazzotti · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:51 pm

thanks for your help

krachtwerk · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:25 pm

rbmonosylabik wrote:

I can sidechain, lol

i see u work with mac, so the big question is how????

because i dont seem to manage sidechain with ableton on a MAC!!

Machinate · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:28 pm

[anorak] "external key input" [/anorak]
;-)

krachtwerk · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:29 pm

krachtwerk wrote:

rbmonosylabik wrote:

I can sidechain, lol

i see u work with mac, so the big question is how????

because i dont seem to manage sidechain with ableton on a MAC!!

erm

nevermind

Mike Goodwin · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:39 pm

eamoon wrote:

Unless you're going for the eurocheese sound, that is...

I don't use much SC compression much but it can be used in very creative ways that do not result in "eurocheese". I am more fond of gate with side chain fun thoug myself

Airwave · **Posted:** Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:51 pm

jackmazzotti wrote:

doesn't work with waves or elemental audio
or am i wrong

no sidechain
basic stuff so important to electronic music completely lacking even in v6

Well well well

in fact, THERE IS a sidechain compressor, hidden somewhere in Live, and you wouldn't believe this, it really makes wonders for dance music, but unfortunately not for anything else..

Forget about comp II for 5 minutes. Insert AutoPan, set the rate to 1/4, with a saw-waveform, set the angle to O° first. OF course remove the L to R effect, unsuitable here. INVERT the waveform with the box on the left side of the plug. Set the shape as you want it, to emulate the release of compression, while you can set the angle to 345-359 to simulate slower attacks. Increase the amount slowly until you get the amount of "comp" that you want.

it really helps. So you guys wondering why the ableton ppl didn't go for sidechain compression plugins in L6?? I think this more or less explains why!

I am not sure but I didn't find this little tip back in the forum pages... maybe someone could post a link if there's 1??

Laurent

Johnisfaster · **Joined:** Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:34 am **Posts:** 7118

thats not nearly the answer anyone was looking for I don't think...

look up dualcomp
http://www.kvraudio.com/news/5769.html

it's still a bit buggy but it's a sidechain compressor for osx. it doesn't seem to do anything other than that sidechain pumping stuff. don't expect it to be a normal compressor too.

djadonis206 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:23 pm

Airwave wrote:

jackmazzotti wrote:

doesn't work with waves or elemental audio
or am i wrong

no sidechain
basic stuff so important to electronic music completely lacking even in v6

Well well well

in fact, THERE IS a sidechain compressor, hidden somewhere in Live, and you wouldn't believe this, it really makes wonders for dance music, but unfortunately not for anything else..

Forget about comp II for 5 minutes. Insert AutoPan, set the rate to 1/4, with a saw-waveform, set the angle to O° first. OF course remove the L to R effect, unsuitable here. INVERT the waveform with the box on the left side of the plug. Set the shape as you want it, to emulate the release of compression, while you can set the angle to 345-359 to simulate slower attacks. Increase the amount slowly until you get the amount of "comp" that you want.

it really helps. So you guys wondering why the ableton ppl didn't go for sidechain compression plugins in L6?? I think this more or less explains why!

I am not sure but I didn't find this little tip back in the forum pages... maybe someone could post a link if there's 1??

Laurent

That's just a bomb tip

word - I love Autopan for all kinds of reasons - actually it's my favorite plug in right now

peace

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djadonis206 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:25 pm

But if you want traditional sidechaining roll with the VANILLA COMPRESSOR

I use it everyday, all day in everyway i must say - and I didn't get it on ebay

ugh, I'm a dope rapper

plain · **Joined:** Thu Dec 01, 2005 2:03 pm **Posts:** 179

eamoon wrote:

Yep, and I've had good results with various Reaktor-based compressors. That said, if you're relying on sidechained compression to make your music pump, you should probably work harder on your choice of sounds. If your various bass sounds don't step all over each other then there's no need for fancy compression tricks, and the result will sound more solid. Unless you're going for the eurocheese sound, that is...

not a reason for you to suggest that we dont need sidechaining...if you dont want it dont say anything...not everyone makes music the way you do

Johnisfaster · **Joined:** Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:34 am **Posts:** 7118

plain wrote:

eamoon wrote:

Yep, and I've had good results with various Reaktor-based compressors. That said, if you're relying on sidechained compression to make your music pump, you should probably work harder on your choice of sounds. If your various bass sounds don't step all over each other then there's no need for fancy compression tricks, and the result will sound more solid. Unless you're going for the eurocheese sound, that is...

not a reason for you to suggest that we dont need sidechaining...if you dont want it dont say anything...not everyone makes music the way you do

sidechaining is not a lazy trick to make use out of bad sounds, with heavy sidechaining going on you'll get a pumping pulsing sound that no other trick is going to get you. that said, if someone is using sidechaining then I wouldn't say they are relying on it to fix anything, they are simply using it for the affect that it brings.