@griffinboy I'd be perfectly happy with the HISE spec analyser to be honest, from the answers to my post so far though it seems like it's a bit difficult to do at my current level though. I appreciate your reply!

@HISEnberg Im too much of a beginner i think to be going in and messing with the HISE source code. From what you've said it sounds like maybe it's a bit too much for me to do at my current level unfortunately. I thought it would be simpler as there's already a sidechain template built in, but I guess not. Thanks for your reply!

Hey, im pretty new to HISE and a complete beginner to coding or software development but im having fun so far!

I'd really like to make a very simple frequency masking plugin to show where two instruments frequencies overlap. In my mind, the plugin would be a simple EQ (or even just a spec analyser) placed on one track, with another instance of the plugin placed on another track and somehow you'll be able to see both tracks frequencies overlapping each other in one, or both of the instances.

Am I right in thinking that sidechaining would play a big role here in achieving this? Also, what would be a good place to start with this? Ive had a look at the two sidechain example snippets, but cant get my head round them. I tried exporting them as a VST3, but once in Ableton, neither exported plugin had an option for sidechain. Any tips or help in the right direction would be greatly appreciated!