Volume Automation

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hairyjamie
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2009/11/06 03:50:00 (permalink)

Volume Automation

Regarding this, I recently looked at a demo video for Waves Volume Rider (I think it was called something like this) which is a VST that automatically levels the vocals by writing automation back to the track.
Too cool! But too expensive!
Anyone seen anything similar to this but cheaper?


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    Spaceduck
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    Re:Volume Automation 2009/11/06 09:35:46 (permalink)
    Wow, a tool like that would save me a lot of trouble. But I've learned my lesson with expensive Waves plugins. They don't work on a 64bit OS (even with Sonar's BitBridge). If someone else makes that plugin cheaper & 64-friendly, I'm on it. What a great, non-destructive alternative to compression this would be.

    Edit: I found Wave Rider for $85 but it's written for ProTools, curses. I wonder if the RTAS will work in Sonar (64 bit)?
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    hairyjamie
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    Re:Volume Automation 2009/11/06 11:07:09 (permalink)
    I noticed Wave Rider too, but I wasn't aware that Sonar supported RTAS?

    It looks a bit 'home made' also!


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    Re:Volume Automation 2009/11/06 12:52:30 (permalink)
    Please tell me it works perfectly in Sonar.  (I spend more time on volume envelopes than any other tweak)

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    Re:Volume Automation 2009/11/06 20:07:11 (permalink)
    You might have a look at this one: VocSteady. Not the same thing, it's a compressor optimized for vocals. Personally, I prefer hand-made volume envelopes to get them in the ballpark, augmented by slow attack and release compression. I've used products that create automation envelopes and they're messy.
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    Re:Volume Automation 2009/11/06 20:12:24 (permalink)
    Blue cat audio has a meter plug that can be used to do this sort of thing . You can even do the RMS values ; Just remember to set it to invert the output  so it is turning down the peaks . They have plenty of tuitorials at the site.

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    Re:Volume Automation 2009/11/07 09:32:36 (permalink)
    [...] but I wasn't aware that Sonar supported RTAS?


    That's probably beacause it don't

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