Action ProcedureNative Instruments and Ex-ternal EffectsOpen/close the effect window Press the lit Button 6 (PLUG-IN).You will find more details on Plug‐in operation in section ↑6.1, Plug‐in Overview. You will findmore details on the specific operations available for Native Instruments and External Effects insection ↑6.2.6, Page 6: Velocity / Modwheel.13.1.3 Using the Side-Chain InputFor certain Plug‐ins, MASCHINE allows you to use a side‐chain input to control how the effectsprocess the audio.What Is a Side-Chain Input?If we consider an effect unit that processes the signal incoming at its main input, side-chainingmeans using a secondary signal (the “side‐chain signal”) fed to a secondary input of the unit (the“side‐chain input”) to control the behavior of the processing. Usually the amplitude of the side‐chain signal will determinehow much the main signal will be processed by the unit.In music production the side‐chain signal is most of the time another audio track of the project.A common example is the use of the kick drum track as side‐chain for the compression of thebass track: on each kick the compressor will compress the bass more, resulting in a typicalpumping effect between kick and bass that can be heard in various styles of dance music.The Side-Chain Parameter PageThe following Internal, Native Instruments, and External Plug‐ins support side‐chaining:▪ Internal Plug‐ins: Compressor, Maximizer, Limiter, Gate, Filter.▪ AU plug‐ins (Native Instruments and External): Any AU plug‐in with side‐chain input.▪ VST plug‐ins (Native Instruments and External): Any VST plug‐in with multiple inputs.When you load any of these Plug‐ins in a Sound or a Group, a Side‐Chain Input Parameter pageappears at the end of the page list.Side‐chaining is not possible at the Master level (i.e. if the Plug‐in is loaded in a Plug‐in slot of theMaster).Using EffectsApplying Effects to a Sound, a Group or the MasterMASCHINE ‐ オペレーション マニュアル ‐ 578
