Luca Pretolesi mixing Diplo ft. Miguel: Compressing The Midrange Of The Mix [Free Excerpt]

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The term "sidechain compression" recalls the method of employing the kick drum to initiate compression on the bass track.
But that’s only one way that using a compressor’s sidechain can improve your music production.

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[Arron_Mottram]

I spontaneously came up with this technique a couple of years ago and used it in every mix since then

[atishep]

Now this was special, thank you! Gotta have to try this on my own mixes.🎧

[MR_Cellarpop]

Thanks! Can you show how you do this with only plugins?. Best Mathias

[rodericogarcia]

So, If I understand well, it´s all about compressing just the midrange (choosing a band for instance in Fabfilter Pro MB?) and having the sidechain selected as just that specific frequency range, letting the top and bottom bands "move" in their own dynamics?

[fjprobeats]

Hi master Luca, can you show how you do this routing only with plugins?

[Ericisyourmuse]

This is just the same as Multiband compression on the master bus in the box right? 😂