sidechain-setup skillA
sidechain-setup is agent-read markdown (skill) from glincker/ableton-skills: 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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mdr add glincker/ableton-skills/sidechain-setup@git:20260427.ace5489mdr add glincker/ableton-skills/sidechain-setup@sha256:e1f22543c9c206c5Pin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.
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glincker/ableton-skills · 31 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-23 · branch main
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