This is sounding great just with the faders at zero, but let’s see if we can get this kick drum to poke through a little bit more during the choruses so it doesn’t get masked by this nice, lush bass synth that’s making an appearance in the choruses. So here is the mix that we’ve been using already from our friends at DeGraw Sound.
So let’s take a look at that on this mix. You can use this on all sorts of percussive elements, and even melodic instruments that are playing a relatively more attack heavy part, that are being masked by some kind of pad. We’ll look at some places where we can do that in this mix today, but it doesn’t apply to just kick drums and basses. Rather than turning down the pad, you’re just going to turn it down at those moments that the kick drum comes through, allowing it to poke through without lowering the overall level of the more resonant instrument that’s masking it. We’re going to be looking at the kind of more modern ways to use sidechain compression, and that’s to help elements poke through a mix.Ī very common application of a sidechain compression is to allow percussive elements, like say, a kick drum, to cut through a more resonant instrument, like a sustaining bass part, or a pad, or maybe a higher synthesizer pad that’s masking that kick drum. But that’s not the context we’re going to be looking at today. So you actually have a compressor, say, sitting on your music track, and as soon as someone begins speaking, that’s what triggers the compressor and brings down the level of the music track. Some of the earliest applications for sidechain compression were things like voice over dialog, and if you had music playing in the background, and you just want that music to be turned down as soon as someone starts speaking, you could setup a sidechain compressor. So, with sidechain compression, you’re using one track to control the compressor on another track. If you’re new to this series, I’m going to recommend you rewind and go back to the first installment in the series, where we check out parallel compression on this tune, but if you’ve already seen that, or you’re just ready to dive into sidechain compression, let’s get started! This time, thanks to the folks at B&H, we get to bring you another installment in our completely free series on intermediate and advanced compression techniques. Hi, this is Justin Colletti from Sonic Scoop, coming at you once again from Joe Lambert Mastering.
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