There are far more workarounds in Rb than we sometimes think, and Mr. Bob here is a guru of them. I really have to dig in a bit and learn some of the finer points.

For true real ducking programs like Multitrackstudios, Reaper, Sonar have more options. If you have not read up on them take a look at their websites and do the research. In Reaper i watched an old video of Reaper 1, and it details the process, at MTS there is a piece in the manual about ducking very interesting.

What i bet is that with a third party compressor, and a little work we might find a workable solution in RB.

The purpose of mentioning the above DAW programs is not to promote them, but to give an idea what we need in RB to make it a little better.

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