Using The God Particle's built-in sidechain feature, it's possible to export stems from your project while retaining the effect of The God Particle's character & EQ on your mix. While there are some variations to bear in mind in certain DAWs which we've outlined below, here's a step by step guide on how to do it.

⚠️ Before you begin, please note the following points: ⚠️

• The God Particle is designed as a stereo mixbus processor, and this process does not necessarily guarantee an exact replica of your original mix. The workflows described in this document are meant to produce approximations of The God Particle's sound in scenarios that require multi-channel or stem processing.

• The God Particle's side chain input is only affecting the dynamic processing within the character section. The limiter is receiving the exact same audio signal on both its audio and sidechain inputs independent of the state of the side chain settings applied. As such, this method requires the limiter to be disengaged on all active instances of TGP. The stems will be processed by both the built-in EQ rack & character section of the plug-in, but any limiting should be applied to the summed stems after exporting.

• This process can be very CPU intensive. We recommend aiming for as few individual stems as possible to reduce CPU usage as much as possible, given that multiple instances of The God Particle are required for this workflow.

Initial routing:

1. Save a backup copy of your project.
2. Bypass TGP on the master channel and render an 'original mix' file of the master output without TGP active. This will be used to trigger the external sidechain in TGP for each stem.
3. Once rendered, insert this 'original mix' file into a new channel within your project and disable that channel's output (rather than just muting). Be sure to place it at the starting point of your project timeline so that it is in sync with all track elements.
4. Create a new 'sidechain' bus and send the rendered 'original mix' file at unity gain (0dB) to this bus.
5. Deactivate the output on the 'sidechain' bus.

TGP setup:
1. Add an instance of TGP to the channel strip of each stem you wish to bounce, ensuring that the settings in each instance of TGP match and the limiter is turned off (you may wish to save it as a preset for quickness).
2. In each instance of TGP, ensure the sidechain input is set to EXT (external).
3. In the DAW plug-in sidechain settings of each TGP instance, set your 'sidechain' bus as the input (NB. this is only possible in DAW hosts that support stereo sidechain).

Rendering stems:
1. Solo the stem you wish to bounce, as well as the 'sidechain' bus.
2. Render the stem.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 until all stems have been rendered.

For users wishing to export 'mastered' stems, you can then repeat the same process on these stems with your limiter of choice (so long as external sidechain is supported).

DAW Options

This method can be applied in most supported DAWs, with the following considerations to take into account:

Ableton Live

As an alternative to the steps above, In Live 11+ you can use the Include Return and Master Effects option in the Export Audio/Video menu, which is available when the Rendered Track menu item is set to anything other than Master/Main (e.g. with Drums selected as seen below). Using this option will allow you to achieve similar results to the workflow steps above, without manually setting up the routing, so long as the limiter is deactivated in the instance of The God Particle on the master/main channel.

FL Studio

Similarly, FL Studio features an option to Enable master effects. You can find this by heading to Tools → Export all playlist tracks and then enabling Enable master effects in the render popup window.

Cubase

In Cubase, you can follow the suggested steps at the top of this article, but you may need to adjust the input level going into the sidechain bus per stem in order to more closely match the original mix. We've found that the optimum level for each stem being sent to the sidechain bus is about -3.01dB.

Pro Tools

In Pro Tools specifically, by ensuring the send from the sidechain bus channel is set to stereo (e.g. 'Bus 1 & 2' rather than 'Bus 1'), the external sidechain level should match that of the internal sidechain processing when 'Bus 1' is selected as the key input.

This is assuming all faders within the sidechain signal path are at unity gain (0dB).

These settings are shown in the screenshot below for the SCSourceMix track, as well as the other required settings for each instance of The God Particle on each stem track:

We're keen to hear from you if you're having trouble generating the desired results or have any feedback on this process. Just get in touch with us at support@cradle.app.