
Eliminating the “click” sound in between each time it sidechains.Making the sidechain curve as smooth as possible.

Ducking the volume all the way to the bottom.I typically do different shapes on every song depending on the sound I am going for but I always keep three things consistent: The greatest thing about using LFO Tool for sidechaining is that you have much more control over the way your sidechain sounds than typical compression sidechaining. Now you can start creating your desired sidechain shape. By default it will have a sidechain curve already drawn in. I chose Serum because it’s my favorite, but it doesn’t matter for this example. First create a midi track, draw a long midi note on it, and place any synth on it. We will start with the basics first in case anyone doesn’t know how you can use LFO Tool to sidechain in “4 on the floor” songs. This trick is something all of my producer friends were thrilled to find out about and I sure you will be too! I will be using Ableton Live 9but the same concepts apply in any DAW. Today I will going over the basics of using LFO Tool as well as using it to sidechain non traditional drum patterns.

Many people use it for sidechaining in "4 on the floor" music, but don’t realize you can also use it for music with drum patterns that don’t have a consistent pattern (such as Trap). LFO Tool by XFER Records is by far the best way to sidechain in EDM production.
