WESAUDIO
3/15/17
_MIMAS USER MANUAL REV4
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6.6.
Digital Side Chain
Side chain feature allows sending side chain signal from your DAW (from plugin itself) to HW
unit to trigger the compression. There are no additional actions required to enable this feature on HW
side, it is enough to configure side chain signal in WesAudio plugin (exactly the same way any other
plugin configures SC). Below you can find high level picture describing possible connection of HW unit to
work with side chain feature (Please note that below picture shows only one possible setup, in practice
audio signal can be sent from any source).
6.6.1.
Reaper note about automatic Side Chain detection in VST3
Reaper Side Chain feature works little bit different compared to other VST3 hosts. When user
will set side chain signal to be sent to any of WesAudio devices, this will activate Side Chain in the
hardware, meaning that only signal sent directly though USB will trigger the compressor. However if that
signal path will be removed from the track through “routing” section, Plugin is not notified about this
change, and thus it will remain in Side Chain mode. To disable side chain, please go to plugin in/out
matrix and disable auxiliary inputs (e.g. “
Mono Aux In”
). This manual action will disable side chain in the
hardware itself.
6.7.
Pro Tools Integration
Starting from software release 2.1 WesAudio plugins integrates with Pro Tools using all powerful
features:
PT11+ all meters which are selected through “Meter Selection” button are integrated in the mix
view, showing you gain reduction from mixer perspective,
DAW
WesAudio
AAX/VST3/AU
HW
SC signal through USB cable
I
N
Audio signal
O
U
T
Audio Signal
Audio Interface
OUT
Audio Interface
IN