Quote Originally Posted by MARK EG
Basically Also, what would you all do about fader riding? Whenever I've done pirate I always remember just pulling down the volume ever so slightly each time I speak. But someone today mentioned sidechaining on the compressor. In theory this sounds really interesting. Does anyone know is this a standard way commercial stations work?


This is usually done trough a talkover switch.
It just pulls down the volume of your music as soon as you talk into the mic, same like a compressor. I've had several mixers over the years and they all the talkover function, so I doubt u will get any difficulty finding one (maybe check your mixer, there might be one on there!)