How to sidechain without sound.

[synthsonix]

Mmmm...if you can do the regular sidechaining, then all you have to do to get the drum kick track to be inaudible is to mute it in the sequencer track. Create a double, and mute that one instead of the actual drum track.

If your kickdrum sound is coming from an instrument track i.e. a sampler or synth, then you have to first send that sound to a bus track, and then use the sidechain signal from the bus track. Very important.
If you just use an audio track for the kickdrum sound you can skip this part.

[jamie8286]

basically what synthsonix said in logic if your using a software instrument (ultrabeat/exs24 sampler ect) set the output to a bus then on the bus channel in the mixer set it to "no output"

If its audio just set it to no output then you just have a signal. (Dont mute anything because then there will be no signal to side chain)

if you want to check your getting the side chain signal open a compressor and set it to side chain if you get stuck then you can see the signal easier.

cheers Jamie

[synthsonix]

Its pretty much what Jamie said, however, you can mute the signal without losing the sidechain if you mute the track in the sequencer, not in the mixer...

[jamie8286]

Originally Posted by synthsonix

Its pretty much what Jamie said, however, you can mute the signal without losing the sidechain if you mute the track in the sequencer, not in the mixer...

I think you may be wrong on this one. Iv tried how you said it doesnt work for me in logic 9.02. Muting the track in the sequencer mutes the signal as does muting the audio or midi region.

How are you getting a signal from a muted source? mute/ solo buttons are all linked sequencer or not as far as i can see?

[synthsonix]

Mmmm...maybe thats the catch then, cause I am using Logic 8 instead of 9, and I can mute it in the sequencer and still do the sidechaining...in fact, I have been using it this way in Logic for as long as I can remember...

Thats actually bad news for me if theyve changed this...