Logic Pro 8 - How can I volume gate certain instruments or group of tracks?

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Example: Logic Pro (version X) - How can I volume gate certain instruments or group of tracks?

 

In Logic you can use a process called side chaining. Saw a great tutorial on this at macprovideo.com
let me see if I can explain it.

you need two tracks (with regions). One to be gated (let's call it synth) and one to be the gate source (let's call it Kick drum).

On Synth insert noise gate plugin.
If kick drum is on software instrument track route the output to a new bus. (Set the Bus output to none).
On noise gate set the sidechain to the Bus.
Press play. every time there is a kick it triggers the noise gate on the synth track.

Other plugins have sidechaining abilties like the Compressor.

deej