Reaper 4: Sidechain Compression explained in detail

[@vanhaze2000]

This is problaby the best Tut about Sidechaining in Reaper i have seen. For weeks i scratched my head but now i finally fully understand sc en the Channels concept in Reaper, which is extremy powerful. You are a Hero !!

[@Chris_Porro_Land_o_Naps]

thanks. that's exactly what i'm trying to do here. make sense of how reaper does things which takes some explaining. : )

[@dante4289]

+Chris Porro Indeed the best sidechain tut i've ever seen. Multisource sidechaining tip is just great. Thank you. Regards.

[@IanLogendra]

Thank you for explaining why you select aux. I wasn't getting that part. Great video

[@adaridaufa]

Tanx dude !!! Your explanation was simply great! You have a gift with teaching ! Believe me! Bye

[@tomaslopez9278]

Thank you so much for this tutorial; I was hitting my head against the desk trying to figure this out from the manual!

[@Chris_Porro_Land_o_Naps]

i hear you. it's not that obvious when starting with reaper. it wasn't for me anyway. : )

[@jenskrgaardlarsen9572]

Super good explanation! Thanks

[@seni]

helps even after 9 years

[@Chris_Porro_Land_o_Naps]

thanks. : )

[@vegardyrnes1793]

YES! Thank you for a really excellent job of explaining what is really going on. I´ve been so frustrated about not getting it to work but you did it. Thank you, Will Subscribe! :-D

[@Chris_Porro_Land_o_Naps]

yeah, this is more advanced stuff. you should start with understanding sidechain compression and also the first video i have on sidechain compression.

[@Chris_Porro_Land_o_Naps]

thx man, i try to get at the root of things and not just tell you what to do.

[@Atrionix]

for some reason when i do it, it works, but because i did my kick in midi, its also playing the note i played my kick on on top of the bass.how do i fix? :o

[@SticksNkicks]

Thanks man!

[@T4Cification]

Yip, nice job.

[@dirtyharry1881]

Does it also work with other non-Cocko plug ins with Side-chain?

[@Chris_Porro_Land_o_Naps]

the principles would be the same. you need 2 signals, you need to route them, you need to understand some basic things about compressors like threshold, but the implementation could be very different. i can't speak for all the 3rd party plugins.

[@dirtyharry1881]

Thanks. I ask you because not all DAWs support side-chain with all plug-ins, even if the latter support it. F.e. Pro-tools can do it, but Sonar supports S-C only with Cakewalk plug-ins, at least from what I read (no first hand experience with both though.)

[@Chris_Porro_Land_o_Naps]

dirty harry1881 yeah, wish i knew. to be honest i don't use side chaining that much and at this point i use 95% stock plugins. i'm largely over the "gear" phase. good riddens. : )

[@TruckinBear1]

Hey Chris, you seem to know your way around Reaper. Can we do something like what is on this video to help out on low end? kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWWtXoOJhb6fsNE. I'm fairly new to this and can't figure it out.

[@Chris_Porro_Land_o_Naps]

+Epi Bear hey epi. it usually takes some time for me to edit these videos and get them focused...not rambling. i can put your idea on my list. as a quick start. there is a js tone generator plugin and reagate in reaper. create a new track. make sure the gate is after the tone generator. set up the gate just like the compressor for sideschaining in my other videos. then adjust the threshold. you should also know the tone you use should work with other tones in your mix. for example if your song is in the key of A you may want to pick a tone in the key of A. chris