Keying a gate in Cubase?

glagola1 · Post by **glagola1** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:50 am

Does anybody know how to key or sidechain an FX channel in Cubase SL? I want to key an expander on a drum room track from my snare track to get a big 'ole snare sound.

Thanks DWLB! I've edited the post to be more accurate.

JGriffin · Post by **JGriffin** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:57 am

You either want a gate or an expander on the room mic, externally keyed to the snare track.

b3groover · Post by **b3groover** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:13 pm

Here you go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHfN9yeuoew

glagola1 · Post by **glagola1** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:33 am

b3groover wrote:Here you go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHfN9yeuoew

Kick ass. Now all I need is that plug in that allows key-ins and perhaps a better version of Cubase besides SL 2.0

b3groover · Post by **b3groover** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 7:05 am

Yeah, a compressor with keying is "key" (har har) but I personally don't fully understand why it has to be a quad bus, rather than a regular stereo bus.

b3groover · Post by **b3groover** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 5:26 pm

Ok, so it looks like you can do it in version of Cubase that do not have the Quad bus.

http://forum.cubase.net/phpbb2/viewtopi ... highlight=

glagola1 · Post by **glagola1** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:03 am

Awesome. I've downloaded that plugin and I'm looking forward to trying it out. I've never ducked or keyed before and this seems like a really good tool for uncluttering a mix.

Thanks!!

Matt

Packy · Post by **Packy** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:53 am

AWESOME!!!!!! I've been half-assedly trying to figure this out for a long time, and I pretty much gave up. I've never really done keying/sidechaining before, this should be very fun. Thanks so much!

theemasquerade · Post by **theemasquerade** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:48 pm

man, i wanted to go out tonight!

Packy · Post by **Packy** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:16 pm

well I'm having a little trouble here with it still; it seems as though I'm just sending the bass and kick into a group with Waves C1 SC comp and unless I do hard panning and doing the chain in "L>R" mode there doesn't seem to be a sidechain relationship going on...

what Waves comps can I use with this method? any? Or any of the stock Cubase comps? Or a free one I can find (PC)? Or I'm still missing something with the actual technique...?

b3groover · Post by **b3groover** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 9:55 am

I think you need a compressor plug that has a "keying" feature, like Voxengo's Crunchessor (very inexpensive and very good!)

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