[LAU] Ardour + sidechaining (SC3) and qualityloss

Jeremy Jongepier jeremy at autostatic.com
Fri Feb 18 09:03:32 UTC 2011


On 02/18/2011 09:44 AM, Gabbe Nord wrote:
> Hey guys!
> 
> Recently started some form of  electroproject in ardour, and as always
> sidechaining is needed. Right now I'm routing everything that's to be
> sidechained (which is everything but the kick lol) into a 3-channel bus with
> a SC3 on connected to the kick. The sidechaining works, but i actually get a
> very noticable quality loss and thining of the stereoimage from using the
> SC3..
> Is this something you know of, something that can be worked around? Also,
> are there other sidechain soloutions? I mean sidechaining like the SC3, a
> compressor controlled by for example the kicksignal.
> 
> Regards!

That's weird, I use the same plug-in (but then with Qtractor) but I
don't get the idea that the quality and stereo image are degrading that
much. You could try the Calf compressor, though I couldn't get that one
to fully duck what's coming in.

Best,

Jeremy


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