sidechain-setup SKILL.md skillA
sidechain-setup from glincker/ableton-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add glincker/ableton-skills/sidechain-setup@git:20260427.ace5489Pins git:20260427.ace5489 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
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- SKILL.md skill
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- glincker/ableton-skills
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- License
- MIT
Use when the user wants to set up sidechain compression - typically kick → bass, kick → pads, vocals → music bed. Examples - "sidechain my bass to the kick", "make the synths duck under the vocal", "add pumping to the chords".
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What the file says
# Sidechain Setup Set up sidechain compression routing. Different DAWs/MCP servers expose this differently — read the available tools and use the simplest path. ## Workflow ### 1. Identify the source and target - **Source** = trigger (the track that *causes* the duck) — usually kick or vocal - **Target** = the track that *gets ducked* — usually bass, pads, or music bed Confirm with user: "Sidechain target = bass on track 2, source = kick on track 1?" ### 2. Choose the technique #### A. Compressor sidechain (standard for kick→bass) - Add Compressor to the target track - Enable sidechain input on the compressor - Route source: select the kick track as the input - Settings: - Ratio: 4:1 - Attack: 5 ms - Release: 80-120 ms (release should match the tempo — at 120 BPM, 1 beat = 500ms, so 100ms ≈ 1/8 note) - Threshold: set so that GR shows -4 to -6 dB on each kick hit - Output gain: +1 to +2 dB to compensate #### B. Glue Compressor sidechain (more musical for buses) Same as above but using Glue Compressor — gives a more "analog" pumping sound, typical for house/EDM masters where you want musical pumping. #### C. LFO Tool / volume automation (creative) …
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How to install
mdr add glincker/ableton-skills/sidechain-setup@sha256:e1f22543c9c206c5The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260427.ace5489, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Source
glincker/ableton-skills · 47 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-23 · branch main
API
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