>Steve, > Sorry for being dense on side-chain issues, but I've shied away from >using these specific plugins inside of Ardour since I seem incapable of >figuring out on my own how the side chain gets hooked up within that >application. Is this an Ardour issue, or am I just missing some simple piece >of info that makes it obvious?
yes, its an app-specific question. present: ardour can't hook up the side chains in any useful way, sort of future: such plugins would be inserted into a patch bay-like object, and connected to from there using wires or something similar. between time: you could always use jackrack or some similar tool, put the plugin there, and connect "by hand" from within ardour. you'd create a port insert in the relevant audio track to send/return the audio to the compressor, then connect whatever you want to the side chain ports of the compressor. port inserts add latency, however. --p
