Logic Tips: Compressor Sidechain Filtering

In this Logic Pro Tips video, Jono Buchanan demonstrates some uses for sidechain filtering, the process of removing frequencies from a compressor's detector input. Learn how to stop your drum bus compressor from pumping too much. Also, hear the effect of different sidechain filtering modes and use Logic's Compressor to approximate the sound of an SSL G-Series Bus Compressor.

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0:00 Start
0:13 What is sidechain filtering?
1:02 Mix "glue"
1:53 How do compressors affect drum groups?
2:20 The kick problem and filters
3:14 High-pass sidechain filter
4:21 Sidechain filtering in Logic's Compressor
5:52 Sidechain options
6:55 Sidechain monitoring
8:46 Detection modes
9:25 Filter modes – LP, BP, HP, ParEQ
11:39 Recap