Instruction Manual

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Sidechainable Vintage Channel VC-64 Plug-in
New Features in SONAR 7
Sidechainable Vintage Channel VC-64
Plug-in
Note: the Vintage Channel VC-64 plug-in is only available in SONAR
Producer Edition.
The Vintage Channel VC-64 plug-in now supports sidechaining (see
Sidechaining). When an instance of Vintage Channel VC-64 is inserted in a
project, you can assign audio track, bus and send outputs to its sidechain
input.
Each Compressor and EQ can be configured to listen to the sidechain input.
The sidechain signal is always applied to the last input(s) of the VC-64.
Sidechain Controls
The VC-64 has three buttons that affect sidechaining:
Key (for each compressor)—Enabling sidechaining on one of the
compressors will send the sidechain input(s) to the level detector of that
compressor. This function compresses the signal based on the sidechain
level rather than the primary input level.
Listen—Enable to listen to the compressor’s sidechain signal instead of the
ordinary output.
Key (for each EQ)—Enabling sidechaining on one of the equalizers will
replace its normal input (according to its routing) with the sidechain signal.
Note 1: When you enable Key on one of the compressors, the internal
compressor sidechain (detector chain) is fed from the external sidechain
inputs. When you enable Listen you will hear what's on the compressor’s
sidechain regardless if this comes from the external sidechain inputs or not.
If you want to hear the external sidechain you must enable both Key and
Listen on one of the compressors.
Note 2: If Listen is enabled on both compressors only the sidechain of
Compressor 2 will be heard.