Sorry, I disagree. 1) Side-chain input is common on multi-band compressors. Almost every contemporary multi-band compressor plugin is side-chain enabled. 2) Compressing a specific frequency band of an input signal according to the loudness of a side-chain signal is a common production technique. For example, to compress the low end of a bass sound when a kick drum hits, without affecting its high end frequency content. 3) The signal on the side-chain input doesn't need to be frequency split. Some compressors (multi-band or simple) might have an EQ section on the side-chain input but, usually, the multi-band compressor just uses the loudness of the complete signal on the side-chain input to affect specific frequency bands of the main input signal.
I'd strongly recommend implementing this. See comment below. One could probably achieve a similar effect by using a Bandsplitter to separate an input signal in several frequency bands, using the side-chain enabled Gravity compressor to process one or more of the bands (illustrating the point that a side-chain signal doesn't need to be band-split itself) and using a Merger to combine the bands in a complete signal, but doing the same through a side-chain enabled multi-band compressor like Quantum would be much more convenient, and it's standard practice in music production studios.
A side-chain input can be theoretically used in any device where it makes sense to affect one signal depending on the loudness of another signal. It's not tied to a specific kind of compressor. See examples like the Gate, Autofilter or Waveshaper. Side-chain and multi-band aren't mutually exclusive at all.
Honestly, the easiest way to fix this, if you have an issue, is run it through a splitter, single out the frequency, run it through gravity, then into a merger. you can place a second quantum through the second end of the splitter and just tweak that to your liking.
Well, that's exactly what I described below. And it definitely is the easiest solution for the developers, but not for the users, which have to come up with this set up. Besides, a BandSplitter gives you just three bands, while Quantum has four. And Quantum gives you facilities like solo, mute and bypass per band to easily control the effect. That would take more work with a bandsplitter/gravity/merger multi-device setup. Also, I don't understand "you can place a second quantum through the second end of the splitter and just tweak that to your liking." You have two Quantums then? Why? Where is the first one? And why would you multi-band compress a signal that is itself a bandsplit of the original one?
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I'm pretty sure it's because it's a multiband compressor. Not a sidechain compressor. But I don't know enough to give you a real answer.
Sorry, I disagree. 1) Side-chain input is common on multi-band compressors. Almost every contemporary multi-band compressor plugin is side-chain enabled. 2) Compressing a specific frequency band of an input signal according to the loudness of a side-chain signal is a common production technique. For example, to compress the low end of a bass sound when a kick drum hits, without affecting its high end frequency content. 3) The signal on the side-chain input doesn't need to be frequency split. Some compressors (multi-band or simple) might have an EQ section on the side-chain input but, usually, the multi-band compressor just uses the loudness of the complete signal on the side-chain input to affect specific frequency bands of the main input signal.
I'd strongly recommend implementing this. See comment below. One could probably achieve a similar effect by using a Bandsplitter to separate an input signal in several frequency bands, using the side-chain enabled Gravity compressor to process one or more of the bands (illustrating the point that a side-chain signal doesn't need to be band-split itself) and using a Merger to combine the bands in a complete signal, but doing the same through a side-chain enabled multi-band compressor like Quantum would be much more convenient, and it's standard practice in music production studios.
A side-chain input can be theoretically used in any device where it makes sense to affect one signal depending on the loudness of another signal. It's not tied to a specific kind of compressor. See examples like the Gate, Autofilter or Waveshaper. Side-chain and multi-band aren't mutually exclusive at all.
Honestly, the easiest way to fix this, if you have an issue, is run it through a splitter, single out the frequency, run it through gravity, then into a merger. you can place a second quantum through the second end of the splitter and just tweak that to your liking.
Well, that's exactly what I described below. And it definitely is the easiest solution for the developers, but not for the users, which have to come up with this set up. Besides, a BandSplitter gives you just three bands, while Quantum has four. And Quantum gives you facilities like solo, mute and bypass per band to easily control the effect. That would take more work with a bandsplitter/gravity/merger multi-device setup. Also, I don't understand "you can place a second quantum through the second end of the splitter and just tweak that to your liking." You have two Quantums then? Why? Where is the first one? And why would you multi-band compress a signal that is itself a bandsplit of the original one?
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