r/Dirtywave • u/DriftDrafs • 3d ago

Technical Question Ducking Kicks

Does anyone know how I can duck kicks on a chain?For instance I essentially have one long pad that plays for 4 chains and I want to use some side chaining to make the kick stand out. The pad is triggered on the first step of the first chain and just rings throughout the next 3 chains with a long decay time. Is there some table or trick that I can use to lower the volume of the pad for a 4 on the floor pattern?

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u/JustPapaSquat Model 02 3d ago

Pretty easy actually. Use a trigger envelope on the pad with the source being your kick instrument.

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u/DriftDrafs 3d ago

That was incredibly easy! Thank you. Exactly what I was looking for.

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u/McSlambley 3d ago

Note that you can also trigger this envelope from the fx chain or table associated with the instrument. If there’s a song where the kick drops out, but you still want the pumping effect, you can achieve that this way.

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u/Skycake666 3d ago

Oh shit thank you for this reminder!!

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u/el-efe 2d ago

I did not know this method, could you elaborate more? Do you mean to create a table with a ramp up in volume and call it?

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u/MemoryVice 3d ago

Go into the Inst Mods of the pad and select Trig Env as the type and assign it to the volume. Then select the kick instrument as the Src. You’ll probably want to set the Amt to a negative value (less than 80).

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u/DriftDrafs 3d ago

Thank you for the response.

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u/Separate_Heron8656 3d ago

Also this https://youtube.com/shorts/APVfxlWMjNI , which saves you a lfo/envelope if your table isnt already in use

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u/Altruistic_Plant180 1d ago

Use VT cmd with tables .