Wie nutzt du die Sidechain-Kompression, damit Bass und Kick zusammenarbeiten?

The good news about this is that even if your favorite compressor doesn't have a sidechain option, you can likely still sidechain using routing options in your DAW. Be sure to add the compressor to your bass track, as it will be the one you want to respond to the compressor.

In the symphony of beats, where bass and kick seek to unite, sidechain compression is the subtle thread. Choose a tool, a compass with sidechain's grace, to let one rhythm bow to another's pace. FabFilter, Waves, or Logic's own, each can bridge the gap, make disparate tones coalesce. This dance of sound, where one gently yields to the other's call, crafts a harmony, a pulse shared by all. With sidechain's guidance, the beat finds its way, a conversation between bass and kick, resonating in unity's play.

To make your bass and kick work together using sidechain compression, insert a compressor on the bass track and set the kick drum as the sidechain input. Adjust the compressor settings with a low threshold, moderate to high ratio, fast attack, and appropriate release time so the bass level decreases when the kick hits, creating space for the kick drum. Fine-tune these settings for subtle compression to maintain a natural sound, ensuring the kick punches through without making the bass disappear. This technique helps achieve a balanced and powerful low-end in your mix.

In my experience, I've come to find that there is no one setting that works best for everything. I can always make adjustments from previously used settings to achieve better results. You don't want to skip over at least making minor changes while listening.

Il m'a souvent été utile d'utiliser une source autre que la piste de Kick pour déclencher la compression : ça peut être un sample de Kick qui ne sera pas envoyé au Mixbus, ou bien un autre élément de l'arrangement. Cela permet d'avoir un meilleur contrôle sur l'effet de compression désiré.

Side chaining is a audio processing basic. It generally means how to modify a track by sending signal from another track. Kick Drum and Bass guitars are best friends who fight with each other in a mix. In a rock mix, once you have eq-ed your tracks, send a signal from the kick drum to bass via a side chain compressor. So kick will compress the bass. Play around with the attack and release, and get your low-end mixed properly.

Firstly, Side chain is an effect that you have on one sound that is triggered by the level of another sound. In layman terms, you duck the sound of one so that you can hear the other. Usually, side chain is used when you want to give a certain punch or space for a certain sound. The most prominent is the relationship between the bass and the kick. As both the bass & kick share the same frequency, the sound clashes, so you can trigger a side chain that would let your kick punch/stand out. So, rather than EQing to remove some of those frequencies from the bass, it can be nice just to duck it a little bit. It’s also a great way to get a track pumping if you use it in a more extreme way. E.g - Listen to the drop of Spaceman by hardwell

When it comes to the relationship of balancing the bass and the kick regardless of any genre I'm mixing, l tend to do more multiband compression. This allows me to open more space in the mix, but to only focus on certain bands and frequencies to cut at certain points rather than the entire track, which will then run the risk of losing the attack of the transient in the kick as well as the articulation of the bass.

On lit souvent que la compression sidechain est LA solution pour faire cohabiter Kick et Basse dans un mix. Mais il faut rappeler que la base d'un bon équilibre dans les graves, ça reste d'avoir les bons niveaux. Ensuite et en fonction du genre de musique, des degrés différents de compression sidechain sont à envisager.