Using The Side-Chain Input - Maschine mikro User Manual

Action
Recall an effect preset
Native Instruments and External Ef-
fects
Open/close the effect window
You will find more details on Plug-in operation in section
more details on the specific operations available for Native Instruments and External Effects in
section ↑6.2.6, Page 6: Velocity /
11.1.3

Using the Side-Chain Input

For certain Plug-ins, MASCHINE allows you to use a side-chain input to control how the effects
process the audio.
What Is a Side-Chain Input?
If we consider an effect unit that processes the signal incoming at its main input, side-chaining
means using a secondary signal (the "side-chain signal") fed to a secondary input of the unit
(the "side-chain input") to control the behavior of the processing. Usually the amplitude of the
side-chain signal will determine how much the main signal will be processed by the unit.
In music production the side-chain signal is most of the time another audio track of the
project. A common example is the use of the kick drum track as side-chain for the compres-
sion of the bass track: on each kick the compressor will compress the bass more, resulting in a
typical pumping effect between kick and bass that can be heard in various styles of dance mu-
sic.
The Side-Chain Parameter Page
The following Internal, Native Instruments, and External Plug-ins support side-chaining:
▪ Internal Plug-ins: Compressor, Maximizer, Limiter, Gate, Filter.
▪ AU plug-ins (Native Instruments and External): Any AU plug-in with side-chain input.
▪ VST plug-ins (Native Instruments and External): Any VST plug-in with multiple inputs.
Procedure
Use the Browser (press BROWSE) to access and load any effect preset.
See section ↑3.2, Searching and Loading Files from the Library
on this.
Press NAV + the lit pad of the selected Effect.
Modwheel.
Applying Effects to a Sound, a Group or the Master
↑6.1, Plug-in Overview. You will find
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Using Effects
for more