Audio Sidechain

A stereo audio input selected from another path inside the current Bitwig project.

What it does #

Audio Sidechain brings audio from a chosen track, device, or other routable project source directly into the Grid without changing the device's main Audio In path.

Controls and ports #

Control	Label	Official description
out	Out	Audio signals from a selected project path
path	Audio Path	Project path to use

Practical uses #

• Drive an envelope follower, compressor detector, ring modulator, or spectral process from another track.
• Compare or combine the main Audio In signal with a separately selected project source.

Things to know #

• The selected path and tap point determine whether pre/post-fader processing is included.
• Sidechain latency can differ from the main signal and may be affected by plug-in delay compensation.
• This is project routing, not a physical hardware input.

Technical details #

No Nitro implementation has been confirmed for this visible module. The behavior is described conservatively from module metadata and editorial research.

Audio Sidechain is a host routing terminal rather than a self-contained DSP transform: out is the stereo stream from the selected project path. Selection, latency compensation, channel adaptation, and missing-source behavior are handled outside Nitro.

Open questions #

• Record available tap points, latency/compensation, mono-to-stereo rules, missing or frozen source behavior, feedback prevention, and voice scope.

Version and sources #

Checked against Bitwig Studio 6.0.6. This page combines Bitwig's module metadata, the existing Grid course and guides, and Nitro analysis where the mapping is strong enough to support a technical statement.

Related material #

• Grid Modules course reference

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