Sidechain EQ

[OfficialDAPT]

So basically what I want to have happen is every time my kick and snare hit, the EQ on the bass buss activates and chops out everything under 300. It's basically like just plain side-chaining but it doesn't duck the whole sound when the kick hits. I'm not sure how to do this in ableton without having to draw in the automation on the EQ every time there is a kick. Help?

[Sonika]

oh that'd be cool. Not sure if it's possible though?

[deadly_habit]

simple solution, draw in your automation, copy paste
otherwise you'll need to find an eq plugin with a sidechain input

[OfficialDAPT]

simple solution, draw in your automation, copy paste
otherwise you'll need to find an eq plugin with a sidechain input

Yeah that's what i do now but I don't want to do that for the whole song then I'd constantly be changing the automation every time I moved around the kick/snare pattern. I don't NEED it, but a sidechain EQ or sidechain Filter would make my life easier. I also thought another way of doing this would be to frequency split and have a sidechain compressor on the low chain.

[Sonika]

simple solution, draw in your automation, copy paste
otherwise you'll need to find an eq plugin with a sidechain input

those exist? like what?

[OfficialDAPT]

simple solution, draw in your automation, copy paste
otherwise you'll need to find an eq plugin with a sidechain input

those exist? like what?

Even better there should be an EQ that ducks different amounts depending on how loud the incoming sidechain channel is!!!

[Sonika]

simple solution, draw in your automation, copy paste
otherwise you'll need to find an eq plugin with a sidechain input

those exist? like what?

Even better there should be an EQ that ducks different amounts depending on how loud the incoming sidechain channel is!!!

I feel like that pretty much IS sidechaining.
anyhoo, it would be cool to have one of those

[OfficialDAPT]

simple solution, draw in your automation, copy paste
otherwise you'll need to find an eq plugin with a sidechain input

those exist? like what?

Even better there should be an EQ that ducks different amounts depending on how loud the incoming sidechain channel is!!!

I feel like that pretty much IS sidechaining.
anyhoo, it would be cool to have one of those

But sidechaining affects the whole frequency spectrum I just want everything under 300hz to duck

[hasezwei]

dude its called a multiband compressor. check reaXcomp, it's free and regarded as one of the best multiband compressors unless you want to replicate the sound of hardware comps.

[Sonika]

dude its called a multiband compressor. check reaXcomp, it's free and regarded as one of the best multiband compressors unless you want to replicate the sound of hardware comps.

oh I thought multiband compressors were something else cheers!

[OfficialDAPT]

dude its called a multiband compressor. check reaXcomp, it's free and regarded as one of the best multiband compressors unless you want to replicate the sound of hardware comps.

oh I thought multiband compressors were something else cheers!

They are something else. Does this said multiband compressor have separate sidechain options for each band?

[atlascesar]

i am post this so i am remember at reading later. friends please no responding at this. i am thanking you and have hope you will be having such a great night

[OfficialDAPT]

i am post this so i am remember at reading later. friends please no responding at this. i am thanking you and have hope you will be having such a great night

Um...?

[Augment]

In FL I use Fruty peak controller linked to parametric EQ 2, works like a charm.

[OfficialDAPT]

In FL I use Fruty peak controller linked to parametric EQ 2, works like a charm.

What does Fruity peak controller do, is that a limiter?

[Augment]

In FL I use Fruty peak controller linked to parametric EQ 2, works like a charm.

What does Fruity peak controller do, is that a limiter?

No, it basically just send a signals to whatever you have linked it with, so each time my kick/snare hits, it sends a signal to the EQ, and the eq ducks at whatever freq I've set it to.

[KoenDercksen]

I always use Reaper's routing options for this kind of thing, don't know if it's possible in another DAW though...

In Reaper you can link the audio of channel 3/4 (which you'd send your kick or whatever to) to whatever parameter you wish in the parameter modulation options.

[skanky beats]

put the threshold to -60db and the ratio to 20:1

[Immerse]

just split the frequencies with a multiband a put the sidechain compressor only on the frequencies you want to duck.

[Discern]

If you use Ableton the compressor on there has EQ for sidechain with different filter types and you can pick what freq you want it to duck is this not the same?