Can you duck with any of the UAD-1 comps?

[LFranco]

I've only used my Waves C1 for ducking, I was wondering if it's possible to use any of the UAD-1 comps (I've got all of them). I'm using Pro Tools, btw.

 

[Arys Chien]

You can use all the UAD-1 compressors for this purpose.

For example, to get a kick-ducking bass:

1. Send the kick to the left input of the compressor, and bass to the right.

2. If there's a \"link/unlink sidechain\" feature, set it to \"link\".

3. Use a plug-in like the free \"stereo pan\" to silence the left output (kick) and center the right output (bass).

There goes your kick-ducking bass.

 

[Eric Dahlberg]

Arys, is Stereo Pan a Steinberg plug?

 

[Akis]

This one could do the trick:

http://www.kellyindustries.com/stereo_tools.html

 

[Fundy]

Useful.

 

[Arys Chien]

Stereo Pan is not bundled with Cubase SX/Nuendo. It's a free plug-in. Some guy in our local forum posted it and I found it a useful little tool.

Yet the one Akis posted looks better. 8)

 

[cowudders]

Sorry to be anal, but what Arys described is kind of a combination of ducking and compressing depending on the threshold. In real ducking, the signal itself does not affect the sidechain of the compressor. Yes you can set the threshold high so the compressor only reacts to the (muted) right side, but there are some tradeoffs. And stereo ducking gets complicated very quickly.

so again, please UA, please give as sidechain inputs on your compressors!

thanks,
happy holidays,
bernd

 

[Fundy]

OK but don't proper sidechains use an external source, rather than using the same path. This is problem if you use Cubase as it routes audio this way. If you use Logic, Protools or whatever you can utilise a bus or other track input.

I actually argued about this on KVR and it went for 3 or 4 pages or so.

 

[Paul Woodlock]

Stereo pan plug was written by JIm H in the days when Cubsse SX didn't have a stereo pan :roll:

there is a plug bundled called Tools One which will also give independant volume control for L and R channels if you can't find Stereo pan.

 

[Paul Woodlock]

You can do sidechaining with Voxengo's Crunchessor inserted into a Quadro group in Cubase/Neundo. set crunchessor S/C input to either channel 3 or 4 and then send from your trigger channel to either 3 or 4.

 

[LFranco]

Thanks to everyone for their suggestions!

 

[Chroma One]

I think Tools One comes with Wavelab, though you can use it in SX.

Stereo pan plug was written by JIm H in the days when Cubsse SX didn't have a stereo pan :roll:

there is a plug bundled called Tools One which will also give independant volume control for L and R channels if you can't find Stereo pan.

 

[saemskin]

Once my wife was mad at the money I had spent on Audio equipment, and proceeded to throw a flat iron at my magma chassis.

I yelled out \"GUYS, DUCK\" but they didnt move.

Alas, if my poor UAD could duck they would be alive today. Woe is me.



Woe is me.








:wink:
*snicker*