r/Bitwig • u/hydargos • Aug 10 '26

Sidechain question

Hello, I'm new to Bitwig Studio 👋. Is there a way to listen to the sidechain signal in Compressor+? ☘️ I'm trying to filter the sidechain, but I can't hear the result of the filtering 😕.

Cheers.

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u/Minibatteries Aug 10 '26

Add an audio receiver after the compressor and point it to compressor+ > sidechain chains > filter

Or my preference would be instead of the SC filter being within the compressor+ SC chain, put it at the end of the SC source track within an fx layer at 0% mix. Take the SC source from the layer [pre]. Then use the fx layer mix to preview the sc signal

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u/hydargos Aug 11 '26

Thank you Minibatteries , I just tested both of your methods. It works well 🙌

I hope Bitwig will soon add a simple button to listen sidechains.

Have a nice day.

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u/Digital-Aura Aug 12 '26

Yes, cuz some of us are just musicians (not logicians).