EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Sumit Das wrote:

> 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?
>

My method involves a compressor, not a gate. You insert a compressor on the bass track and have the kik as a sidechain to trigger it. So when the kik hits, the bass gets ducked in volume (not muted out by a gate)



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