3rd party compressors for sidechaining? (logic)
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3rd party compressors for sidechaining? (logic)
Does anybody have any good suggestions for 3rd party compressors with with a relatively fast release that allows for a deep but rather short ducking pocket?
I work in logic and have slowly learned that one of essential elements of punchy drums is making sure everything else is well out of the way first. But with logic's stock compressors I can't seem to come up with a pocket that I like even after tinkering with the threshhold, attack, release, and going through all the types for hours on end. Cheers!
I work in logic and have slowly learned that one of essential elements of punchy drums is making sure everything else is well out of the way first. But with logic's stock compressors I can't seem to come up with a pocket that I like even after tinkering with the threshhold, attack, release, and going through all the types for hours on end. Cheers!
Re: 3rd party compressors for sidechaining? (logic)
Have you played around with the compressors type settings?Vca and opto are very good for ducking.
Setting the threshold and release correctly in the logics compressor is more than capable of a creating short ducking bursts.
Eqing out notches around where the drums punch will also help make them sound punchier as well.
If your looking for a decent 3rd party compressor than fabfilte pro c has sidechaining capabilities and is also pretty handy for ducking.
Setting the threshold and release correctly in the logics compressor is more than capable of a creating short ducking bursts.
Eqing out notches around where the drums punch will also help make them sound punchier as well.
If your looking for a decent 3rd party compressor than fabfilte pro c has sidechaining capabilities and is also pretty handy for ducking.
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Re: 3rd party compressors for sidechaining? (logic)
+1 for Fabfilter Pro-C, i love their plugins. Also, remember you don't have to use the same drum sample to use as a sidechain source - you could use a shorter punchier sample and route it's output to the sidechain so it's silent but still controlling the compressor.
Re: 3rd party compressors for sidechaining? (logic)
Yeah i bought the bundle few months back,volcano and timeless just make filtering and delay such wonderful tools to work with.VirtualMark wrote:+1 for Fabfilter Pro-C, i love their plugins.
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Re: 3rd party compressors for sidechaining? (logic)
Yeah I did notice that opto in particular ducked well, but for whatever reasons when I raise the ratio and bring down the threshold to achieve the ducking I want, the sounds that are ducking become oddly distorted. But thanks for the tips! I'll check them out.lloydy wrote:Have you played around with the compressors type settings?Vca and opto are very good for ducking.
Setting the threshold and release correctly in the logics compressor is more than capable of a creating short ducking bursts.
Eqing out notches around where the drums punch will also help make them sound punchier as well.
If your looking for a decent 3rd party compressor than fabfilte pro c has sidechaining capabilities and is also pretty handy for ducking.
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Re: 3rd party compressors for sidechaining? (logic)
Is there a lookahead option? If so you should change it the the most milliseconds possible to reduce distortion. More CPU usage though.WhyteNight wrote:Yeah I did notice that opto in particular ducked well, but for whatever reasons when I raise the ratio and bring down the threshold to achieve the ducking I want, the sounds that are ducking become oddly distorted. But thanks for the tips! I'll check them out.lloydy wrote:Have you played around with the compressors type settings?Vca and opto are very good for ducking.
Setting the threshold and release correctly in the logics compressor is more than capable of a creating short ducking bursts.
Eqing out notches around where the drums punch will also help make them sound punchier as well.
If your looking for a decent 3rd party compressor than fabfilte pro c has sidechaining capabilities and is also pretty handy for ducking.
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Re: 3rd party compressors for sidechaining? (logic)
VirtualMark wrote:+1 for Fabfilter Pro-C, i love their plugins.
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Re: 3rd party compressors for sidechaining? (logic)
Or should I say +3+3 wrote:VirtualMark wrote:+1 for Fabfilter Pro-C, i love their plugins.
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Re: 3rd party compressors for sidechaining? (logic)
I preach fabfilter.
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I feel like nobody gets it. But the modulation matrix!
KEYTRACK ANYTHING MMMM
Re: 3rd party compressors for sidechaining? (logic)
Fabfilter is basically the answer to every production question ever asked.
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Re: 3rd party compressors for sidechaining? (logic)
i will definitely look into fabfilter. what are everybody's thoughts on automating to sidechain?
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Re: 3rd party compressors for sidechaining? (logic)
Red Phat by JB Plugins is a really decent option. It's recently become free
Go here click JB Plugins and download the bundle, it's damn worth it, Red Phat has become my go to compressor, it's certainly capable of the type of surgical side-chaining you're after.
Go here click JB Plugins and download the bundle, it's damn worth it, Red Phat has become my go to compressor, it's certainly capable of the type of surgical side-chaining you're after.
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Re: 3rd party compressors for sidechaining? (logic)
LFO Tool! Not a compresser but a very nifty little device nonetheless...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFOuDh3BgB4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFOuDh3BgB4
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Re: 3rd party compressors for sidechaining? (logic)
What are you using to trigger the compressor? I found from experience that its hard to get a good sidechain sound from linking it to your kick drum track because sometimes the sustain on the kick your using is too long in duration so the compressor attenuates the signal too long, the release is only how long the compressor attenuates the signal after the trigger has gone below the threshold dB.
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Re: 3rd party compressors for sidechaining? (logic)
All suggestions are much appreciated. Fucking love dubstepforum and I've only been a part of it for a few months. Cheers guys!
After I bounce down a kick that I'm happy with, I'll use the same sample on a no output audio track to trigger the compressor. However, I usually slice off a hefty bit of the end of the sample, as I'm EQing my kick so that much lower frequencies that come at the very tail end of the sample aren't even heard.
After I bounce down a kick that I'm happy with, I'll use the same sample on a no output audio track to trigger the compressor. However, I usually slice off a hefty bit of the end of the sample, as I'm EQing my kick so that much lower frequencies that come at the very tail end of the sample aren't even heard.
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