Sidechain Compression 2015-06-18

[Pete Thomas]

Pete Thomas submitted a new resource:

Sidechain Compression - How to use the sidechain in Logic's compressor

This was written a while back so excuse the legacy look, but it is still current info.

This is one of the more creative features of the compression, not just the standard Logic compressor plugin, but of many of the good old analogue compressors. Instead of the compressor doing it’s stuff on the signal going into the regular input (let’s call this the main signal), what happens is that a completely different signal can be fed into the "sidechain" and instead of the main signal dictating how...

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[JF_Logic]

Hi Pete,
The link to the Logic project file for sidechain compression returns a 404. I'm very interested in trying this out and would find the project file helpful.
Thanks,
JF_Logic

 

[Pete Thomas]

Sorry, that link was just left over from a copy and paste, the link is the download button above the article.

 

[JF_Logic]

Thanks Pete,
I did download the file from the button. I just wanted to make sure I got everything, in case there was a 2nd file.

Your Logic tips here, and on your Media Music website, are greatly appreciated.

Thanks again,
JF_Logic

 

[Pete Thomas]

Your Logic tips here, and on your Media Music website, are greatly appreciated.

Thanks, you're welcome

NB: the files are probably Logic 7, but should still be relevant.

 

[JF_Logic]

NB: the files are probably Logic 7, but should still be relevant.

Suits me just fine. Running Logic Pro 7.1.