Idk, I was imagining something much more comprehensive than a vocal rider plugin.
If it was all built into Sonar,
- It could set EQs to reduce feedback
- It could ride certain levels just below feedback
- It could pull Mics down 6 dB when not in use
- If it could know the song, either by pre-planning or an alg the recognized the song like a sound man
- It could vastly change levels for different songs like when the male vocal which is usually a backup leads a song and all the instruments and EQs need to be adjusted so he can be heard.
- it could bring up sends to different FX during different songs.
- Bring up Delays on vocals just in the chorus or at the end of the verse.
Basically, all the time we spend writing Automation in mixes could be used to learn how to automate real time based on how the song was being played.
It would have to be able to handle a false start... like when the band aborts after 12-24 bars.
In general there's a lot of demand for good sound men. A lot of bands run their own sound in lieu. I think turning Sonar into an automatic sound man would dramatically increase the likelihood that it would be used in public places where people would see it in use.
Adding this to Sonar would make Sonar sort of self-advertising.