User Manual

THE MAIN MIXER
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About compression sidechaining of several channels from one source channel
If you want to use compression sidechaining of several (destination) channels from a single source channel, there are
some options of doing that:
• If you are already using both Parallel outputs for sidechaining, tap an additional sidechain signal from one of
the Insert FX “To Device” outputs of the source channel.
This is useful if you are not using both “To Device” outputs for insert effects in the source channel.
•Use a “Spider Audio Merger & Splitter” device to split the sidechain signal from the Parallel outputs and/or In-
sert FX “To Device” output into several signals.
Each of these signals can then be individually routed to each Sidechain Input of the desired destination Audio
Track/Mix Channel devices.
• Create an Output Bus (sub-mixer) and route all (destination) channels you want to control to this Output Bus.
Then, route the sidechain signal from the source channel device to the Sidechain Input of the Output Bus Mix
Channel device.
See “Output Busses” for information.
About internal compression sidechaining
Another typical application for compression sidechaining is to use the internal signal of the channel, filter it, and then
feed to the compressor via “internal” sidechaining. This type of internal sidechaining can be used for de-essing, for
example. No additional patching is required for this; you only have to activate the “Filters to Dynamics Sidechain” but-
ton in the Filter or EQ sections. See “About the Filters To Dynamics Sidechain button”.
Using the Mix Channel and Audio Track devices’ Direct Outs
The Mix Channel and Audio Track devices feature Direct Out connectors. By patching cables into these outputs, you
break the internal signal chain from the device to the Master Section, and can route the channel output signals di-
rectly to the Reason Hardware Device’s outputs. This is a very nice feature if you want to use outboard mixing or
summing - or if you’re using ReWire (see “ReWire”) to route individual channel signals to another application.