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We want to create space for this #guitar solo to be heard more easily among the dense layer of accompanying instruments that are in the same frequency range. For that we have created a pre-fader send channel that will send an exact copy of the guitar track to the SideChain input of an instance of #Waves F6 dynamic EQ in MS mode inserted on the #keyboard group. When the guitar track (which is panned to the center) produces some sound the F6 will reduce the center channel (mid) of the keyboard group channel without affecting the sides creating space for the guitar in the center without having to reduce the presence in the piano and pads on the sides. Notice how when F6 is in bypass it seems as if the guitar goes down in volume.

Insert F6 into the group channel of the accompanying instruments that you want to duck when the lead voice sounds. If you do not use. group channels this is a good time to start, they are very useful. With lead voice we mean a solo instrument, a singer or any performance that needs to be highlighted. On the input of the SideChain channel of the plugin select the send channel that comes from the lead track, in our case the guitar. Make sure that the volume of the send is at 0dB and that it's pre-fader.

Now select each band and select MID in each of them.
Select each band again and select SC SOURCE - EXT.

Now while the music is playing use the global Threshold control to reduce it on all bands equally until the needle is affected by the signal. To have a better idea select one of the middle bands, 3 or 4 offer a more realistic level of the instruments we are processing. Now use the global Range control to reduce it until you hear that the central signal is reduced by the dynamic movements of the lead track.

Make the relevant adjustments with Threshold and Range and finally listen in context. To apply this trick on vocals just replace the guitar track for the main vocal track and insert copies of the F6 on the keys and guitar tracks. The advantage of using Waves F6 as opposed to a single band compressor in mid/side is that the sidechain signal will affect each band of F6 differently and duck the keyboards more in the octaves where the guitar is currently playing.

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