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music attenuation when speaking
hello
i want to reduce music volume (to +- -20db) on track 1 when there is speaking on track 2
is it possible to this with Pro C
and how ?
(i use adobe audition)
Thank you
Marchal E — Nov 6, 2008
Hi Marchal,
Yes, this is a well-known compressor side-chain technique called 'ducking'. You add Pro-C to the track with the speaking, and route the signal of the other track to Pro-C's side chain input.
Then, you enable the Expert section in Pro-C and choose 'External' as detection signal. Finally, set up the threshold/ratio and attack/release settings to your liking.
You can read more about all this in the online manual for Pro-C:
www.fabfilter.com/help/pro-c
Cheers,