I use the sidechaining in logic only with logic's own compressor. Some other logic plugins include the sidechaining function too but I haven't tried them yet with sidechaining. Anyway, if I want to use sidechaining with a kick + bassline for example, I set the outputs of bassline tracks and basskick to their own mix busses (bass kick and bassline) and then insert a compressor to the bassline track and select the bass kick bus for sidechaining and it starts to work. Somehow I haven't got this working by selecting audio tracks but it always works if I select a bus. Anyway, I always mix with buses so this is not a problem for me. I don't know whether you can use audio unit plugins with sidechaining or not. But anyway, using the logic's own compressor with sidechaining is easy and it also sounds pretty good. The included compressor plugin is maybe not the best available but with right settings it sounds pretty smooth and works well with the sidechain. I always use it when I need to sidechain things and use uad compressors if I don't need the sidechain.
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