Press play and instantly see how LFO tool is affecting your audio! All you have to do is turn on the button that says вЂњscopeвЂќ 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 вЂњsmoothвЂќ 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!ДЇinally, you need to make sure you donвЂ™t get that annoying вЂњclickвЂќ 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 вЂњclickвЂќ 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 creatingВ your desired sidechain shape.

By default it will have a sidechain curve already drawn in. I chose SerumВ because itвЂ™s my favorite, but it doesnвЂ™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 doesnвЂ™t know how you can use LFO Tool to sidechain in вЂњ4 on the floorвЂќ 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 donвЂ™t realize you can also use it for music with drum patterns that donвЂ™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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