How to Sidechain in FL Studio 20

In this video I'm going to explain what sidechaining is, and show you my preferred way to sidechain in FL Studio. There are a lot of ways to sidechain in FL Studio, but this method is by far my favorite. If you're new to the channel I do a lot of FL Studio tutorials, sound design tutorials, mixing tutorials, and general production tutorials.
Sidechain compression is the process of removing an element of your mix to make room for another element. A good example of this is the kick and sub bass. You want to remove the sub bass from the mix whenever the kick hits to help your kick punch through the mix harder. This can also help created more overall headroom in your mix, and help you get a louder mix (if you want).
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[@AnotherMonster]

Hope everyone is having a great weekend! There's a bunch of dust from Africa outside right now and it's really weird out there so I'm going to try to stay inside and play around in the studio for the rest of the day. Hope the tutorial helps!

[@artissonbeats3057]

Where u @?

[@AnotherMonster]

@@artissonbeats3057 about 30 minutes outside of ATL

[@artissonbeats3057]

@@AnotherMonster ok I stay up by the great lakes.its supposed to up here next week

[@AnotherMonster]

@@artissonbeats3057 oh wow I didn't realize it was moving that slow

[@triplebarrel]

i got a midi pack ad, god fucking save me lmao

[@tacthuz332]

Thanks alot! Just learnt about the "group with above track" option. Super helpful. Also i didnt knew we could add a track like that lol. Thanks.

[@TheMrMelodramatic]

THANK YOU for this tutorial and explaining what a sidechain is for

[@Jako8557]

Thanks David. I like how you do a lot of tutorials using stock FL Studio plugins etc. I am trying (very hard) not to download for free or pay for, a heap of third party stuff I probably don't need, at least at this stage of my education. Keep doing the stock plugin tutorials I really appreciate them. Thank you.

[@lukaspausch9143]

love your videos and explanations

[@AbhishekAditya1982]

Thanx for the this tutorial. Its simple yet effective.

[@v1rot855]

Thanks for this tutorial, it was very informative, and I like how you show multiple options!

[@2tonecapone585]

Love the depth, a lot of tutorials skip important steps and explanations. THANK YOU

[@bodeabbott3261]

Thanks great video good job on being very clear and explaining what things are before hand that is what makes a good teacher.

[@preshezmusic]

you explained it really well. good job mate

[@skygazer3696]

Very well explained, 👌

[@DSWL_]

yea man i love your tutorials, well explained and super easy to follow. 😎✨

[@Indramuzic]

thank you for this tutorial, it made sidechaining so easy

[@wessgate1]

Great tip...gonna use this method now

[@millenniumbeatz8707]

bro i have been using fruity peak controller for so long with some little problems here and there but this new method just give me more control so thanks alot bro

[@bra_t]

Thank you very much this really helped me👍👍👍

[@pick_nark]

Wow I had no idea you could shift+click for a quick copy in the playlist. Awesome tip right there! Usually when I set up a sidechain I use the fruity limiter and then sidechain the kick to whatever instrument or bass needs some "pumping." I do like the idea of being able to draw your own shape with the automation clip so maybe I will give this method a try. Thanks for another great tutorial!

[@AnotherMonster]

I know a lot of people use the fruity limiter method. I've used a lot of methods and this one is my personal favorite for a lot of reasons

[@dougschelmay2484]

Awesome... just starting out and have been doing MIDI triggers. This affords a different level of creativity. Both have their uses, but it's good to add another tool to the belt. Great vid!

[@cmack6686]

thanks bro for the tutorial

[@AnandGuptaMusic]

Awesome stuff....Really helpful..👌🏼

[@vaishakj2001]

Cool tutorial bro

[@css172]

Your tutorials are always very hepful! Thanks.

[@AnotherMonster]

I appreciate that! Long time no see. Hope you've been well

[@css172]

@@AnotherMonsterGood thanks! things are starting to get back to some kind of "normal" crazy times, Stay safe mate 👍

[@AnotherMonster]

@@css172 thanks. you too!

[@joshuasmith9587]

Very helpful

[@BouchayBeats]

thanks for the tip, you can also do it with volumeshaper. great channel btw, loving your tutorials, i subbed. keep it up !

[@TheHiYaku]

My go-to method these days is frequency side chaining. I've personally found it to be better than volume ducking as it focuses on a specific frequency (range) than the entire signal

[@bluefiremusic4611]

Thanks brother 🙌🏻❤

[@iam_aaa3025]

omg tysm!!

[@KidEskomo]

Thank you for this

[@AnotherMonster]

Kid Eskomo you’re welcome

[@malithajeewaka8833]

U'r the best bro!!!Do more tutorials!!!

[@AnotherMonster]

Will do! Got new tutorials coming out every weekend.

[@turkeylurkeyy4475]

Peak controller is way easier. You don't have to copy and paste every single kick in the track. It's nice to see the shape, but it's so much more work.

[@Betadesk]

You can also make a short pattern and have a single kick and automation clip play, then paste the pattern around so the kick and sidechain are automatically linked together

[@AutPen38]

After trying a few methods (usually with the compressor, but also wig Gross Beat and Shaperbox) I think I might go back to using Fruity Peak Controller, except I'll link it to Fruity Balance. In the past I had the peak controller actually moving the faders up and down. It looked cool, but then you lose the ability to manually move the faders. I guess the downside of using peak controller is that you don't have a visual reference of the shape of the automation, but it's better for quick workflow, and it's certainly the better option if you have a complex (not 4 to the floor) kick pattern that evolves during the track.

[@Bar_Bar27]

I really loved it without the side chain.. great song!

[@mangalchouhan2596]

tnx sir.... it help me a lot.

[@AnotherMonster]

mangal chouhan awesome!

[@bertdoorn3803]

Some people tells me that Fl studio has some latency, if you sidechain with the automation. i don't know it that is true but i use fruity limiter and than the compressor with a sidechain trigger or i use the free plugin tal filter 2, that is a plugin that allows you to shape your sidechain like the same as an automation in fl but than without latency. but a nice video very clear and great explaining. also the shortcuts thing are useful.

[@Nuggifresh]

Good video

[@pranjolpratim3]

Sir , need a full guide on how should we mix properly... specially future bass

[@InSane_7263]

Thanks a lot broducer. Can you make future bounce like Mesto using stock plugins?

[@aubreymontyf.l.3766]

awesome bro and u look like thor

[@vanillalace86]

Thanks for sharing :) Is using the Fruity Balancer different than basically automating the volume knob? I also like the control you have by "sidechaining" with automating the volume , but doing it this way (copy and pasting it) doesn't allow you to automate any other volume changes you want in the song. Can you still automate volume changes if you use the Fruity Balancer to sidechain?

[@shalkangaming6253]

Big spasibo from Russia with love

[@jannohoeven2318]

i make drum and bass and i always struggle to now whhat to sidechain. Are there things that dont need sidechain or do i have just sidechain samples with sub?

[@tempomusicgrasslandrecord7319]

Big up

[@krishnavj5401]

Bro waited for ur video please put an video for how to make vocal doubler please make an video bro it will be helpful to me for my album songs

[@sumitromandal6173]

Really informative video sir. Can you make a video on gainstaging? From which country are you from? Just wanted to know😅

[@kafeel5732]

Hey... How are you.. make a video about how to turn your idea into a song or how to start a song...plzzz

[@AnotherMonster]

thanks for the suggestion

[@xxMr_DCxx]

Brooooo!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@tonytoeknee3192]

Can you explain at 4:30 what you mean by "shape this automation clip to the shape of the kick sample"?

[@bluefire9113]

The ducking should inversely match the gain of the kick sample. The gain of the kick defines its shape

[@skjortan]

I thought it was the volume on the pads that was going to get automated, since they are the ones ducking in volume. Sorry for not getting it :D

[@EpicTime33]

Kiclstart ???

[@flaimi5118]

Use Kickstart lol 😂😂😂😂😂just kidding

[@KidEskomo]

I bought that vst thinking I needed it lmfaooo

[@bluefire9113]

@@KidEskomo just use fruity Love Philter, turn off the filter and set oversampling to 0. Make a curve

[@bluefire9113]

And set loop start

[@grakn1gh7]

Can I automate the fader instead of adding a fruity balance?

[@RandomBakaStuff]

You can, but it's a really bad idea. What if you need to change volume of the whole sound later? You won't be able to do that, cause it will be getting back to the automated levels. The other small issue with channel fader is that it can't go from 100 to 0 or 0 to 100 instantly if you need it. The fader will be MOVING and that creates a filter attack/release effect kinda (it's VERY short though). But yea, adjusting the channel volume will be a pain in the ass.

[@grakn1gh7]

@@RandomBakaStuff Thanks for the help. I was going to use Fruity Balance anyway but just wanted to know why it was important. Your reply helped a lot. Have a nice day :)

[@AnotherMonster]

@@grakn1gh7 I used to use the fader to do that, but using the fruity balance is definitely a better move for exactly what random was saying

[@RandomBakaStuff]

@@grakn1gh7 Glad to be of help :)

[@AutPen38]

It might be impractical for the reasons detailed above, but it *looks really cool* when your faders move up and down automatically, like the flying faders of an analogue mixing desk.

[@themayne6303]

Good lord. I just wanna make the music & send off my dry stems & let the experts handle the rest. With me present of course.

[@GeorgeA977]

Why not simply use Limiter?

[@AnotherMonster]

More clicks and less visual. There’s nothing wrong with using the fruity limiter though. A lot of people prefer it

[@DidierBampiliMusicProduction]

Good video, I'm a gospel Rapper, singer, Producer 🙂

[@gin21zkato]

this is not sidechain this is gainchain or volume automation :D

[@reisaki18]

hey, zoom in and out is annoying, you might do it less, like every minute only

[@neutrinos2478]

i will skip this tutorial. bye