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sidechain compression?
I would like to be able to use sidechain compression in my videos where I have narration with BG music. Does anyone know if this can be achieved in Vegas? I couldn’t figure out how to feed in a key signal to the standard compressor.
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Each audio track in Vegas has an effects button in the left window of the track. When you click the effects button a window opens up that will allow you to assign many different effectc. The compressor effect is fully adjustable and works well.
The same options are available on the master audio track if you want to apply an effect to your final mix
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While every track and bus has it’s own individual FX chain, I don’t think there’s any way to do a sidechain in Vegas. What were you trying to accomplish?
Steve Mann
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It can’t be done directly in Vegas.
One option is to buy Sidechain Compressor from db audioware ($90 U.S.).
https://www.db-audioware.com/sidechain-compressor.htmlThe other is to follow the steps outlined by user M_B in the following thread on the Sony Vegas forum.
sidechain aka key-in compression – impossible? -
As an alternative, you can use scripting extensions, f.eg. – Voice Over
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Thanks everyone.
Mike, you’ve given me some good leads to chase up on with that thread. I already have a couple of good VST compressors with side-chain functionality. I’ll see if I can get one of those methods described, to be a viable workflow. The idea is that once I nail it, then I can keep using it. If it was just for a one-off project, then I would just use track automation. But I want to get something that will work well, and work reliably long-term. Would have been lovely if Sony implemented Re-Wire the way they did in Acid. I can easily access free/cheap DAWs (music software) which can host the audio without having to go through an error-prone export/import process.
If I can sort something out, I’ll post a video tutorial or something.
maybe track/channel architecture and rewire should be on the requested features list.
Thanks again.
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“As an alternative, you can use scripting extensions, f.eg. – Voice Over”
This definitely looks like it will do the job. Would be good if I could just purchase this tool at a cheaper price. I can look at the rest of the Vegasaur suite, but that will take some time which I don’t have right now.
Thanks for the solution. Much appreciated.
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You can freely use Vegasaur within 30-day trial period
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Or the original tool that could do this – Excalibur
Or the second tool that could to this – Ultimate S
Edward Troxel
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Sounds like you work for Sony….
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