I’m trying to make a simple sidechain to a compressor from one group to another. I’m in FMOD 2.03.08.
I’m attaching a video with the process. This video is tested INGAME, sorry I cut the video wrongly so you cant see the live update on, but it is.
I’m afraid I can’t see any issues in that video.
Is it that the compressor effect’s gain reduction meters aren’t animating? If so, that’s expected: The compressor effect’s meters calculate the amount of gain reduction to display by comparing the signal the effect receives as input to the signal it outputs, which means the meters don’t display anything when there’s no input signal, even if the effect is technically applying significant gain reduction to that signal.
You may want to consider using the multiband dynamics effect instead. It gets a direct feed from the monitoring system, so it knows the reduction values it’s applying even without a signal at its location, and thus doesn’t need input for its meters to accurately display the reduction being applied.
Thank you very much! It was indeed as you said with the compressor. Only compresses when there’s a signal. But I can’t seem to be able to make the multiband work? Could you see it to see what I’m doing wrong?
The compressor seems to compress the signal itself rather than the one I’m sidechaining.
(Just in case: In the video I’m focused on a disabled band, but it looks the same on the active one)