SIDECHAIN w/ HARDWARE

subjct · July 3, 2009, 12:09am

doez anyone know how to sidechain with an hardware compressor?

jon_fisher · July 3, 2009, 7:16am

there should be another set of inputs on the back or the front of the compressor.

and the principles for routing are all the same

phil_johnston · July 3, 2009, 7:39am

you need to “insert” the compressor onto the channels you want to compress… you need special insert cables, these have a stereo jack at one end going to 2 mono jacks at the other end.

then you just use an aux send on your mixing desk to send signal to the sidechain input on your compressor

if you have multiple busses on your desk this is the most useful place to have your compressor

subjct · July 3, 2009, 8:45am

thank you very much… it was a big prob for me …

ry_thomas1 · July 9, 2009, 11:35am

Yeah Phil basically nailed it there, or you could have a direct out from your mixer instead of using an aux

phil_johnston · July 9, 2009, 12:30pm

yeah totally… its normally the kick you want to send to the side-chain so direct in would work well.

jon_fisher · July 9, 2009, 1:06pm

[quote]ry thomas (7/9/2009)[hr]Yeah Phil basically nailed it there, or you could have a direct out from your mixer instead of using an aux[/quote]

welcome to the board mr thomas

ry_thomas1 · July 9, 2009, 1:29pm

Cheers Jon mate

subjct · July 16, 2009, 5:55am

i got a prob: I use a Pionneer djm 600 for my live act so i’ don’t have any sends …

is it possible to sidechain ?

subjct · July 18, 2009, 3:12am

[quote]highfy (7/16/2009)[hr]i got a prob: I use a Pionneer djm 600 for my live act so i’ don’t have any sends …

is it possible to sidechain ?[/quote]

ok I’m saying bulls**t… so what if I buy a SOUNDCRAFT COMPACT 4

i DO NEED HELP …PLZ