The trick to getting the vocal to sit naturally in the mix is to adjust the Target and Music sensitivity controls after first setting the Vocal Sensitivity control so that only vocals are recognised and spill is ignored. Then i played the song, and I see the bar for the automation of. Vocal Rider also includes Waves' own breathdetection algorithm, so that the plugin doesn't turn up all the breath sounds.
#Waves vocal rider not showing up in protools pro
I put automation as 'write' on the bus as well. My Waves plugins aren't showing in my list - they say they are all downloaded and activated on my computer from the Waves site, checked and changed preferences to show plugins and companies in Pro tools, they are all in my computer files and I'm at a loss why they are not showing up when I go to use them. Then on the bus, I added the rider fader as an automation track. Pro Tools: If the drawn automation is jagged and saw-like, press Off then Write again on the Vocal Rider automation. So I made a bus for my vocals, slapped the stereo vocal rider on there, and put the thing on 'write'. Pro Tools: While playing a loop with Vocal Rider set to Write, and Pro Tools set to Write, only the first run will write automation the second run will not Write and will not Read, but the Rider Fader will still move. This rule of thumb is the reason I will place any vocal tuning after the rider. I just bought the Waves vocal rider, hoping it could write automation which i could then afterwards slightly alter. Vocal rider is not expecting a heavily compressed signal, it's expecting a near naked one.
The vocal rider is the most transparent treatment.Īnother important rule of thumb is to give the effects the type of material they expect.
If prompted to Locate the Waves plugins folder, direct to C:Program Files (x86)WavesPlug-Ins V13 (or whichever version is installed on your device). Locate the InstalledAAXPlugins file and drag it to your desktop. I think a good rule of thumb is to do treatment from transparent to colored. In the Roaming folder that shows, go to Avid > Pro Tools. I don't always prefer a vocal rider, particularly not always the Waves one because it only has 2 speeds and it doesn't always sit perfect.īut when I do go with a vocal rider it's the first thing on the chain after cleanup (cuts and expander).