sidechaining question

[musicman691]

Have a question on sidechaining. I know how to do it so that's not the question. Create a bus, send to that bus from a track and use that bus as the trigger for whatever I want to sidechain. My question is: I notice in the plugin that I want to use the sidechain there are audio tracks already in my session available as sidechain sources. Should I be able to use those tracks as the sidechain trigger? When I try that the sidechain doesn't work.

[csavetman]

In my experience, if the compressor shows tracks in the side chain drop down menu, it should work. Which compressor is it?

[musicman691]

In my experience, if the compressor shows tracks in the side chain drop down menu, it should work. Which compressor is it?

Blue Cat Dynamics

[Sean Kenny]

If you're selecting one of the available side chain options and it's not working then I would assume the problem is the with the plugin

[musicman691]

If you're selecting one of the available side chain options and it's not working then I would assume the problem is the with the plugin

That's the thing I can't be sure of because it's not explicit that I should be able to select anything in the sidechain list. Seems that way but like many other things in DP that may not be the case.

[Sean Kenny]

If you're selecting one of the available side chain options and it's not working then I would assume the problem is the with the plugin

That's the thing I can't be sure of because it's not explicit that I should be able to select anything in the sidechain list. Seems that way but like many other things in DP that may not be the case.

If the side chain feature is available in the plugin GUI then I'm sure it's meant to work.

Just a thought.... if you have the track (with plugin on) solo'd at the time you are trying this then you need to make sure that the aux send, on the side-chain 'source track', is set to Pre Fader (the small button marked 'P'), otherwise it's send is muted when you solo the track with the plugin on.

Think of it as a 'solo-safe' button for the aux send (only)

[musicman691]

If you're selecting one of the available side chain options and it's not working then I would assume the problem is the with the plugin

That's the thing I can't be sure of because it's not explicit that I should be able to select anything in the sidechain list. Seems that way but like many other things in DP that may not be the case.

If the side chain feature is available in the plugin GUI then I'm sure it's meant to work.

Just a thought.... if you have the track (with plugin on) solo'd at the time you are trying this then you need to make sure that the aux send, on the side-chain 'source track', is set to Pre Fader (the small button marked 'P'), otherwise it's send is muted when you solo the track with the plugin on.

Think of it as a 'solo-safe' button for the aux send (only)

Thanks for that last bit of info; I've not run into that here but in other instances.