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Originally Posted by xethicx
Ok, I am at my wits end with it so I am asking here.
I think of myself as a person that catches onto most things quickly but like anyone, I hit obstacles and plateaus that require a little help from time to time. This seems silly because sidechaining is often said to be really easy and it also seems easy but for some reason, I am struggling mightily.
Here's what I am trying to do:
I run Superior drummer on one track rather than routing it out. I do this for now because I like working with the SD3 presets. I want to sidechain compression on the bass guitar with the SD3 kick drum.
I tried copying the kick drum midi notes, running them in reasamplomatic, turning that into a wav. file and then using that file to trigger the compressor on the bass. Seems like it SHOULD work but it doesn't.
Could someone perhaps explain how I might accomplish this without having to route the kit out to a bunch of tracks?
Thank you in advance!
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A simpler alternative might be to send the entire SD3 track to your bass and use ReaComp's filter to make it only listen to the low content.
- Create SD3 track.
- Create bass track.
- Create a send from channels 1/2 on the SD3 track to channels 3/4 on the bass track.
- Add ReaComp to the bass track.
- Set ReaComp's Detector Input to "Auxiliary Input L+R"
At this point you should be able to hit play, mess with the threshold and ratio, and see/hear the bass being ducked by the entire drum kit.
- Solo the bass track
- Click "Preview Filter" in ReaComp (under the output sliders)
- Press play - you should hear just the drum kit
- Bring down the Lowpass slider for ReaComp's detector
- As you pull it down, it should be affecting the drum sound you hear
- Keep going until all you can really hear is the kick (and maybe a bit of the toms)
- Turn off "Preview Filter"
You should now have the bass being ducked only by the kick.