mettelus
Not a problem. This actually got me to look at the harmonizer more, which actually has some slick features in it (and definitely quicker).

I am not at my computer, so not sure if the main signal can be muted? I would prefer to use this feature as I do Melodyne, i.e. clone the vocal and cut all but the harmonized portions of the track. This "may" be a potential workaround, but muting that main signal would be necessary to be effective.

I haven't had a chance to try out automations with Nectar 2 yet. I'm too lazy for that.

I do the approach above and it works great. I clone the original lead vocal track. Then on the cloned track ( the harmony track) I mute the lead vocal (which you can do in Nectar 2) and just get the harmonies when and how I like them, and at what mix volume etc. At least for harmonies this is just too easy to do to get motivated to work on automations. I can even use regular Sonar track and clip automations on the harmony track with this approach.

I use a one-two punch on vocals per track. Melodyne to clean things up and get them solid as a pure vocal. Then I use Nectar 2 to apply all sorts of goodness. I dig this combo, all inserted so effortlessly into Sonar.

I'll restate that. I often use a one-two-three punch, which is a knockout. First, Sonar X3 for comping and speed comping to get the right choice of expression / phrasing per a particular vocal track. Then Melodyne, then Nectar 2.

Thank you for the reply. The "Solo Voices" button in the Harmonizer was what I was thinking about, so lawajava's workflow is what I would default to as well (would be the quickest and easiest to adjust after the fact for me). It wasn't until this thread that I realized just how many automations can be assigned to Nectar 2 alone (pages of them!). I have only ever used them for big picture items rather than assign to a plugin, and could definitely see me confusing myself going overboard.