[RWP] Music ducking with compressor

[Patrick Perdue]

Sounds like you haven't changed the detector input in Reacomp's main window to aux input 1/2. When you do this, then create a send and route 1/2 to 3/4, audio from the sending track will trip the compressor. If you have no audio on that track, or the track is muted, the compressor will not react at all. That's how side-chaining works. I find that, for best effect, having additional processing on your voice track helps a lot, then sending that track with it's processing to the side-chain input helps even more, so the dynamic fluctuations to the input aren't so huge.


On Apr 10, 2014, at 11:34 AM, Alex Westphal <ich at alexwestphal.de> wrote:

> Hello All!
> 
> I am trying to get a duck procedure with a compressor. Therefore I searched for an explanation on the web. Here is, what I found:
> 
> - automatically: Here a compressor is used to 'duck' the music signal, when the voice comes up (like they do it on the radio).
> -- insert a ReaComp in the music track. (Done)
> -- set the music track to 4 channels by clicking it's 'i/o' button and where it says 'Track Channels' set it to 4. (Done)
> -- create a send on the voice track that sends the voice signal to channel 3 and 4 of the music track. (Here is my first Problem, later on)
> -- set ReaComp's 'Detector Input' to 'Auxiliary L+R'. (Done)
> -- adjust ReaComp's ratio (~8:1), attack (~50ms) and release (~200ms) (Done)
> -- lower ReaComp's threshold until you notice the music getting out of the way of the voice. (Done)
> 
> My problem now, that there is "Audio 1/2" and only "1/2". When I change Audio to "3/4", nothing happens. When I change the other, the music fades down, but the voice isn't comming up. What is wrong with this setup? Can anybody help me? Thanks allot.
> -- 
> Best regards
> 
> Alexander Westphal
> 
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