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Old 12-02-2009, 05:01 PM
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Default Is it possible to side-chain an EQ?

I'd like to side-chain an EQ if possible.

Why? We have a situation in the studio where a vocalist wants to sing over a completely mixed and mastered stereo instrumental track.

My previous experience with this type of thing is that it always end up sounding karaoke.

I have had good reasonable luck in the past blending music and vocals by scooping some frequencies in the music and boosting them in the vocals and vice versa. But that was on unmastered material.

In this case, I don't want those scooped frequencies in the music scooped while she's not singing. Hence, a side-chain EQ would be perfect. When she sings, the frequencies dip. When she doesn't, they pop back.

I'm quite familiar with side-chaining compressors. You use the 'key input' and bussing. But the Digi Eqs don't have Key inputs.

Anyone have any brainstorms on how to do this?
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Old 12-02-2009, 05:36 PM
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Default Re: Is it possible to side-chain an EQ?

I've never seen any EQ qith a side-chain input. What about putting a multi-band compressor on the music track and side-chain it with the vocal? In any case, I would think that a well-recorded vocal would blend with a decent music mix(take advantage of automation). Since the music is already mastered, I would bring the music into a session and probably trim it down a couple of db. Then add the same mastering limiter to both the music track AND the vocal track(to match the latency once you have the vocal all recorded). By applying some mastering limiter to the final vocal, it should blend with the music a bit better. Maybe slap a mastering limiter on a master track so you don't get an OVER when you bounce it down(just set the output ceiling to -.02 and apply little or no GR).
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Old 12-03-2009, 04:37 PM
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Default Re: Is it possible to side-chain an EQ?

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In this case, I don't want those scooped frequencies in the music scooped while she's not singing.
Twice the work, but:
Print two mixes (one with vocal and one without) and then comp them.
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Default Re: Is it possible to side-chain an EQ?

You could also set up a frequency sensitive side chain gate to "duck" those frequencies when she is singing.
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