Make space
where it's needed.Dynamic Sidechain Unmasking
Two tracks fighting for the same frequencies? Put Clearing on the one that should step back, feed it a sidechain from the one that stays in front, and it carves space automatically — only where and when they actually collide. No static EQ, no guesswork.
Watch it carve the space
This is the real plug-in UI, running live. Grey is the track being processed, amber is the sidechain driving it, and the cyan curve is the result — notched exactly where the two overlap. Turn Amount and the frequency window and watch the space open up.
Routing takes ten seconds
Insert
Drop Clearing on the track that should make room — the synth, the guitar bed, the pad.
Sidechain
Route the priority track (the vocal, the kick) to Clearing's sidechain input, like a sidechain compressor.
Turn it up
Raise Amount. The first track is now carved wherever the second has energy — dynamically, in real time.
Clarity you can see
Dynamic spectral carving
An overlap-add STFT engine reduces the track band-by-band in proportion to how much the sidechain dominates — only where and when they collide, never a static cut.
Live three-curve display
See the track, the sidechain, and the processed result at once — so you can watch the space being made instead of guessing.
Delta / Listen
Solo exactly what's being removed, so you can dial the carve in with confidence and never over-do it.
Frequency window
Set the Low and High bounds so the carving stays out of the sub and the air — work only where masking actually happens.
Resolution + sidechain source
Trade time vs frequency detail (Low/Med/High), and key off the sum, a side, or an internal source with a click.
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Ten sidechain profiles
Pick the situation; Clearing sets the amount, cut depth, speed and frequency window for it.
Specs
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