Sidechaining in Live

Use Live? Want to know how to get the perfect compressed sound? Look no further! Ableton Certified Trainer Craig McCullough shows you how to use the elusive technique of sidechaining in Live to make things fit better and have that "fitted" type of sound.

Videos

• Introduction (03:33) - Take a look at sidechaining or ducking, what it is and why we might need it. A brief look at an example of how the idea started as a way of working with voice-overs in radio.

• Setting it Up (06:51) - See how the examples in video one were created on Live's compressor and the monitor and routing settings within Live, and some of the controls on the compressor.

• Sidechaining Bass to a Kick Drum (07:55) - Discover how to sidechain a bass synth sound to a kick using Ableton's drum racks and a drum loop utilizing the sidechain EQ setting.

• Sidechain Multi Tracks (05:09) - Explore how you can use Live's flexible grouping and routing options to apply sidechain compression to more than one track at a time.

• Separate Sidechain Source (02:53) - See how you can use an extra track as a sidechaining source to give you more options when arranging your track.