See if you can take it any further - and lemme know if you find a workround. The way I assumed it would work is that you should only need to create a 'music' buss, and feed that to your VR via side-chain on your existing vocal track.but then you have no option to record automation on this track in Live. It doesn't record the automation though.Īt this point I was too tired and confused to carry on You should now see Vocal Rider doing its thing as it records a new copy of the lead vocal. Hence, it is one of the most downloaded plugins on the internet. Summary: What we love about Rough Rider 3 is how it’s available in almost every significant OS. It comes in VST 2/3, AU, AAX, and IAA formats.
In the 'music' buss, send output to the 'vox' buss and select side-chain to Vocal Rider. Rough Rider 3 is available for Windows 8.1 or higher, macOS 10.11 or higher, iOS 11 or higher, and Ubuntu 18 or higher. Send your lead vocal to the new 'vox' buss.ģ. Waves’ Vocal Rider automatically rides the vocal’s levels for you, saving time and avoiding tedium.
Tight budgets or deadlines don’t always allow for the manual line-by-line tweaking of fader levels on a vocal track to perfection at mixdown. Users can automate the plug-in to modify its action, phrase by phrase. Send all the non-vox tracks to the new 'music' buss. Vocal Rider automatically rides the gain of a vocal track during mixdown. Set one as the buss for 'music', one as the buss for 'vox'.Ģ. I can get it to sort of work, but I can't get it to write the automation.which kind of defeats the point.ġ. Waves Vocal Rider Plugin Overview: A true timesaver, this plugin adjusts your vocal levels automatically, saving you the need to draw each level change in. That's because I didn't adjust in the volume envelope first.Good points.I was trying this out last night. If I were to use Vocal Rider exclusively with just some compression after, I think it gets me 80% there, but there is always adjustments. (This part isn't about gain stage) Its event based volume envelope.Īnd no, I haven't found anything similar to Vocal Rider. The program makes volume graphs of the envelope of the signal. Wave Rider’s level detecting algorithm automatically raises or lowers the fader level to maintain a user selectable output level by writing volume automation on the timeline. That's because I didn't adjust in the volume envelope first. Wave Rider is an automatic volume control, fate, duck and trace program. If you just slap Vocal Rider or compression on a massive dynamic range vocal track, and call it a day.it will sound like you did just that.Īnd no, I haven't found anything similar to Vocal Rider. If I manually work through all vocals, then allow compression and Vocal Rider, I get better results every time. This will make it easier for the following tools such as Vocal Rider or compression to do their thing. There's nothing better than listening and adjusting each word or phrase as opposed to setting parameters on a tool and trusting it works the best over the entire track. Don't get me wrong, use those tools, but first do the manual adjustments. Manually adjusting the vocal gain phrase by phrase, (not automation) is much better than any compression tool or Vocal Rider. (This part isn't about gain stage) Its event based volume envelope.
I’m mixing a few vocalists who have a massive dynamic range and I just tried Waves Vocal Rider today and found it did a good job of levelling the vocals.ĭoes anyone here use Vocal Rider of this type of method for levelling vocals?Īre there anything better vsts than Vocal Rider for levelling vocals?Skip to 9:29.