Sidechaninig in Live 7

John B · Post by **John B** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 4:00 am

Could someone give me a hand with setting up the basic sidechain ducking (kick-to-bass line) compression in Live 7.

Thanks!

djmarkpappas · Post by **djmarkpappas** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 1:52 pm

copy your kick on a separate track

insert compressor on the track you want to sidechain

click the little triangle icon on the sidechain to expand the sidechain options

click sidechain

select the duplicate kick channel from the drop down menu

adjust the attack/release to taste

John B · Post by **John B** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 2:02 pm

Specifically, when routing the drum track (1 - Audio, let's say) over to the bass track (2 - Audio), I choose 2 - Audio in the Output Type. However, when I try to change the Output Channel to 3/4 Sidechain, I get stuck -- i.e., the only option that I'm left with in the Output Channel is Track In.

billy bumlicker · Post by **billy bumlicker** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:27 pm

kick on one track (impulse, drum rack etc)
bass on another (vst)
drag across a compressor with the "kick reducer" preset on,
put this onto the bass track,
click the side chain button on the compressor, so that it lights up,
pull down the audio from tab (just underneath the side chain light)
choose the kick track!
obviously you need to record something with the bass note and kick,
i usually do the kick in the impulse and bass on any vst etc.
another important thing to remember...... for side chaining..... is that the bass works better with long continuous notes rather than short ones!

there is also however the older way without the new side chain feature,
which was originally done for live 6.
check out this video!
http://www.abletonguru.com/tutorial-sid ... mpression/

hope this helps?

BB