Hello,
I'm using Patchwork (version 2.7.7) as a standalone app on the mac.
I have two parallel chains A, and B. I'm trying to put FF Pro-Q 4 at the end of chain B. I want it to duck B based on the input of A. It can apply a "spectral dynamics" resonance suppressor (like TrackSpacer).
I can't figure out how to get the output of chain A into FF Pro-Q as the sidechain input.
Is this even possible?
_ michael
Can Patchwork, when running standalone, send internal audio channels to the sidechain inputs of a hosted plugin?
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- KVRist
- 291 posts since 19 Jul, 2016
Also hoping to find out how to do this. And, related: please add a utility mixer to the internal plugins, so we can mix (and automate the mix) between the outputs of the several chains!
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Blue Cat Audio Blue Cat Audio https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=39981 - KVRAF
- 6336 posts since 8 Sep, 2004 from Paris (France)
Hello,
routing from one parallel chain to another is not possible directly in PatchWork (you need to use Connector to do that).
However in you case I guess that the input of all parallel chains is the same, right? In this case, if running in stereo, you just want to send channels 1-2 into channels 3-4 (the side chain channels). You can simply use a plug-in (for example the built-in gain plug-in, which will control the gain of the send to side chain) at the beginning of chain B and setup it's audio I/O like this:
- inputs:2 (in1: channel 1, in2: channel2).
- outputs:2 (out1: channel 3, out2: channel 4).
Audio will keep going unchanged on the main channels (1-2) and will be also routed with applied gain to the side chain channels (3-4). In the rest of the chain after this, if you want to process the side chain signal instead of the main signal, just change the audio I/O of the plug-ins that should modify the side chain to channels 3-4 (instead of default 1-2).
I hope this clarifies.
routing from one parallel chain to another is not possible directly in PatchWork (you need to use Connector to do that).
However in you case I guess that the input of all parallel chains is the same, right? In this case, if running in stereo, you just want to send channels 1-2 into channels 3-4 (the side chain channels). You can simply use a plug-in (for example the built-in gain plug-in, which will control the gain of the send to side chain) at the beginning of chain B and setup it's audio I/O like this:
- inputs:2 (in1: channel 1, in2: channel2).
- outputs:2 (out1: channel 3, out2: channel 4).
Audio will keep going unchanged on the main channels (1-2) and will be also routed with applied gain to the side chain channels (3-4). In the rest of the chain after this, if you want to process the side chain signal instead of the main signal, just change the audio I/O of the plug-ins that should modify the side chain to channels 3-4 (instead of default 1-2).
I hope this clarifies.
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- KVRist
- 291 posts since 19 Jul, 2016
And of course I can use a gain control on each chain to mix them. Just would be easier if I could route each chain to a different channel and then have a single plugin to receive all channels at the end, with a gain control on each. But, once I have that, I'm gonna want more stuff in it for sure hahaha!
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- KVRist
- 60 posts since 14 Mar, 2010
If you want to mix the output of each chain, you can use the existing chain post gain controls which are also available through automation. No plugin needed to do this.
Or am I misunderstanding what you mean?
Or am I misunderstanding what you mean?