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Audio effects
Using the side-chain input
6. On the Output Routing selector, locate the Side-Chain node and select the
PingPongDelay effect that you set up for the vocal track.
This way, the signals from the second (duplicate) track are routed to the effect
(and do not end up in the mix).
Now every time the signals on the vocal track exceed the threshold, the delay will be
deactivated. Since the threshold for the delay effect is fixed, you may have to adjust
the volume of track 2, in this example, to ensure that vocal parts of low or middle
volume will also silence the delay effect.
Triggering a compressor using side-chain signals
Compression, expansion or gating can be triggered by side-chain signals exceeding a
specified threshold.
You may run into a situation where you want to lower the volume of one instrument
every time another instrument is played. For example, you may want to lower the
volume of the bass guitar during the bass drum hits. This can be achieved by applying
compression to the bass guitar signal every time the drum signals are present on the
respective track.
Proceed as follows:
1. Select the bass guitar track.
2. Open the Inserts section in the Inspector, click in an insert slot to open the effects
selector and select the Compressor effect found in the Dynamics category.
The effect is loaded into the effect slot and the effect control panel opens.
3. Make the desired effect settings (you will most likely have to adjust them later to
get the right compression level) and activate the Side-Chain button.
4. Select the bass drum track.
5. Open the Sends Inspector section, click in a send slot to open the effects selector,
and from the Side-chains mode, select the Compressor effect you created for the
bass guitar track. Adjust the Send level.
This way, the bass drum signal triggers the compressor on the bass guitar track.
When you now play back the project, the bass guitar will be compressed whenever
the signals on the bass drum track exceed the threshold.