Logic Pro Tutorial: Using Side Chain Compression - Tips & Tricks

[sjsavanti]

I like the beat and I'm only part way into the video, but I gotta tell you when that fan sound came in I was seriously looking behind me like what in the world is that noise in my house... lol. Thanks for this tutorial btw

[vinterhjul]

Great tutorial! Im a subscriber now.

[crazydrummerpat]

lmao, "Think of it like Whack-A-Mole". Never woulda dreamed of that comparison to explain a compressor :D

[officialODi]

Good golly miss dolly, I came here to learn about sidechaining, but your explanation of how compressors work is the BEST and simplest one I've heard/read. Wish I had seen this video when I was getting started

[DavidVeslocki]

Crystal Clear thanks!

[Perrrrrrrrrrrrr]

great video !! thanks, you explain very well !

[BrandonRStoner]

I can't find any tutorials that just push the kick without the other drums. Driving me insane. :(

[officialODi]

@BrandonRStoner Duplicate your drum tracks and in #2 make it kick only and sidechain that track. Leave all the other drum sounds in drum track #1 without any sidechaining. Hope this helps

[TheSpotniq]

Wow this was an awesome tutorial man! Your explanations are a lot more clear! thanx for the upload!

[davonata]

finally i hear someone that can truly explain.........well done!!

[crlumberjack]

tank you very, very much!

[2BCBattlefield]

I didnt have an idea what sidechain compression even meant before.

Thanks!

[stoupack]

not the best sounds for demonstration.. but tks !

[Michalek15171]

I just had the entire digital music industry explained to me. It's all about how loud you can compress a track to be.

[PFplusW]

Wow, your compressor is way more laid back than mine!

[avotube]

very well explained. Thanks

[TheMcbaggins]

As a beginning Logic user, I've scoured YouTube for tutorials on various tips & tricks, and I gotta say - this is by far the clearest and most concise explanation of compression I've seen. The 'whack-a-mole' analogy is awesome! Thanks, Evan!!!

[felixdadeathcat]

Yeah seriously good interpretation of what a compressor does and can do.

[Capeau]

man that track is shit, but good tutorial

[mrevansutton]

@Capeau nice contribution!

[lewbyyyyyyyyy13]

@Capeau he did say pop track :P

[TripleGDubstep]

I REALLY need to find $4,750 quick.... I NEED DUBSPOT!!!!!

[rid1nlow]

BEST COMPRESSOR TUTORIAL EVER!

[mrevansutton]

@rid1nlow thank you! i'm glad you enjoyed it.

[reaver2033]

lol that was the best explanation of what a compressor does i`ve found yet, thanks :)

[bigbagron]

That's an awesome synth :D

[mrevansutton]

@bigbagron thanks a lot...a lot of these sounds were made using NI's komplete 7, the course at dubspot for which I co-designed.

[rawstarmusic]

..So can I go both ways? When one instrument ducks down another pops up perfectly in sync with each other by the ghost-bus.

[notgalen]

@rawstarmusic Hi, in Logic, you can use the same kick bus as the side-chain input for a noise gate on another channel (eg a synth line). If you set the reduction to -100 & tweak the threshold (around -10db), the sound running through it will only appear when the kick hits. Play around with the attack, hold, release & reduction to get a nice rhythmic effect. Set the reduction to a + figure & it'll only play when the bus isn't outputting. Hope this helps.

[4evrDrum]

Links to Evans page?

[meonedgeUTUBE]

thx a nice enlightenment, great use of tangible items for easy way to make things understood... could you give a detailed explanation of how/to use SENDS, AUX, BUSES AND RETURNS AND GROUPING ? (signal routing) plz and i cant seem to pull up your site please leave a link

[meonedgeUTUBE]

thx a nice enlightenment, great use of tangible items for easy way to make things understood... could you give a detailed explanation of how/to use SENDS, AUX, BUSES AND RETURNS AND GROUPING ? plz

[4evrDrum]

I want to be in a class taught by this man. @Dubspot i love you.