[HELP] Patchwork External Sidechain Routing - Da Vinci Resolve Fairlight

[edeneye]

Hey there, I'm trying to add external sidechaining in Da Vinci Resolve utilizing Bluecat Patchwork.

My goal is to run plugins inside of one instance of Patchwork with Pro-Q 3 inside it on Track A and have that plugin's output go into a sidechain of another instance of Patchwork into Pro-Q 3 on Track B.

I'm not sure if this is possible and I tried reading the manual - no luck.

Any help would be much appreciated, thanks for making great software!

[Blue Cat Audio]

This is indeed possible using PatchWork together with the Connector plug-in. It is a good way to overcome the limitations of DAWs that do not have side chain routing capabilities.

A detailed tutorial about this topic is in the works, but here is the outline:

• On the source track, place the Connector plug-in after the Pro Q plug-in in PatchWork, and set it up as a sender, in "app" mode.
• On the destination track B, force PatchWork I/O to stereo side chain (4 in / 2 out), using the I/O menu button in the main presets LCD area at the top of the plug-in. It should now be ready to do side chain routing internally.
• Check that the destination plug-in in Patchwork has 4 ins and 2 outs (click on the slot and select "Audio I/O"). If not, switch audio I/O to manual and select 4 ins and 2 outs. The plug-in is now ready to receive the side chain signal.
• Right before the destination plug-in, insert the Connector plug-in and set it up as a Receiver in App mode (same port number as the sender). It should be receiving the signal from Track A.
• Now click on the receiver Connector plug-in and select Audio I/O. Choose manual, with 2 ins and 2 outs, and select channel 3 and 4 for both input and output. The Connector plug-in is now feeding the side chain channels.

And here you go, you should now have a side chain running between Track A and B, feeding the destination plug-in on Track B with the output of the source plug-in on Track A.

I hope this helps.

[edeneye]

Y'all are amazing. This was super concise and worked perfectly. Thank you!

Just want to clarify for future users that for step 3 it should be 4 ins and 2 outs (or at least that's what worked for me)

[Blue Cat Audio]

Y'all are amazing. This was super concise and worked perfectly. Thank you!

Just want to clarify for future users that for step 3 it should be 4 ins and 2 outs (or at least that's what worked for me)

Oh indeed, my bad! Typo fixed!!

[Blue Cat Audio]

BTW it looks like someone already did a video tutorial on this topic!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lai0dgQVvU

[Blue Cat Audio]

For reference, here is a link to the blog post about this topic:
https://www.bluecataudio.com/Blog/tip-o ... patchwork/