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Appendix:
External Sidechain
External Sidechain in Cubase:
1. Open the ​ Devices ​ menu in Cubase and choose the entry ​ VST Connections ​ .
2. In the VST Connections window, click the button ​ Add Group ​ .
3. Open the ​ Configuration ​ menu and click on ​ More… ​ . From the menu that opens,
choose ​ Quadro ​ . Click the ​ Add Track ​ button.
4. Right-click on the group you just created. In the menu that opens, select ​ Add
Child Bus to *Group Name* ​ . In the sub menu, choose ​ Stereo ​ .
5. Repeat step 4 and choose ​ Stereo (Ls Rs) ​ . You should now see two sub busses
below the group - ​ Stereo ​ and ​ Stereo (Ls Rs) ​ .
6. Go to the channel settings of the group track you just created and load
MiaCompressorOne into an insert.
7. Set the output of the track you want to process with MiaCompressorOne to the
Stereo ​ output of the group track you created before.
8. Set the output of the track you want to use as a sidechain to the ​ Stereo (Ls Rs)
output of the group track.
9. Open the MiaCompressorOne window and activate the ​ EXT. ​ ​ SIDECHAIN ​ button.
(Source:
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​ https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/209592229 ​
)
External Sidechain in Ableton Live:
Sidechaining in Live 10.1 and later
1. Add MIA COMPRESSOR ONE to a track.
2. Enable
​ External Sidechain
​
within the plug-in GUI.
3. Create a track with a sound source to be used as the sidechain trigger.
4. In Live's plug-in GUI, enable "Sidechain". Then choose the sidechain trigger source in the
"Audio From" dropdown
5. Adjust the gain and mix as required.
Sidechaining in all versions of Live until 10.0.6