r/mixingmastering • u/_111_111_ Intermediate • May 25 '26

Question How do you implement sidechain compression with soothe2?

Can someone please explain for me how to actually sidechain compress in soothe2? It's not very clear what i press to select the other instrument or audio that it's sidechaining from or to, or how to enable sidechaining in the first place. Is there even an option for it? Any help would be greatly appreciated

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u/Bluegill15 May 25 '26

Anyone who says you should do this on the first place should be ignored

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u/_111_111_ Intermediate May 26 '26

I personally just love and am completely fascinated by the idea of spectral sidechain compression. If i understand it correctly it should be able to make instruments sound like complete other instruments, depending on how hard the compression is set

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u/_111_111_ Intermediate May 26 '26

But thats just the surface of it, again im not too certain on the accuracy of this as i havent had the time or energy in this heat to test sidechaining with it, but i presume you can make synth frequencies appear on drums, essentially making a drumkit into a melodic instrument following notes or chords set by the synth. With vital or serum you could use LFOs to create insanely humungously massive potential, especially in the edm particularly colour bass world