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Sidechain Compression
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 10:55 pm
by Parkson Wrecks
Not sure if this topic has been beaten to death, but here goes:
Can anyone recommend a good sidechain compressor plug-in for me to run in Ableton? (I am assuming that Ableton 7 does not have a SCC, as I haven't looked into it too deeply yet)...
A FREE sidechain compressor of reasonably good quality would be best - I can only find for Windows... Mac plug-in anyone?
Thanks!
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:01 pm
by Musicsoul
Ableton Live's Compressor has sidechaining options (Live 7)
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 12:29 am
by Machinate
- see what happens when you *assume*
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 12:33 am
by Parkson Wrecks
Well aren't I a monkey's uncle.
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 12:35 am
by Machinate
at least you were proven wrong in a positive way - the new compressor in Live 7 is really tasty.
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 12:39 am
by Parkson Wrecks
I'll tell you what? Let's kick it up a notch and make the same inquiry re: multiband compression then...
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 2:35 am
by Nogi
Parkson Wrecks wrote:I'll tell you what? Let's kick it up a notch and make the same inquiry re: multiband compression then...
Build one with racks and a freq band splitter based on EQ8 in HQ mode. Then side chain each band separately. Rad. You wanna mess some sounds up? Put a sidechained gate on each band. Aaaah... straight to flavor country.
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 3:10 am
by leedsquietman
interesting idea, good thinking that man !
(although I am not a fan of multiband compression in general, it can have it's uses)
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 7:41 pm
by Casual Beats
I completely forgot about this new gem in ver 7!
using it right now
Free Side Chain Compressor
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:45 am
by BeezyB
I got this one from Abletonguru.com I use it a lot and even though it doesn't look like much, it's very effective. Check out the website for a video tutorial on how to use it, or it's on Youtube also.
http://www.geocities.jp/webmaster_of_ss ... ChComp.zip
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:51 am
by BeezyB
I don't know why the direct link didn't work, but try this one. It's on a page with some other good plug-ins. Half the page is in Chinese, but you should be able to figure it out. If this one doesn't work just go to Abletonguru.com and follow the link.
http://www.geocities.jp/webmaster_of_sss/vst/#sidech
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:42 am
by Machinate
The OP is running Live 7, so external vsts aren't needed for this, thankfully.
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:53 am
by mdk
Nogi wrote:Build one with racks and a freq band splitter based on EQ8 in HQ mode. Then side chain each band separately.
i should try this as im looking for a good multiband. what concerns me about this is phase problems when recombining the bands.
im pretty sure eq8 isnt a linear phase eq, although i could be wrong.
anyone know?
theres 2 days left on the sonalksis christmas sale, so im very tempted by this pair :
http://sonalksis.com/index.php?section_id=3
but when i had the chance to try the waves c4 it seemed really good. simple and effective.
any others i should be checking out?
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 3:57 pm
by YILA
powercore dynamic EQ.. with sidechain plug..
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:08 pm
by mpresev
wait I use Live 6 and I see a Sidechain feature on Compressor 2..