

At the top of the Mixer, set the output for the side chain track to the side-chain input of FabFilter Pro-Q 3.In the plug-in header, click on the Activate Side-Chain button (right of the R/W buttons) to enable the external side chain in Cubase.In the main track, click on an empty insert slot and select the VST 3 version of FabFilter Pro-Q 3 in the EQ menu (note the VST 3 icon which looks like ///). You can simply drag audio files from a Finder/Explorer window onto a track. Add audio files on both the main track and the side chain track.Add two audio tracks that we'll use as main track and side chain track.Open Cubase and create a new empty project.Confirm that FabFilter Pro-Q 3 shows the side-chain spectrum now. Play the audio and make sure you've chosen the 'Side Chain' item from the external spectrum list in the Analyzer panel. We'll call this track the side chain track.Īfter setting up everything according to the instructions below for your host, you can check whether everything is routed correctly. The second track contains the audio that we want to route to Pro-Q 3's external side-chain input. The first one contains the audio that we want to process with Pro-Q 3, which we'll call the main track from now. To explain how it works, we use a scenario with two tracks. This topic describes the procedure for some of the most popular hosts around: Cubase, Logic Pro, Ableton Live and Pro Tools. Also, you can use the SC input to let Pro-Q 3 match its spectrum, using EQ Match.įeeding a signal to a plug-in's side-chain inputs works slightly different in various hosts. FabFilter Pro-Q 3 offers the possibility of feeding an external signal to its side chain, so that you can visualize the signal in the Analyzer, comparing it with the pre-EQ and post-EQ spectrums.
