How to sidechain two times?

[fenrir]

I use to do parallel compression just by copying everything and blending the compressed channel with the original. Now I send the track into another track with compression and I can't figure out how to sidechain the bass to the kick now.

Whenever I both send them to 3/4, obviously only one of them works. I tried 5/6 but it's not working. Do I send it to a mono track because bass should be in the center anyway?

My knowledge of all that sending receiving stuff is very limited and it's probably extremely easy.

[Stella645]

Not making much sense....why would you sidechain 2 times?

If you are parallel compressing the bass for some reason, then feed both bass channels to one group/folder and insert the sidechain compressor there.

If you aren't parallel comping the bass you need to explain the problem with some specifics.

[G-Sun]

Depending on the on the routing input capabilities on the latter instance, you might need to route 5+6 to 3+4.

[MrBongo]

did you also check the plugin specific sidechain inputs? They obviously need to be set to 5/6 as well

[DarkStar]

Hello fenrir and welcome to these forums. You'll find many helpful people here and a lot of useful information. Make sure that you:

• get the excellent User Guide by Nicholas too: http://www.cockos.com/reaper/userguide.php,
• check out Kenny Gioia's great video series: http://www.reaper.fm/videos.php,
• and the Groove 3 video series: https://www.groove3.com/reaper-training-video-tutorials.

The simplest way to do parallel compression is adjust the wet dry knob just above the plug-in GUI.

[fenrir]

Originally Posted by Stella645

Not making much sense....why would you sidechain 2 times?

If you are parallel compressing the bass for some reason, then feed both bass channels to one group/folder and insert the sidechain compressor there.

If you aren't parallel comping the bass you need to explain the problem with some specifics.

My bad for the wrong terminology. I meant ducking the bass to the kickdrum and setting up another receive channel to the master drum track for parallel compression. I realized there’s an FX dry/mix knob, so I don’t really need to set up two receiving channels at the moment.

[fenrir]

Originally Posted by DarkStar

Hello fenrir and welcome to these forums. You'll find many helpful people here and a lot of useful information. Make sure that you:

• get the excellent User Guide by Nicholas too: http://www.cockos.com/reaper/userguide.php,
• check out Kenny Gioia's great video series: http://www.reaper.fm/videos.php,
• and the Groove 3 video series: https://www.groove3.com/reaper-training-video-tutorials.

The simplest way to do parallel compression is adjust the wet dry knob just above the plug-in GUI.

Thanks. Will most definitely check these things out.