(Double post)

[SparkySpark]

Hi,

I have vocals competing with strings and want to apply sidechain compression to the strings to duck them when the vocals set in.

I have tried following online tutorials, but the problem is that I don't understand the sidechain part of my DAW's compressor, so I can't follow the tutorials.

Could someone please either tell me what figures to use for the compressor pictured below, or tell me the settings of a free compressor with sidechaining possibilities?

(I can hear results if I crank everything up to 100, so it seems I've gor the routing correct, it's just the settings that I need help with.)

Thanks a lot!

compressor.PNG

[MFXxx]

Fabfilters Pro-C or DMGAudio Expurgate are well worth a look, however the jpg attachement you posted isnt showing.

I would suggest demo expurgate good frequnecy control of gating/ducking.

The settings you want may not necessarily be gating/ducking. Have you checked each part to see what frequencies they are both using. Possibly getting some frequency crossover that some eq may resolve.

[SparkySpark]

Thanks. The infamous double posting problem stole my png so I renamed the threads. The img is found in the other thread.

I solved the problem in an easy way: the verses and chori have constant vocals so I just lowered the strings at those times.

Still wondering though for future reference.