I decided to make a list of sidechain plugins, please note if I missed something. Ordered alphabetically by developer.

PLUGINS

arTrack Studios
- Compressor:Gate
Commercial, (unknown input)

Blue Cat Audio
- Blue Cats Dynamics (bundle of 5 plugins, not sold separately)
Commercial, stereo + mono

db-audioware
- Sidechain compressor
- Sidechain gate
- dB-D Dynamics Processor
Commercial, stereo(?)

Chunkware
- Vanilla Compressor
Free (for now), stereo(?)

Cockos
- ReaGate
- ReaComp
Free, Stereo(?)

Digidesign
- Dynamics III -bundle
Free (must be used with Pro Tools or Avid), (surround + stereo + mono)

Elevayta
- SpaceBoy
Commercial, stereo(?)

FabFilter
- Pro-C
Commercial, (stereo + mono)

Glitchtek
- Sidechain Gate
Free, stereo

Kjaerhus Audio
- Golden Uni-Pressor (GUP-1)
- Golden Audio Channel | GAC-1
- Golden Audio Gate | GAG-1
Commercial, stereo + mono

Metric Halo
- ChannelStrip
Commercial, stereo(?)

McDSP
- Channel G -bundle
- CompressorBank -bundle
Commercial, (stereo + mono + surround?)

OtiumFX
http://www.otiumfx.com/compadre.php
- Compadre
Commercial, stereo (only?)

RedShift Media
Ducker
Free, stereo(?)

RNDigital
- Dynam-izer
Commercial, Stereo(?)

Sinusweb
- Golden gate
Commercial, (unknown input)

Slim Slow Slider
- Side Chain compressor
- Side Chain gate/expander
Free, stereo + mono

Smartelectronix
- MdspCompressor
Free, (stereo input, mono sidechannel)

Sonalksis
- SV-315 Mk2 Compressor
- SV-719 Analogue Gate
Commercial, stereo + mono

Teragon Audio
- DualComp

Twisted Lemon
- Sidekick (sidechain emulator)
Free, stereo

URS
- URS Classic Console Strip Pro
- URS 1970 Compressor
- URS 1975 Compressor
- URS 1980 Compressor
Commercial, stereo(?)

VB-Audio
- Striptool
Commercial (V1 is free), stereo(?)

Voxengo
- Crunchessor
Commercial, stereo(?)

Wave Arts
- TrackPlug
Commercial, stereo(?)

Waves
- C1 Parametric compander
- Renessaince Channel
Commercial, mono + stereo

HOST INTEGRATED PLUGINS

Synapse
- Orion Platinum (Commercial)
+ Compressor (stereo)

SIDECHAIN COMPATIBLE HOSTS

Ableton Live
Apple Logic Pro
Cakewalk Sonar
Digidesign Pro Tools HD
Steinberg Cubase SX
Synapse Orpion Platinum
XT Software energyXT


Please list others that I am missing. Thanks
Last edited by ahjteam on Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:25 pm; edited 23 times in total

I think you just mean vsts available separately, so then my post doesn't make a lot of sense: In Orion (and Orion Platinum) you get sidechain compressors and sidechaining if it's useful too since years.

db-audioware additionally has directX-effects, older ones, that if I remember right use sidechain too. In fact, the db-audioware- one were the first I had, and they work like a charm.

Sonalksis SV315 also.

The new dBaudioware Sidechain Compressor..

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while it's not a side chain compressor- GoldenGate from Sinusweb is just great and quite reasonably priced. for side chain gating, I don't think it gets much better, really
I only wish it had a ducking option....hint, hint Sinus

you did see that it was third on the list already?

What do you mean by "unknown input" below Sonalksis SV315 Mk2? They clearly state that it supports external side chain input and you can clearly see that in the GUI.

Edit: D'oh, by the time I wrote this it was changed.. (the first post that is )

It meant that I didn't know was the input mono or stereo (mono has 2 channels, stereo 4) ... and I still don't know if there is a mono version available on sonalksis.

There is.

Im moving to mac, so can someone recommend me some??? sonaklsis looks ok but i have no idea how simple or hard sidehcain can be, ill be using cubase 4 and live 5

For side chaining in Cubase there's this tutorial. I'd say SV315 Mk2 is much more than OK. A great compressor sound, feature and performance wise.

not a plugin but orion platinums effect plugs are great and many have sidechain. orion is about the easiest thing in the world to setup sidechain for using it's native plugs.

also the mackie bundled effects with tracktion support sidechain (the channel strip and the comps)

As I was trying to find out the names of the plugins, I found out something sad while googling.





I added "host integrated plugins" section to the list, feel free to list those. Doesn't Logic Pro has integrated sidechain feature, right?

There's also the QuantumFX modular FX set from DB Audio. It has sidechains as independent FX that you can patch into anything - so you can sidechain resonant filters, make ducking delays as well as sidechaining compressors.