TrackPlug Sidechain

How do I set up external sidechain in Digital Performer?

1. Create a “TrackPlug 5” instance on an audio track.
2. In the “Tools” menu within the plug-in window, select the appropriate bus from the “MAS Sidechain Bus” menu.
3. Enable one of the dynamics modules in TrackPlug (Gate, Comp1, or Comp2), and select one of the “Ex …” sidechain options. You can click on the “Mon” button to hear and verify that the sidechain is set up properly.

How do I set up external sidechain in Ableton Live?

1. Create an AU “TrackPlug 5” instance on an audio track, or for VST, “TrackPlug 5 ExtSC”.
2. On another track which provides the sidechain signal, set the Output Type to the track containing TrackPlug.
3. Set the Output Channel of the sidechain track to “3/4- TrackPlug 5”.
4. Enable one of the dynamics modules in TrackPlug (Gate, Comp1, or Comp2), and select one of the “Ex …” sidechain options. You can click on the “Mon” button to hear and verify that the sidechain is set up properly.

How do I set up external sidechain in Pro Tools?

1. Create a “TrackPlug 5” instance on an audio track.
2. At the top of the plug-in window, select the sidechain signal from the “Key” menu.
3. Enable one of the dynamics modules in TrackPlug (Gate, Comp1, or Comp2), and select one of the “Ex …” sidechain options. You can click on the “Mon” button to hear and verify that the sidechain is set up properly.

How do I set up external sidechain in Logic?

1. Create a “TrackPlug 5” instance on an audio track.
2. When the plug-in is open, select the sidechain signal from the top right of the plug-in window.
3. Enable one of the dynamics modules in TrackPlug (Gate, Comp1, or Comp2), and select one of the “Ex …” sidechain options. You can click on the “Mon” button to hear and verify that the sidechain is set up properly.

How do I set up external sidechain in Sonar 7?

1. Create a “TrackPlug 5 ExtSC” instance (from the vstplugins menu) on an audio track.
2. On another audio track that will supply the sidechain signal, change the output destination to “TrackPlug_5_ExtSC”, or insert a send to the same destination. If you use the send method, enable the send and set the appropriate send level.
3. Enable one of the dynamics modules in TrackPlug (Gate, Comp1, or Comp2), and select one of the “Ex …” sidechain options. You can click on the “Mon” button to hear and verify that the sidechain is set up properly.

How do I set up external sidechain in Cubase 4?

1. Open “VST Connections” in the Devices menu.
2. Click the Group/FX tab.
3. Click Add Group and select the “Quadro” option from the configuration menu (in the More… section).
4. Control-click on the new group and select “Add Child Bus to (group name)” and select Stereo.
5. Repeat step 4 and select Stereo (Ls Rs). You should now see the two child busses under the new quaddro group.
6. Create a TrackPlug 5 ExtSC instance on the Quadro group track.
7. For the audio track that you want processed with TrackPlug, set the Output Routing of the track to the “Stereo” output of the group you created.
8. For the track you want to use as sidechain to TrackPlug, set the Output Routing of the track to the “Stereo (Ls Rs)” output of the group you created. Alternately, if you still want to hear the material on this track on your mix, you could set up a Send which is routed to “Stereo (Ls Rs)” of the group.
9. Enable one of the dynamics modules in TrackPlug (Gate, Comp1, or Comp2), and select one of the “Ex …” sidechain options. You can click on the “Mon” button to hear and verify that the sidechain is set up properly.