How do I add different volumes/levels of sidechain on multiple tracks?

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AJ8TER5

I hardly know much about sidechaining in this place or in general. I watched dozens of tutorials for other DAWs, but I haven't figured out the methods of sidechaining on Audiotool itself and I'm stuck on it. Like, sometimes I may not want all my tracks to sound all pumpy n stuff.

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    ApoC

    Sidechaining is a process that engineers/producers use by way of a compressor to decrease the volume of certain parts of a recording. The purpose is to push a sound instantly out of a different way with another sound.

    As for adding a good amount of sidechain to a pad by not adding too much into a lead. I would say only keep things side-chained to the kick and snare. Because they are the only elements with low-end transients that will cut through the mix basically. Therefore, if the pads are conflicting with something, that usually means two sounds have a similarity in frequency peaks which are conflicting.

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    Pathfinder

    here it is explained with the old compressor, but should fit for both compressors, for different sidechaining you can add several compressors to the same signal and set them differently

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      AJ8TER5

      Um, still don't know what you're talking about. Like, to be a little more clearer, I was meaning for example, adding a good amount of sidechain to a pad but not adding too much sidechain to a lead. Please note, I'am autistic and don't have all that great comprehension.