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Some DAWs have multiple steps to setting up sidechain compression. How to Use Sidechain Compression in Ableton

SEE ALSO: Sidechain Techniques for Better Mixes.

‘Ducking’ the bass from the kick with sidechain compression is one of the quickest ways to create space for two competing instruments. So the compressor only works each time the kick drum plays. You’d load a compressor on the bass track, then set the kick drum as the input signal. One of the most common ways mixers use this is to duck the bass from the kick drum. Sidechaining means you can insert a compressor on one track, and set the input source from a totally different track. Normally when you insert a compressor, it will respond to the signal being fed to it, whether that’s the sum of tracks going to a bus, or any individual instrument you want to compress. Sidechain compression lets you to set an alternate input signal from the track you put the compressor on. For Ableton users working in EDM/hip-hop/pop, where there’s lots of competing low-end information, sidechain compression is indispensable! What is sidechain compression? Sidechain compression in Ableton is a useful mixing technique that allows you to do things like separate the bass from the kick.