Choking on different tracks -not in Drum Rack-

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broose masterwerk
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Choking on different tracks -not in Drum Rack-

Post by broose masterwerk » Wed Oct 11, 2017 8:22 am

Hi Guys

is there a way to choke different tracks, if you got your drums on different tracks lets say.

example:

Kick - Track one
Clap - Track two
Hat1 - Track three
Hat2 - Track four
Hat3 - Track five
shakers - Track six
Perc1 - Track seven
Perc2 - Track eight
and so on...

i must stay indipendent on each tracks so i dont like to work in a drumrack with all this Elements... I know that i can Choke each Element in a Drumrack... but what are my Choises if i have this Elemts in Different unindipendent Tracks.

thank you alot

Mangrove
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Re: Choking on different tracks -not in Drum Rack-

Post by Mangrove » Mon Mar 14, 2022 7:56 pm

broose masterwerk wrote:
Wed Oct 11, 2017 8:22 am
Hi Guys

is there a way to choke different tracks, if you got your drums on different tracks lets say.

example:

Kick - Track one
Clap - Track two
Hat1 - Track three
Hat2 - Track four
Hat3 - Track five
shakers - Track six
Perc1 - Track seven
Perc2 - Track eight
and so on...

i must stay indipendent on each tracks so i dont like to work in a drumrack with all this Elements... I know that i can Choke each Element in a Drumrack... but what are my Choises if i have this Elemts in Different unindipendent Tracks.

thank you alot
Found a solution to this?
I could try Clyphx Pro but maybe someone did this already?

Greenapples2019
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Re: Choking on different tracks -not in Drum Rack-

Post by Greenapples2019 » Mon Mar 14, 2022 8:53 pm

Two ideas, but I'm not sure either is ideal (or will even work!):

1. A very aggressive Sidechain
2. Have them all in one drum rack on one track but then set up a different Return Chain within the drumrack, route each instrument to a different chain (and therefore to a different return track). From there you could route the output of each Return track to a separate audio track if you want.

benedikt.schatz
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Re: Choking on different tracks -not in Drum Rack-

Post by benedikt.schatz » Wed Sep 21, 2022 4:48 pm

@greenapples2019
Do you mean using a gate and sidechain?
When doing that, e.g. gate on an open hi-hat, side-chained to a closed hi-hat, the moment the closed hi-hat sample is finished the sidechain opens, and you'll hear the open hi-hat ringing out. You can try to play with the "hold" parameter of the gate, but ideally, it should just cut off everything that is following instead of muting the open hi-hat for just a short moment.

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