Tutorial - Sidechain Compression in Reason 4.0

[shk10189]

YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!!!

[johnnymacdrums]

nice tutorial. ..but why do you wire everything backwards?

[asarapi]

Thank you for posting! Very useful tutorial.

[BiffyFighters]

Does anybody know if you can do this with 2 or 3 different sounds rather than going through the same process everytime? Sure it's easily done, i'm just being blonde :D

[JAKEIZBAWM]

how do you sidechain a synth like thor?

[Smarttyy]

@JAKEIZBAWM the same way, just plug it in.. don't be so literal with the tutorial, experiment, you can put anything through anything for the most part and still get the same effect with that splitter and compressor.

[BiffyFighters]

@JAKEIZBAWM The same way. Just run the output on the Thor to where you would with the NNXT. Same works with combinator and anything else :)

[dazahall]

can you add more than one kick drum?



[lopendepaddo]

@dazahall

at the side of the spider where you put the first kick drum add one more there and they both should dampen the line you're side chaining, I'm not completely sure but i think that it should work.

[speedgamer01]

best tutorial eva

[imnoemo11]

wow... i was side chaining whilst editing the automation on the main mixer for what track which was to sidechain, well the volume to be precise :P took longer than the song itself... but you my good man, gave hope! quality vid and one for the british guys too ;D

[EmilDann1]

thanks alot man!!!! only video that worked for me

[PMassoniElectro]

I have an issue where certain high octave notes are completely unaffected by the compression effect. As you can imagine this is extremely noticeable and doesn't sound very good. Does anybody know how to avoid this?

[DJCW]

IMHO. This is one of the best tutorials of all time.

[JusticeRetroHunter]

just a quick question.

but do Hip/Hop R&B producers side-chain their base drums? or is it usually only for techno/house etc..

[kamojamo]

Dude, this changes everything! Thank you!!!

[AudioMousse]

great stuff the choice of strings shows the effect perfectly.

[novakattila]

I can't really see but I think you mix up the output channels, you send the left channel output into the right channel input and vice versa. Actually I believe if you connect only the right channel output into the mixer right channel input Reason connect the left channel automatically.

[allabooboo]

EXPLAIN WHAT YOU DO??

[MarsianikMusic]

great video thanks

[yellowlinks]

really really really really nice tutorial... seriously1^^

[SholehDrums]

brilliant video this is my 2nd time using it !

[screwmuffin]

Thank you very much. Just what I needed.

[HiAlready]

I must have watched this video 50x at least

[DA2EONE]

thanx man idk y thou wen i plug in the ryt input on the splitter @ :37 the kick bleeds threw and the chords i have on it dnt come threw but it if i disconnect it u can hear it fine but of course u can only hear the kick on the left side!!! =/ help???

[hlsghost]

@DA2EONE It would be quite a lot easier to help you if you wrote in proper English or at least as close as you can get. "Thanx" = Thanks "idk" = I don't know "y" = why "ryt" = right

I'm not being a douche, it will help you a lot to use proper grammar when trying to get help or seem serious on the net, not knowing English is another matter and I fully understand that.

Good luck with fixing your problem mate :) I cannot help you myself, sorry!

[DA2EONE]

@hlsghost haha i can see what you mean im just used 2 text talk, as for my problem =/ idk i guess i will just have to deal with it since no one has given me any suggestion on how to stop the bass from over powering my chords

[Smatchimo]

@DA2EONE the trick is to use an equalizer for each instrument, and "notch out" certain frequencies that your kick is playing from your basses and strings. this will make it sound like your bass is separate from everything instead of being all mixed together and unclean sounding. this is how they do it, and its easier said than done.

[DA2EONE]

@Smatchimo yea it sounds a bit messy but ill give it a shot! thanks 4 the suggestion bro!

[hank1972]

Thanx!

[HiAlready]

i watch this video too often

[muffinbeats]

Thnx helped me allot! you should be connecting Left-outputs to Left-inputs though.. otherwise your panning is gonna be messed up :D

[SholehDrums]

Wow nice one !!

[weencent]

Thanks man! i was able to make this song using this sidechain tutorial:

Soundcloud . com / VinnieBeats (remove the spaces) Click "Countryfied"

I was pleased with the result :) i used sidechain on the chorus throughout the song

[weencent]

@weencent oops i ment another tutorial, but u can stil check it out:)

[dopemcee]

I DID something cool with it...

instead of using the audio splitter i went directly from the output of the redrum to the compressor sidechain and compressor audio inputt to the instrument that we want to gate and then from the compressor output to the mixer..

with that i got the efx just by itself but idont get any drum sound at all but you do get the efx without the drum sound to it...

[dopemcee]

so..how do you make it so that if you mute the instrument that is sidechained into it..you can still get the efx??

for example if the kick drum is in there and you wanna mute the kick drum and still have that gated feel to it how would you pull that off??

i know in other program there are "pre and post" mixer options where the efx would still be there even if you mute the sidechained instrument...help me out..

[TheMicrogram]

great tutorial, thanks

[bigbassroller]

Haha

[slavwoot]

cheers man

[MrSoulspeed]

that was one of the worse tutorials ive ever seen

[TranceDrops]

@MrSoulspeed your a fucken idiot

[Twentysixbillion]

Thanks for this :)

[Hypefiend]

more videos should be like this short and quick. and to all the people who are complaining that he doesn't explain a lot well, learn how to use this fucking software before you say anything and all you have to do to keep up is pause the video.

[themadpad]

to be honest mate you do everything way to quickly... im gonna have to watch this bout 5 times to get it.... thanks though!

[akintosh555]

cheers mate 

[minimaldaily]

Great tutorial, congrats. Its really one of the best tutorial for reason I have ever seen.

[minimaldaily]

Great tutorial, congrats. Its really one of the best tutorial for reason Ive seen.

[drjaybeats]

is there a way to do it pre fadar and mute the kick so i just get the effect?

[PsykoSteve82]

@drjaybeats

Dont know if you found the answer yet but all you have to do is go to the main mixer and cut the volume for the redrum (the 1 that controls the effect) to 0. hope this makes sense. Good luck!

[asr84]

Only says what needs to be said. The best side chain compression tutorial I've seen, thanks.

[Plixus100]

awesomeness

[KUPHSER]

"this is a good example of side chain compression, but i dont realy like the song".. who cares

[imjustinb]

very helpful, thanks heaps!

[DJSinafox]

appreciate for excellent tutorial :) this is exactly what ppl want to see, when searching for "sidechain compression reason 4" *thumbs up*

[djguy100]

Great video mate, very easy, simple and well explained tutorial. Have been looking for how to do this on YouTube for the last 24 hours and the amount of video’s that are on here that are pants at showing it is amazing.

[Kilbrewmusic]

Excellent! exactly the info i needed in exactly the right amount of time! thanks man :)

[BigBaggaBlues]

hi, it would really help me if domeone could tell me how to make the sound more pronounced, or the bass 'pulse' more, i have the ratios on the compression unit maxed, thanks

[mindlabradio]

thankyou for your help. it means the world!!!

[alexisnum1]

Thanks sooooo much, I've been super pissed with Reason because I couldnt figure out how to sidechain in it, you showed me its super easy and now the song Im working on knocks!!!!

[djdjago]

and how doe you sidechain more things, like loops or hihats en subbasses - MULTI SIDECHAIN ?????

[badasschickendude]

wow thanks, ive been wondering how that works.

[ChubbMachine]

Out of curiousity, what was the song you played in the video?

[olemartinbare]

eric prydz with call on me... it's based on steve winwood's valerie.

[ChubbMachine]

@olemartinbare Ah, thanks a lot.

[RosettaLurch]

Fantastic tutorial mate, really helped me loads there :)

[mebeatsupreme]

thanks bro!!!!!

[zfokolo]

How can i do this? my Redrum is combined with Mixer 14.0 sending all drums Samples  2 .. So how can i comprees my kick drum & the Subtractor Bass which is sending to the FINAL-MIXER Not the Redrum Mixer--- it might sound funny but the cables r-giving me a hell of a time..New to Reason-used to FL.

I hope my simple ? is Heard.

[valeo1337]

thanks!

[mkmaniacs]

good old british tutorial, not a lot of talking, good make of sense like americans no offense but this made more sense than any other reason 4.0 vid

[tyron26musikman]

Great vid

[FreakWhenSees]

Awesome tutorial, cheers man.

It'd be great if you could do a sampling tutorial :D

[bdavidbdavid92]

thanks man that helped :D

[soulfunkdjx]

Simple and very helpful.Thanks.

[kash263]

thx nice

[WhoNeedsWords1]

Thanks alot nice and simple, does the trick!

[vince4680]

Thanx pour le truc mais le gros force toi quand tu parle criss que t'es plate a écouter

[serXres]

It's a tutorial, not an explanation of what sidechain compression is.

[BRAKESUK80]

ideal video for beginners and not too complicated.cheers man

[Veedeejem]

thanks alot for this video :)

sidechaining rocks :D

[seanmurray90]

such a good song..and that music video is hot, im go listen 2 it now.,.lol

[connersoccer7]

@seanmurray90 what is song?

[frysmaktoff]

Nice one mate! I've wondering how to make a simple yet good working sidechain in reason!

Thanks for a brilliant tutorial

[skyeatspie]

thank you so fucking much

[JffVlhs06]

thank you!

[funkhitsthepan]

Dude thanks so much!!!

[mafoo17]

very helpful thanks much

[Vacher12]

thanks for the tutorial. How would I add more than one instrument to the side chain?

[okidam]

ha, sweet, now i know what its for and how to do it. neat!

[5pinz]

thanks man, concise and straightforward, its actually even better with your UK accent, lmfao makes everything sound official and intellectual

[serXres]

lol - Thank you kind sir. Have a simply wonderful day.

[blacknova401]

Cheers, helped me out alot. :)

[blahblahmeh]

Thank you so much for posting this!

[maysterstick]

thanks !

[penguinhumper]

good tutorial! need more!!!

[NicenEasyuk]

Aboslutely brilliant!

[xmenesesx]

totally agree with the dude before me :)

thanks

[kevkondro]

that's neat! Short simple informative! thanks!

[iRaveYou]

Thanks alot

[BomzStyle]

Thanks!

[TheDJLitta]

nice one man, good little tutorial.

[AdaptorLive]

Another nice trick up my Reason sleeve! ;)

Thanks!

[parabeats]

nice one, simple, easy, effective.

[Captnuendo]

BERRY NICE!

[Meteotrance]

amazing how benny bennassi and other electro artist use the side chaining im not a fan of that kind of procedure but it really usefull for voice over in overdub situation and it put a lot of agressive kick pressence.

[ZombieSlayer93]

HOW DID YOU GET REASON 4 .... PLZ REPLY

[serXres]

Sudica, Dolpin Music, e-av Audio etc etc etc

[Captnuendo]

In a store. $399.99 on sale in samash catalog. There are TONS of other ways to get this program

[connor2444]

@ZombieSlayer93

you buy it.

or you steal it.

[rockerstorm]

@ZombieSlayer93 buy it

[Numlocq]

@ZombieSlayer93 Do what any human being does. Buy it

[Mikestingray]

@ZombieSlayer93 by paying for it you twat

[ZombieSlayer93]

@Mikestingray Who the fuck are you calling a twat you little muashroom haired fucking faggot, and why you replying to a comment made 2 years you knob

[Tr0ll321]

@ZombieSlayer93 LMAO

[sdjacobus]

very straightforward video. thanks!

[GhostFight3r]

Dude very nice explained. Im glad that u havea good micro cause I've seen many tutorials with the mic recording so bad that... u know what I mean.

[BraDRoBBo]

yes i agree nice voice too ^_^

[MrBingus]

Nice didn't know how to do this

thanks, good tutorial

[DIARRHOEAMANIAC]

Just what i was after. Thanks

[fearthenoise]

Very easy to understand, thanks!

[serXres]

Thanks for the comment. Happy music making!