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Gate Snare Trick
This is a problem solver when gating snares. Typically snare gets clipped at its front when gating, so here is the trick. Put a gate on your snare track and enable the sidechain. Duplicate your snare track to a new audio track, pull down volume all the way and move it slightly earlier with a pre send sent to sidechain on original snare track. Gate will now be triggered ahead which will rectify clipping problem.
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When side-chaining, the compressor uses the volume level of an input signal to determine how strongly the compressor will reduce the gain on its output signal. This is used by disc jockeys for ducking – lowering the music volume automatically when speaking. The DJ’s microphone signal is routed to the compressor’s sidechain so that whenever the DJ speaks the compressor reduces the volume of the music. A sidechain with equalization controls can be used to reduce the volume of signals that have a strong spectral content within a certain frequency range: it can act as a de-esser , reducing the level of vocal sibilance in the range of 6–9 kHz. A de-esser helps reduce high frequencies that tend to overdrive preemphasized media (such as phonograph records and FM radio). Another use of the side-chain in music production serves to maintain a loud bass track without the bass drum causing undue peaks that result in loss of overall headroom .
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