Thermionic Culture THE PHOENIX Mastering Plus - Manual (Page 5)

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down when the bass instrument is introduced. This is
especially noticeable when using heavy compression.
The sidechain can also be useful on single instrument
sources, perhaps a vocal that needs to be dynamically
controlled in the mid-range frequencies for example.
Another useful effect of the control is that it is possible to
make more use of the faster attack times available on the
Phoenix. When the sidechain control is activated the
Phoenix will be responding to the higher frequencies. As
these frequencies are commonly associated with transient
responses it is now possible to speed the attack time of the
Phoenix up so that it predominantly compresses these
transients.