sidechains, again

PipelineAudio wrote on 7/4/2004, 9:32 PM
TC electronics, DBAudioware and Drumagog all have bits and pieces that in some ways adress sidechaining desires, but nothing very good yet. After all this time, I would think we should have something doable.

I want sidechaining for instance:

1. As a ducker, squeezing down the bass guitar while the kick is hitting

2. As a key input for a de-esser sidechain for instance. Controlling a channel or group of channels with the behaviour of some other track

3. As a key openerfor a gate. Say have a guitar track playing one solid note, while a snare drum tells it to play or not from a keyable noise gate

I know there are workarounds, but how about a simple, stable, all in one sidechain?

Comments

MrPhil wrote on 7/5/2004, 12:53 AM
Ehh... you are talking software here, I guess?
billybk wrote on 7/5/2004, 4:22 AM
Hey Pipeline,
Have you tried the Sonitus:fx gate plugin? It's a dynamic gate with side chain filtering and lookahead. Cakewalk purchased the entire Ultrafunk plugin suite last year and just recently offered it to the public as a separate plugin pak. Up until this point it was only included with SONAR Producer Edition. You can buy the plugs ala carte, I think the fx:gate is only $39.00 and is both DX & VST compatible. Cakewalk really took their effects plugins to another level when they added the Ultrafunk suite. Between my (2) UAD-1's, Ultrafunk Suite & a few choice Voxengo plugins I am pretty much all set.

http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/Sonitus/sonitus4.asp


Billy Buck
PipelineAudio wrote on 7/5/2004, 9:55 AM
Billy, yeah, the ultrafunk gate RULES!!!! I waited a long time for a noise gate on the PC that did everything I want, in fact I had a hand in the refinement of that gate, as did Peter H. When companies listen, we all win.

What I mean in this post however, is a gate that can be keyed from another channel, the way the DB audioware compressor is supposed to work.
billybk wrote on 7/5/2004, 10:16 AM
"...in fact I had a hand in the refinement of that gate, as did Peter H..."

Interesting, I did not know that. I guess that is one of the reasons why it works so great :)


Billy Buck