My sidechain workflow: Only 3. That's it. Here's why.

🎚️🎚️ Join the Pro Sound Secrets VIP priority waitlist https://www.basskleph.com/pss This entire project runs on just two sidechains. Hard and Medium. That's it. Most producers open a session and start dragging sidechain compressors onto every track — kick to bass, kick to pads, kick to leads. Twenty instances later, the low end feels tighter but something's off and you can't pinpoint what. The producers getting the cleanest, grooviest low end aren't doing that. They're running their entire sidechain system off two or three return tracks — and once it's set up, you never rebuild it. Chapters 00:00 Two Sidechain System 00:44 Routing via Returns 01:28 Why Limit Sidechains 02:12 Start With One 02:55 Dial Release Groove 04:15 Filter the Trigger 04:46 Duplicate Medium Soft 06:43 Template and Freezing 07:47 Workflow Philosophy 📥 Get my Ableton Compressor sidechain preset: https://www.basskleph.com/sidechain 🔗 Pro Sound Secrets VIP waitlist (no commitment, free resources while you wait): https://www.basskleph.com/pss