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RyloKen

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Virtual Riot sidechain compression technique with Logic Pro X
« on: March 06, 2016, 07:10:31 pm »
Hey guys, this is my first post on this forum so please bare with me!

So i've been trying out a lot of different sidechain compression techniques from tutorials online but i have to say my favorite technique is Virtual Riot's.
Thing is, it's really hard to apply his technique mainly because he's using Cubase and i don't really understand how he does it.
I understand the part where he uses a kick (or was it a snare?) to trigger his sidechain, but what i don't seem to understand is how he routes it into his instruments such as leads, or even the drum sampler (I'm using Battery 4 just like him!)
Do i create a track stack for them or is there something else i'm missing?
Im using DMG Audio Compassion for sidechaining the same compressor Virtual Riot is using.
Any advice from my fellow producers is greatly appreciated!
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Re: Virtual Riot sidechain compression technique with Logic Pro X
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2016, 03:07:36 am »
Not sure if this is what you're talking about but I'm gonna give your question a go.

I use logic pro X and if I want to use a kick to trigger a side chain but don't want to actually hear the kick playing I do this.

I program the 4/4 kick pattern and then on the mixing console I change the output from "stereo output" to Bus 1 (2,3,4,5,6 doesn't matter)

Once I've sent the kick to a bus I go to the output on the bus and remove it. I don't know what it's called because logic isn't open right now but basically you remove the bus output so that you don't hear the kick playing from your master. The kick is still going into the bus but no sound should be coming out.

Finally get the track that you would like to side chain and slap your compressor on it. From there you just set the side chain to the bus in that dropdown menu in the top right corner of the plugins and the kick should trigger the side chain without there being any sound from the kick.

That's my understanding of "trigger" side chains anyways.
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Re: Virtual Riot sidechain compression technique with Logic Pro X
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2016, 04:01:45 am »
Hey Lydian!
Thanks for the reply, that's actually the technique i used to do.
Anyways that method is somewhat similar to the Virtual Riot technique but the problem is how to actually sidechain a sampler individually for Battery 4.
Having kicks, snares, hats, crashes and rides in it and then just putting a compressor on the sampler itself just doesn't seem to do the trick. Plus the internal compressor and buses really doesn't work as all as i hope i would.  That's the reasons why i wanted to try the Virtual Riot sidechaining so much.
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