- #Waves vocal rider plug in review install#
- #Waves vocal rider plug in review 64 Bit#
- #Waves vocal rider plug in review full#
- #Waves vocal rider plug in review pro#
- #Waves vocal rider plug in review plus#
While I not completely convinced that this is a necessary plug-in to have, it does have an easy enough to use interface.
#Waves vocal rider plug in review install#
Vocal Rider was an easy plug-in to install (as is usually the case with Waves plug-ins) as it was straight forward and took about as long as it usually takes to do a basic install of a plug-in. Regardless, it's a very good plugin that I've used quite a few times before to help level everything out. When things get very extreme, I find that it can sometimes be a bit odd, but it could just be me dialing it in incorrectly. It can be a real pain to constantly adjust all of those levels manually, and I've found that this plugin can help quite a bit.
With today's metal vocals, you tend to find a mix of singing, growls, screaming and other types of styles mixed in. These plugins came with my Mercury package, and I've had that for a few months now.
#Waves vocal rider plug in review plus#
There are no performance issues at all, and that's a huge plus when working in a DAW filled with all kinds of synths and tracks running tons of plugins. It even works nicely on MIDI, which I found a bit surprising. I've tried this on various different buses, and it seems to work on anything with ease.
#Waves vocal rider plug in review 64 Bit#
They run in 32 bit mode, but Logic uses a wrapper-like application that runs so you don't interfere with your 64 bit interface. As a Mac user, that's a huge advantage for someone like me. They're cross platform compatible, so they'll work with both PCs and Macs. Waves plugins have always been some of the most stable plugins I've experienced. I never read the manual, but this is so easy to use that it shouldn't be needed. You generally want to put all the vocal busses into one master aux buss and put this as close towards the last plugin. To use this, simply enable it on whatever vocal buss(es) you have and set it. Aside from the main sliders of range, vocal ride and output, it also has knobs for vocal/music, a switch for fast/slow and a few other small features that really help shape how you want the vocal rider to function. The plugin has quite a few features for being such a simple plugin. It's an extremely handy plugin, despite it being simple in operation. Waves has released a vocal rider plugin which helps try to even everything out without having to manually write in tons of different volume automation. Pretty useful when trying to combine 2 sounds together seamlessly.Levels are something that should always be watched, and when you have vocals with a huge dynamic range, constantly tweaking the level with automation gets to be a real pain. This helps you to copy the dynamics of a signal to another track. It actually makes volume graphs of the envelope of the signal. Trace function is practically the opposite of what the Ride function is. Park mode can also be used in situations to replace a noise gate. Particularly useful in situations where there are a lot of mics open and you want to have the cleanest signal without much background noise.
#Waves vocal rider plug in review full#
The faders are parked at a user defined low level when there's little signal, and they come up to full output when there's strong signal present, maintaining a steady output level. This is a function you'll find in Automatic Mixer boxes. Narration and announcements over music as heard on radio channels rely on keyed compressors with poor results, now cooler with Wave Rider.
This function will lower the signal of a target track by a user selectable amount if there's signal present on the inserted track. Be it your vocal, bass, voice over, or dialog, WaveRider makes it a breeze to maintain a smooth and consistent level so you don't end up over-compressing. Check out the videos on the right for example scenarios. User can then alter the volume automation as needed. In this default mode, Wave Rider's level detecting algorithm automatically raises or lowers the fader to maintain a user selectable output level by writing volume automation on the timeline. Since its release, it evolved into a much improved tool thanks to user feedback.
#Waves vocal rider plug in review pro#
It's a unique and innovative plugin that detects audio signal levels on the inserted channel, and applies Pro Tools fader movements as needed. Wave Rider first became publicly available for Digidesign Pro Tools® users back in March 2009. Not only it improves your lifestyle by making mixing easier, but it also improves your sound, and that's progress. Wave Rider is designed by a busy sound engineer to give him a break.