Clean sidechain compression

See this video

With compressor

Good for dynamic source, simpler to setup

  • sidechain input pre-fx
  • Ratio infinite
  • attack the lowest possible without artefacts
  • detection mode: peak (especially for drums)

With LFOTool

Good for source with fixed velocity

  • Do not send directly midi to the lfo tool
    • create a midi track with an external instrument to have latency compensation and copy paste midi notes
    • one midi track and one lfo tool per sidechain source
  • Or .. use an instrument rack ?
  • LFOTool midi config: note retrigger in env mode
  • handle clipping on attack : use smooth param but sometimes it’s good to add punch. don’t stop it until the end because then it would not play in ENV mode
  • Make it less aggressive by using the split button (down right).

Have a great kick