Sidechain compression is more and more popular these days and while there are many ways to do it, I have found an easy and free plug-in that you can use in any VST sequencer. The name is “Twisted Lemon - Sidekick” and it works perfectly. Since it’s freely available I’ve made a tutorial to show how to quickly compress a bassline using a simple bassdrum as a source.
What you need:
- A VST-compatible sequencer
- Twisted Lemon Sidekick VST plug-in
- About 1 minute free time
Important things to remember:
- Set Sidekick on BOTH the source and destination channels (for ease of use, set the source first and the destination second)
- If you set the source first, leave the plug-in as it is - by default it will transmit on channel ALPHA
- Activate the destination channel plug-in, set it in “DUCKING” mode and select channel “ALPHA” so that it will receive the signal from itand compress (duck) the destination sound.
- Enjoy!
Watch it here or on Youtube
January 5th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Should definetely improve the quality of the videos, can’t see shit.
January 6th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Yep, the next video will be in full HD 720p
March 9th, 2009 at 6:57 am
Love this sound, but I cant quite get it down…
Hopefully the next vid will help
February 21st, 2010 at 12:19 am
I liked it (Vst plugin). thanx bro. for your information.
my Twisted Lemon Sidekick vst sample here, http://www.4shared.com/file/226290402/7239b05b/welaskes.html