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8
Stereo and Mono Sidechain Compressors for Tracktion
Adding the Sidechain Compressor in Tracktion
Setting up a new Rack Filter
The Sidechain Compressors have an extra input
(the Key Input), and you must use the Rack
Filters feature of Tracktion to make this work.
This is really exciting and wonderful, so we
hope you will bear with us here.
Right-click on
the fi lter you
just added,
and select
"wrap this
fi lter in a new
rack fi lter"
from the drop
down menu.
The rack fi lter
section will appear, with the Sidechain Com-
pressor in place and its inputs, key input, midi,
and output lines shown connected.
The fi lter is now shown as a Stereo Sidechain
Comp Wrapper.
The next pages show some examples, with
steps showing how to set up the Key Input and
Main Input(s) to the Sidechain Compressor.
The fi rst thing to do is to open up Tracktion and
open your project.
Tracktion uses the term “fi lter” to refer to a
plug-in, be it native to Tracktion, or a 3rd party
plug-in such as a VST plug-in.
To add the plug-in to your tracks, simply drag
the icon labelled “new fi lter...” located just
above the fi lter section, and drop it where you
want the new fi lter to be placed. The fi gure be-
low shows a fi lter being added to track one.
Top Right of Tracktion Screen
Notice that the area in front of the volume/pan
fi lter is glowing red; this is how you can tell
where the fi lter will be placed. If there is no illu-
mination, then you are not currently over a valid
target area.
Once the “new fi lter” icon has
been dropped, a list of available
fi lters will appear, as if by mag-
ic. Choose the fi lter you wish to
add to the track from this list.
The Sidechain Compressors and
other plug-ins are available in
the "Mackie Plugins" folder of
this drop down menu.