# Sidechaining within an event
**URL:** https://qa.fmod.com/t/sidechaining-within-an-event/19902
**Category:** FMOD Studio
**Created:** [February 22, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/sidechaining-within-an-event/19902 "2023-02-22T11:56:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@fractanimal](https://qa.fmod.com/u/fractanimal)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/sidechaining-within-an-event/19902/1 "2023-02-22T11:56:53Z")
Hi,
I want to use one track to sidechain another track within the same event. Is this possible in fmod?
Can someone give me a brief explaination of how I achieve this? Or do I have to do it via the mixer?
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### Author:  [@Alcibiade](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Alcibiade)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2023, 1:20pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/sidechaining-within-an-event/19902/2 "2023-02-22T13:20:49Z")
You want the sidechain to trigger what, exactly?
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### Author:  [@fractanimal](https://qa.fmod.com/u/fractanimal)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2023, 3:56am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/sidechaining-within-an-event/19902/3 "2023-03-05T03:56:28Z")
hey Alci, sorry for the delay.
I want the sidechain to compress the volume of the music with the dialogue.
I have an event with music on one track, and dialogue on another. The dialogue is mixed in time with the music, and it’s all in the one event.
I want the dialogue track to sidechain the music track, compressing/lowering the music’s volume when it plays.
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### Author:  [@fractanimal](https://qa.fmod.com/u/fractanimal)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/sidechaining-within-an-event/19902/4 "2023-03-10T22:31:38Z")
any info on this dude? \<3
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### Author:  [@Alcibiade](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Alcibiade)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2023, 6:41am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/sidechaining-within-an-event/19902/5 "2023-03-11T06:41:29Z")
Hi,
This is the most basic and straightforward use of the sidechain. Add a sidechain in the dialogue track effect chain, and add a modulator based on that sidechain on the volume of the music track. And set the knobs until it works as you want.
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### Author:  [@fractanimal](https://qa.fmod.com/u/fractanimal)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2023, 2:41am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/sidechaining-within-an-event/19902/6 "2023-03-13T02:41:34Z")
Oh epic, works perfectly. Thanks man.
Yeah I do this all the time in my DAW, just had trouble wrapping my head around how it works in FMOD.
Thanks Alci!