Set Vocal Rider’s automation mode to 'Write'. Enable automation for Vocal Rider's main Rider Fader. In your DAW, set the vocal track’s automation mode to 'Write' or 'Latch'. Writing Automation with Vocal Rider After setting Vocal Rider according to your program material, follow the steps below.

Using your ears, find the sweet spot and trim using the output fader.

Arm your track to Write automation, then press Automation Write in the plugin at any time to send the Vocal Rider Fader to your host application automation edit lane, make your manual edits, and then press Read in plugin and track.

To correlate the vocal level to the instrumental level, adjust Music Sensitivity.

Limit the amount of automatic gain change by setting the Range faders.

The main Rider fader will begin to move automatically, levelling your vocal.

Set the Target control by moving the transparent screen to the Vocal range peak.

Begin playing your song, then set the Vocal Sensitivity and Attack controls.

Open a Send from the new Bus track to Vocal Rider mono.

Open a new Bus track and send all the instruments tracks to it.

Insert Vocal Rider as the last plug-in on your vocal or vocal group track (make sure that you load it as VST3).

Here are the basic setting for the Vocal Rider in Sonar. After being unable to find the instructions via the site's search tool, I decided to post this to the group as a searchable reference.įrom Waves Tech Support.

Waves Vocal Rider VST configuration setup in Sonar I had some trouble remembering how to configure Waves Vocal Rider in Sonar X1 X2 X3 Platinum.

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