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Side-chain compression in Premiere Pro CC
Here is an example:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVe0SHaAX2w
forums.creativecow.net/thread/3/884683
A solution to use Pro C in Premier Pro for side chain compression would be great for all the editors out there that want to perform auto ducking etc but don't want to round trip to Audition.
So, can anybody tell, how its work in Pr? How to configure sequenc., for sidechain with Pro-C or MB ?
I just tested with Premiere Pro CC 2018 and it doesn't look like it supports side chains either with VST2 or VST3 plugins, unfortunately. There's a channel router per plugin but it only shows the main input bus, not the side chain bus.
Cheers,
It is a big oversight this is not adressed.
Work together with Adobe it should be possible.
Adobe introduced some Smart Audio but this is a joke just putting some level changes and no sidechain compression.
Premiere has added Auto Ducking to their own sound tools back in 2018, but they have not incorporated side-chaining for third party plug-ins as far as we know. Our plug-ins are fully capable of side-chaining, but unfortunately when the host does not have the features there's not a lot we can do about it. All I can suggest is that you request the feature with Adobe.
Beatgrid managed to make it work without any help from adobe, here is their solution :
beatrig.com/support/sk6e/quickstart-premiere
So I guess FabFilter team could do it too with Pro-C
I found some VST plugins that can do side-chain compression in Premiere Pro CC.
It works by placing the plugin on both the music and the narrator. This is available since quite some time but these are free non professional plugins.
Of course doing a roundtrip in audition this works wonderfully with Fabfilter plugins.
But not everytime a roundtrip is worth the effort. I think helping to setup the Pro-C for this would open a market on its own for the video editors on Premiere.
Probably it is possible already. But I did not see how. There are channel settings in premiere that even say sidechain and look promising but I gave up soon (probably too soon).
Looking forward for answers.
Keep up the good work.