Sidechain compression is essential for clean low-end, but traditional ducking often introduces unwanted pumping, collapses stereo width, or creates destructive phase cancellation between your kick and bass.
In this overview, Nate walks through the latest update of Sonic Academy’s Sidekick plugin, outlining his favourite features and demonstrating how to fix obscure low-end conflicts and achieve clean, transparent sidechaining using advanced multi-band, Mid/Side, spectral, and automatic phase alignment features.
Check it out and grab the demo here
