In this blog post, we will be taking an in-depth look at the Waves Vocal Rider plugin and its capabilities. Waves Vocal Rider is one such tool that has become a staple in many professional music production studios around the world. Setting Sensitivity first means that the plugin is reacting only to the vocal, not extraneous noise. The key to getting the vocal to sit well in the mix is to adjust the Target and Music Sensitivity controls after setting the Vocal Sensitivity. That way you can bring some humanity back to the final vocal rides! Of course, you also have the ability to manually go back and tweak the automated moves the plugin makes. Just loading up an instance of Vocal Rider will yield some pretty good results.
Watch the tutorial to see how to set this up in a mix and how to write fader rider automation. This is an extremely easy to use plug-in, quick to set up to use in your mixes. Unlike the results of many compressor plug-ins, Vocal Rider preserves dynamics of performances by naturally shaping the note entries while adding natural sounding sustain to the tail ends of notes, all by means of automatic fader riding. This plug-in is a great compressor plug-in alternative. In this free video tutorial, brought to you with the support of Waves, you will learn how to control the vocal track dynamics using Waves Vocal Rider.
