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When and how to use sidechain compression in Ableton

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Why sidechain compression works, when to use it and when not to, then examples beyond kick and bass: ducking only the low band with a frequency splitter, and rhythmic ducking for movement.

Explains the reasoning before the settings, and the band-split trick shows how to duck only the lows so the rest of the sound stays intact.

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