EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Hmmm, I thought I had heard of this trick almost in reverse, so you
insert a gate on the bass track, triggered by the kick, so the bass
is only allowed in when the kick hits. Is this another standard method,
with a different sound, or would the gate method muddy things up?
 
   -smeet
 
 

Yes, the basic principle is that you insert a compressor on your bass track.
And then use the kik signal as the sidechain input to that compressor. So
the kik ends up triggering compression on the bass every time it hits. It
creats a little bit of an "sonic pocket" for the kik to sit in. It really
tightens up the whole bass/kik aspect of the mix.

Here is a quote from the prolific f-erenc szabo from a LUG post a while back
describing this:


> You have bass guitar going through a compressor's
> main audio input.  But instead of the bass itself triggering
> the compressor, you have a kick drum into the sidechain
> input.  This means that the bass guitar is only compressed
> for that short period of time that the kick drum happens.
> This creates a kind of "pocket" for the kick to sit inside.  If
> you didn't do this, then the co-existence of the bass and kick
> might be too much together.
>

If any of you are interested, I used this technique on one of the mixes on
my band's demo. You can hear it at the site in my signature below. navigate
to the mp3 download page and check out "I Will Love Again".



--
Eli Krantzberg
Nightshift Orchestra / Almat Productions
http://www.nightshiftorchestra.com <http://www.nightshiftorchestra.com> 






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