Turn this feature on by pressing the note icon beside “Note Retrig” on the left side of LFO Tool. The next step is to set up LFO Tool to retrigger based on an external MIDI source. The reason you shouldn’t do it the way I talked about before is that LFO Tool will be getting retriggered based on the drum pattern so it won’t even reach the point where the previous trick will affect it. You can also go ahead and turn up the smooth a little bit, which prevents that annoying “click”. The goal is to simply duck the audio out long enough that the kick comes through by itself. Remember, the rate is longer so it won’t look the same as the “4 on the floor” shape. This will ensure LFO tool doesn’t loop over after initial sidechain (until you want it to sidechain again). Next, add LFO Tool to the track you want to sidechain. Then draw in your desired kick pattern as seen below: The first thing you need to do is create a Drum Rack and put a kick drum in it. There are quite a few steps to this but once you get the hang of it, it is very easy to set up. I used LFO Tool for a long time before I discovered this trick, but I am so glad I did because compression sidechaining just wasn’t cutting it for me when I wasn’t making house music. Here’s where LFO Tool can come through for non-house producers. Now it’s time to get a little bit advanced with non 4 on the floor sidechaining. That is basically all you need to know about using LFO Tool for “4 on the floor” sidechaining. Press play and instantly see how LFO tool is affecting your audio! All you have to do is turn on the button that says “scope” under the filter section. The best way to know how it is affecting the audio is of course listening to it, but it is a nice tool if you want a visual. This feature is very useful for seeing how your sidechaining is affecting the audio. The second trick you may way to use is the scope feature. You can use this to drastically alter your sidechain shape without moving any of the points! Drag it left to make it less intense, and drag it right to make it more intense. There are a few more tricks you can use while doing basic sidechaining with LFO Tool. All you have to do is drag it over just slightly and the click will be gone, as seen below: You can use the “smooth” function (which I will go over more later) or simply adjust the top right point a bit to completely eliminate the click. This is very common in compression sidechaining and is fixable, but is much easier to fix with LFO Tool. Try to make it as smooth as possible!įinally, you need to make sure you don’t get that annoying “click” sound that will ruin your sidechain. Use the see-through points to adjust the curve to your liking. Next, adjust the point in the middle to where you would like it (depends on how you want it to sound). To start, drag the point on the very left of the graph all the way down to the bottom as seen below: Eliminating the “click” sound in between each time it sidechains.Making the sidechain curve as smooth as possible.Ducking the volume all the way to the bottom.I typically do different shapes on every song depending on the sound I am going for but I always keep three things consistent: The greatest thing about using LFO Tool for sidechaining is that you have much more control over the way your sidechain sounds than typical compression sidechaining. Now you can start creating your desired sidechain shape. By default it will have a sidechain curve already drawn in. I chose Serum because it’s my favorite, but it doesn’t matter for this example. First create a midi track, draw a long midi note on it, and place any synth on it. We will start with the basics first in case anyone doesn’t know how you can use LFO Tool to sidechain in “4 on the floor” songs. This trick is something all of my producer friends were thrilled to find out about and I sure you will be too! I will be using Ableton Live 9but the same concepts apply in any DAW. Today I will going over the basics of using LFO Tool as well as using it to sidechain non traditional drum patterns. Many people use it for sidechaining in "4 on the floor" music, but don’t realize you can also use it for music with drum patterns that don’t have a consistent pattern (such as Trap). LFO Tool by XFER Records is by far the best way to sidechain in EDM production.
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