Seems it blindly ("deafly"?) compresses according to the beat. From here it seems that it does some kind of "side-chain" compression, but without any side-chain. I don't think it's worth buying anything to do this, but sometimes it's nice to just have a quick and dirty way of doing things, even if it isn't THAT much work to set up sidechain compression the normal way. ![]() You could always have a silent channel for your side chain source to do this too, but sometimes you might want to have your sidechains kick in at a higher or lower frequency than what you have playing in your song, just as an effect. So the compression is based on timing, not on some volume, per se. a normal compressor with sidechaining in which you trigger it on something else (commonly your kick drum, but not necessarily). You just kinda drop the thing on there, and select a timing of when your compression kicks in (or even just a preset that fits a common sound), vs. Nicky Romero and Cableguys got it all laid out for you. I could be wrong, but I think the thing with Sidekick and other similar options is it's kind of (what I will call) a lazy way of doing sidechain compression. Kickstart is the fastest way to get that signature sidechain effect in your own tracks. There are even JSFX variants that can do side-chain compression. ![]() Just try a few and see if you find something that you like. I would say most compressors can do side-chain compression, even the free ones. ![]() It does not have different modulation curves, but standard side-chain compression is no problem.
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