MIA Compressor One, User Manual, Page: 10 / 10

In order to prepare for this, you should set up the following tracks:
● A Track with MIA Compressor ONE. Enable
​
External Sidechain
​
within the plug-in GUI.
● A second Track with the source for the sidechain signal trigger ( ​ Sidechain Trigger Track
​
)
● An additional Audio Track which is used to route the audio signal ( ​ Audio Signal Routing
Track ​ ).
● In case the Track's In/Out section is hidden press [cmd][alt][I] on Mac or [ctrl][alt][I] on
PC.
How to route the sidechain signal from the sidechain trigger Track to the plug-in in the
other Track
● Make sure that the Monitor of the
​
Audio Signal Routing
​
Track
​ ​
is set to "In".
● In the Input Type chooser of the ​ Audio Signal Routing Track
​
, select the ​ Sidechain Trigger
Track
​
. The Input Type chooser is the top "Audio From" chooser.
● In the Output Type chooser of the ​ Audio Signal Routing Track ​ , select the Track with the
MIA Compressor ONE. The Output Type chooser is the top "Audio To" chooser.
● In the Output Channel chooser of the ​ Audio Signal Routing Track
​
, select MIA
Compressor ONE. The Output Channel chooser is the bottom "Audio From" chooser.
(Source: ​
https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/209775325-Sidechaining-a-third-party-plug-in ​
)
External Sidechain in Reaper:
1. Insert MIA COMPRESSOR ONE to the channel you want to compress and enable
EXTERNAL SIDECHAIN
2. Go to the mixer, select the channel you want as the sidechain input
3. Go to the routing section of the channel
4. Drag and drop this to MIA COMPRESSOR ONE
(Source: ​ http://reaper.fm/guides/ReaEffectsGuide.pdf ​ )