[RWP] Sidechaining in Reaper 4x

[Patrick Perdue]

OK. So, after looking at Reaper 3.78's native track routing matrix, 
here's what I've found. I don't know if it's the same in 4.x.

Once a send has been created from source (trigger) to destination 
(processor,) use your screen reader of choice's review stuff to find a 
line that says: "Audio:1/2 =>1/2" It should be below things like delete, 
post-fade, post-pan, etc.
Now, change the latter half of that from >=1/2 to >=3/4 by clicking on 
 >=1/2. A menu will appear.
Now, if your destination track has been set up with four channels, and 
your source track is sending to channels 3/4 of destination, and ReaComp 
(or whatever compressor you're using for keyed input) is receiving from 
3/4 rather than 1/2, you're good, barring the obvious bit of adjusting 
compression parameters to get your desired effect.

On 10/12/2013 5:34 PM, Scott Chesworth wrote:
> I must be missing something obvious. Seems like if I set this up with
> sends, both signals will go into the same input of the compressor.
> Granted, that'll sound different than if I hadn't done it, but that's
> not the same as sending that secondary signal into the key input of
> the compressor or whatever they call it in plugins nowadays so that
> the compressor is reacting to it as a separate source is it? Been a
> while since I actually patched in hardware, so forgive the potentially
> rookie question.
>
> Cheers
>
> Scott
>
> On 10/12/13, Drew <amockery at gmail.com> wrote:
>> You have to press i to view the track IO. Tab to the "sends: add new" combo
>>
>> box and press the down arrow. From there it's pretty much the same as in
>> reaper 3. The only part I can't figure out is how to change where that send
>>
>> goes; it defaults to the top track or the second track if I'm already on the
>>
>> top track.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Scott Chesworth" <scottchesworth at gmail.com>
>> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2013 11:05 AM
>> Subject: [RWP] Sidechaining in Reaper 4x
>>
>>
>>> Does anyone have a workflow for getting this done in Reaper 4 with
>>> NVDA? Struggling to get some weird arty atmospheric loops to sit in
>>> the mix here, and I'm thinking some ducking triggered by the drum bus
>>> might tie things together a bit better.
>>>
>>> Any tips appreciated...
>>>
>>> Scott
>>>
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