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
Should definetely improve the quality of the videos, can’t see shit.
Yep, the next video will be in full HD 720p
Love this sound, but I cant quite get it down…
Hopefully the next vid will help