Pro-Q3 kick/bass sidechain
Pro-Q3 kick/bass sidechain
So in a nutshell, place the EQ on your bass track.
Activate sidechain view to see the sidechain frequencies.
Create an EQ node, and turn its outer (dynamic) ring counter-clockwise.
Click on "auto" and then the little arrow-like button – this activates dynamic movement for the EQ node based on the incoming sidechain signal.
Notice that the incoming signal has to exceed the threshold (shown in the video).
Notice that the amount that you turn the outer dynamic ring down is the max amount of cut (dB) that it can do.
Comments (5)
What are your feelings about using a plugin like kickstart2. Also is there a certain -db you are looking for when sidechaining with ProQ or ProC? I noticed kickstart takes out the whole signal so like -100db lol TY!
I've never actually used kickstart. I like Soothe these days, but only for the sub range; I dont like that super audible SC. A few dB for subs is enough.
Hey Janne, Is this your go to for kick/bass sidechaining? or it is more so for carving out some frequency space for the kick? similar to how you'd use trackspacer vst for example. I've been using VPS Multiband Sidechain3 for a while now as my main sidechainer. It's pretty clean and I can sidechain more so in a timebased way *example snapping to an 8th note so I know there is isn't any conflict with frequencies. I've seen this done with pro-mb & soothe aswell but I found it wasn't as tight as I liked it Thoughts ?
I often put the ProC sidechain after this; seems that's enough. Timebased would work but when producers do double kicks, I always have to go and do automation for those....sometimes I use Shaperbox to shorten their kicks, which means I gotta do automation (device off) for every double kick or deviation from the standard 4/4 pattern.
Let’s go