Look ahead’s tradeoff is that all tracks need the same amount of delay as the maximum amount of look ahead that applies to a processor. A DAW’s Plug-in Delay Compensation (PDC) feature ensures all tracks remain in sync. However, PDC is part of a DAW’s audio engine, and third-party plug-ins typically can’t tie into PDC. But no worries—with this tip, you can add look ahead for any sidechain-capable dynamics processor, with any DAW.