sidechain compression????????

hello

so i am a complete noob.

I want to sidechain compress something (say pink-) against something else (a kick).

I have spent hours with the 'ducking' tutorial and have got nothing except agitated and awful distorted noises. I have also tried taking apart the innards of the OMXs to no avail.

please help me out

ideally what ever i used would have a release function. I have built a compressor that 'ducks' pink- when the kick sounds, put comes straight back up.

please help.