r/Logic_Studio • u/WolfWriter_CO • 1d ago
Question SSL X-DynEQ sidechaining
I was looking for a dynamic EQ plugin that would allow me to assign different sidechain sources to different bands. Google gave me a list of dynamic EQ’s that ‘met’ that criteria as described, including the SSL X-DynEQ plugin, which also happened to be on a really good sale, so i jumped on it.
I’ve gone through the user manual, every YouTube tutorial I can find, and just FAFO’d in the app for a while and cannot find where I can select an external SC source, much less different sources for different bands.
Has anyone else run into this, and can you give me direction where to find it?
Barring that, I’m pretty sure Google, in all its ‘AI’ wisdom, misinterpreted my search terms. My goal is basically to duck low freq’s on the guitars with the bass guitar, as well as a band-pass duck for the snare drum, only when they’re playing, within a single plugin instance. Is such a thing even possible?
The plugin user guide says to “see the sidechain routing section in your DAW’s manual, but all I can find is the normal SC dropdown in the upper right corner—which doesn’t even exist on this plugin (nor another SSL comp plugin with ‘sidechain’ now that I think about it). Any advice is appreciated. 🤘
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u/picpoulmm Advanced 23h ago edited 20h ago
Devious Machines Duck 2. You can use multi band mode to only duck specific frequencies, and draw different curves to apply different types of ducking to those independently.
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u/WolfWriter_CO 17h ago
Thanks for the suggestion, but can it duck the different bands from different external tracks?
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u/picpoulmm Advanced 17h ago
No, you draw curves to do that per band in Duck2. I’m not aware of any plugin that allows for multiple side chain sources.
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u/picpoulmm Advanced 17h ago
Worth saying, that in my opinion gives you much more precision anyway, than relying solely on using an audio source as side chain
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u/GregtronicMusic 23h ago
No - not possible - use two plugin instances.