sidechain compression
has anyone managed to use the omx.comp~ to compress a sidechain? it would be very useful if there was a sidechain input....
By the way, what exactly is sidechaining? I hear
the term a lot but have never heard an explanation as to
what it is...
Anthony
----- Original Message -----
From: James Little
Date: Thursday, September 6, 2007 12:06 pm
Subject: [maxmsp] sidechain compression
>
> has anyone managed to use the omx.comp~ to compress a sidechain?
> it would be very useful if there was a sidechain input....
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A side chain in a compressor, gate, limiter, etc. is a signal which
drives the detection circuit (i.e. causes the compression, etc.) but
is not the signal being compressed, gates, etc. You can use them with
noise gates, for example, to make a 'ducker' that reduces the level
of the music whenever the voice over speaks by running the music
through the gate and putting the voice into the gate's side chain input.
On Sep 6, 2007, at 11:15 AM, apalomba@austin.rr.com wrote:
> By the way, what exactly is sidechaining? I hear
> the term a lot but have never heard an explanation as to
> what it is...
>
>
>
> Anthony
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it's simply a process where and external audio track becomes the
source that triggers the compression, often used for "de-essing" a
track (use an eq'd version of the offending track to hit the
compressor when "essy" sounds arise to reduce them) or if you're
gating using a drum hit to gate a reverbed version of the drum, for
that "gated reverb" sound so popular in the 80's.
b
On Sep 6, 2007, at 1:15 PM, apalomba@austin.rr.com wrote:
> By the way, what exactly is sidechaining? I hear
> the term a lot but have never heard an explanation as to
> what it is...
>
>
>
> Anthony
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: James Little
> Date: Thursday, September 6, 2007 12:06 pm
> Subject: [maxmsp] sidechain compression
>
>>
>> has anyone managed to use the omx.comp~ to compress a sidechain?
>> it would be very useful if there was a sidechain input....
>> --
>> www.myspace.com/binray
>>
bruce tovsky
www.skeletonhome.com
"Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane."
Philip K. Dick
so has anyone managed to do it?
sorry, i just realised i can make one pretty easily. i might post it later.
Please do, I'd love to see it.
On Sep 6, 2007, at 12:15 PM, James Little wrote:
>
> sorry, i just realised i can make one pretty easily. i might post
> it later.
>
> --
> www.myspace.com/binray
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Steven M. Miller
Professor, Contemporary Music Program
College of Santa Fe
Home
SFIFEM
Atrium Sound Space
OVOS
CMP
a simple sidechain compressor plug in, based on the compressor example in the omx tutrial folder. compile it yourself