{"id":44823,"date":"2020-07-10T07:00:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T14:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/promixacademy.com\/blog\/?p=44823"},"modified":"2020-05-07T09:09:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T16:09:28","slug":"setting-up-and-using-sidechain-compression-in-studio-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/promixacademy.com\/blog\/setting-up-and-using-sidechain-compression-in-studio-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting Up and Using Sidechain Compression in Studio One"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Carlo Libertini is a Melodyne audio editing specialist with Music Marketing Inc. of North America. 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