AUDIO BASICS: Sidechain Compression HOW & WHY | SpectreSoundStudios TUTORIAL
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Hug him if he deserves it, and tell him about sidechain compression.
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you should do a Q&A video next
Your audio production vids just make me wanna sit behind my desk and start working! You're inspiring, man!
Very nice!
But Sidechain Compression is one of the first things you learn, if you're doing EDM. ^^
So one word of advice to aspiring engineers:
Look to other genres and learn their techniques too. They might help you out a lot in what you're doing!
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You can also sidechain a multiband compressor to duck only certain frequencies, like cleaning up low end clashes or making space in rhythm guitars for a solo track. Very useful in a pinch.
Stefan Tomić Any specific plugin?
FabFilter Pro-MB comes to mind, but I think any multiband compressor will do the trick, if it can be sidechained.
Trackspacer was made specifically for this
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@@lfox02 Waves C6 multiband comp.
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taking notes so I don't forget
this is one of those videos that make your mixing 3x better
1:26 I understand that concept! Finally the last and very simple key piece of the puzzle to understand sidechain compression
"the trick is to use it gingerly"
I'm sure that there were some future house/trance DJs that got confused by that statement! LOL.
I am here because I want to destroy the beat in just the right way
Glenn, the information in this video has opened up my recordings tenfold. It's astounding how much this technique cleans up the low end. Thank you for all you share with the world!
Man, these videos are great. To the point, concise and informative. They're really helping me anchor and solidify stuff I've kind of learned over the years. Kudos!
Oh my god so much makes sense now! I've never seen/thought of this technique before, and have gone to crazy lengths to get the same effect! Glenn, youre a legend mate, keep it up!
Glen, Thanks for all you do with your channel. Thanks for all the tips, tricks and knowledge that you pass on to us. Super appreciated!
This series is some of your best work, super helpful, thanks Glenn!
Man, keep it up. This is probably these are probably the best videos you've made.
I'm someone who makes electronic music and I always come back to this channel to get new tricks. Never would have heard of expansion otherwise.
Thanks Glenn!! Very informative. I knew about compression but never heard of sidechain compression before.
Thanks so much for doing these tutorials - they're great! Side-chain compression is something I've never really taken advantage of, so this has got me thinking that I should try it out some more on some things.
I love that you provide specific examples in context, e.g. why you're changing the release time and by how much.
Love love LOVE this video. I've been wanting to dive deeper into sidechaining compression and this definitely helps! Keep kicking ass Glenn!
Glad you liked it! Please SHARE it!
Very Awesome video. Had to wait till the weekend to watch it so I had theme to really give it full attention. Just stated using Drum leveler and I love it, might have to start exploring the side chaining abilities of it.
Thanks for these kind of videos Glen. I really find them helpful and interesting to watch. Keep up the good work! :)
Thanks, Glenn. To be honest, ever since I've started watchin' your vids (& you talkin' about sidechaining), I've often wondered "what exactly IS sidechaining?" & here's my answer.
Now, to go through a few of my older recordings & experiment with sidechaining on those.
I keep coming back to these vids. ❤️❤️
Been trying to get u or warren to cover this subject for awhile now. Thanks man. Great job
Awesome video, longing to see more of this series!
Really digging these tutorials man. Am not a rock producer, but find these helpful none the less. Very much appreciate these man!
You are a metal treasure! I am thankful for your huge contribution to the music world.
Excellent stuff Glenn! Very very cool what you do with the room mics, I haven't come across that before and it works beautifully.
Two minutes in and you've nailed it. Thank you.
Fantastic video, I'm gonna check out your instructional material. Thank You!
Thank you! Please continue, it's very helpful!
Wow! those two applications (on bass and on overhead) made a really big difference for the better! Didn't even knew this technique existed. Thanks for featuring this
Finally a simple, to the point explanation of side chain. For the first time it make sense. Can’t wait to try it out.
Great video! LOVE that you're doing this in Reaper!!!
Amazing! Ive been having difficulty getting vox to sit nicely with a distorted 7 and 6 string. This technique worked great by side-chaining the guitars with the lead vox. Bamm! Thanks Glen!
Love these! Your channel has become part of my daily studio nerd routine!
Glenn, thanks for this simple. yet deep explanation. great tutorial
As someone who is aware of this in electronic music, it´s really cool to see this in real instrument music.
I´m curious on your take on electronic heavy bands (Bloody Beetroots, Prodigy and then to the more metal with electronica... Rammsteim, Ministry, NIN and even Babymetal).
In electronic music, almost EVERY thing is sidechained to drop out (from large levels in bassline and synths to softer on hi-hats etc.). That way the kick sounds more punching through the music.
Love the channel Glen =)
Thanks man. Almost all my mixing knowledge comes from your videos. I have like 30 A4 size sheets filed till now with notes. And my mixes are starting to sound interesting. Thanks !
Love these videos Glenn!
Hey man I just gotta say bless your fuckin soul for doing this, for free you’re helping countless people make the music they’ve always wanted to make and I myself couldn’t be more grateful for people like you
Thank you very much this is what i was looking for (sidechain compression between room and snare)
Thanks so much! I have actually been experiencing this problem in one of my mixes where the bass guitar and the kick were competing with each other. I'm gonna try this out! Thanks for the great videos, your content is awesome. Can't have a SpectreSoundStudios video without dissing bassists lol
Please keep these coming glen iam learning sooooo much.
This series is fantastic. Thank you so much!
Wow that was one of the most informative videos on side compressions I've seen yet, thanks Glenn 🤘
You're very welcome, Eddy!
Awesome info Glenn - cheers from Australia.
Damn, I love this trick!! Super useful Glenn, keep these videos coming!!
Awesome video man! Thank you so much for teaching us your ways master👏
man that side-expansion is awesome! never heard of this before and it sounds magnificent, thanx a lot! :)
I have just started getting back into recording and mixing stuff again and my skills are rather rusty. These videos help so much. Cheers!
This... This is gold. I wish I would've known about the snare & overhead compression trick a while back.
:)
Another great tutorial. Thank you, Glenn!
Thanks glen! I hope to get a grasp of this soon!
I remember learning sidechain for EDM production. Tbh, I never used in metal, I normally keep the frequencies of bass a kick far away from each other. But this video is great to implementing SC compression in rock and metal. I’ll try it out just next time for fun. Thanks !.
Another video for my favorites playlist. Thanks!
great sound! and thanks for the snare trick! I will try it later.
By the way....
Your intro music RULES
That snare just cuts right through, sits perfectly, and the bloody guitars just SLAY me.
Love it !!!!
i have to subscribe as a fellow Reaper user. you have a teaching spirit. that means you care! keep it up....and thank you so much for the demos.
All this stuff is super useful and concise. Not many series' on youtube that go over the basic meat and potatoes in mixing. Got lucky with some equipment and space to work so I'm recording an EP this summer, but I'm relatively lost when it comes to what happens after tracking hahaha.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge Glenn, great tips that help in every way \m/
Thank you. You make it easy to understand.
this helped me sooooo much!
THANK YOU!!!
Great video man thank you for sharing. I am new to recording and have heard the term side chain but actually seeing you apply it and explain it really just made it click in my brain.
God bless you dude. I know this vid is old but still very helpful.
One day I will remember this and not have to come back here each time LOL!! Thanks Glenn!
I have been recording longer than you, but I think you did a good job describing how to use a sidechain. I don't use it much myself because I like to make that space in the mix with eq unless something is seriously off that can't be fixed with phase alignment. We all have our quarks and way we like to do things. Nice mix on Amadeus by the way!
Makes so much since now thank you
Best series ever!! \m/
This is so helpful since I've been trying to record my own stuff. Especially since I'm also using Reaper this channel is perfect for me 💓
Glad it's working for you!
Amazing video!
I'm starting to learn about audio engineering and making my demos and this was really useful! Thanks!
Glad I could help!
Great vid. Wish I had this series when first learning. Used to always confuse file compression with signal compression.
For your a Q+A: how do you feel about singing drummers and how do you deal with mic-ing them in either a studio or live setting
Never knew about sidechain expansion. That's pretty awesome.
Awesome. Great info. Thank you.
This is great Glen. Thank you!
Excellent video man! Sidechain was always a little over my head, and I know you can screw up shit real fast if you don't know what you are doing. This definitely takes some of the mystery away from it's application. Absolutely love theses series of vids. You are covering the basics, but explaining the uses and application in a very useful and practical way. I dig it.
Throwing horns from NC.
Cheers!
Glad you liked it, Jason!
great explanation - thanks
Wow, I need to try this sidechain expasion on room mics, thanks!
Glenn, Glenn... This was taught to me in college about 10 years ago and I NEVER retained it, you just made something that seemed like witchcraft feel accessible. Kudos my man
Great teacher. Thanks.
Great stuff. Looking forward to the Distressor V's FG Stress comparison though!
As a complete outsider, it seems like this could be used to make a song virtually mix itself - even live.
nice 1 glenn cymbal control, epic tip, digging your mix man crisp punchy and seperated
this is the most straight forward tutorial i’ve ever seen...
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this is really helpful, thank you
Been following you for a while now and I'm not sure if you're using different mics or a different kit or what you're doing but your drum sounds have been fantastic recently.
I love the kick sound on this video. Nice and "poppy", nice and defined and cuts through nice along with the snare.
I've found the best game to play with Glenn. It's kind of like a drinking game. Anytime he gives bassplayers shit, practice for an hour. Anytime he wears one of his anti-bassist shirts, practice for an extra half hour. Anytime he calls us cheap pricks, check to make sure you have a new set of bass strings for the next time you change them (which you should do REGULARLY, YOU PRICKS.)
Just in the process of his rants about bassists, I've bettered myself as one! Thanks Glenn
I was shocked when I first recorded overheads because they basically make a terrible mess - cymbals that sound more trebly than they do in real life, washing chaotically over the rest of the kit which doesn't sound particularly trebly so how am I going to EQ that?? Then I listened to examples of professionally recorded overheads on RUclips and discovered that yes, they always start off sounding like that! Which obviously means us producers have to knock them into shape. I've not got very far with learning how to do this, but I'm sure that these sidechain ideas will help. So it's time to step away from my fixation with the T-RackS modules and start using the Logic compressor, which actually *has* a sidechain. Thanks Glen!
Très bon vidéo bonne explication merci !!!!
Never thought to do that with the room mics. I love the tone of the snare in those mics but it's a struggle to find a balance. Great vid!
Super helpful!
That guitaring reminds me of AX7's Sinister Gates Great work man!
Nice, so useful
great tip, thanks
Spectacular
Thank you good sir
Really great video. Would love to see recording/mixing tutorials more frequently.
Trying for every Wednesday
Wow, just when you thought you knew enough to record something nice, Glenn is there to tell you to go back to your mom's basement ! Please keep going with this serie, I love it !