Somehow I recorded my vox with a low signal but it comes out fine.
IOW The waveform is so small that V-Vocal does not register but the fader and Gain are at unity in the mix.
Of course if I Normalize, the V-Vocal works fine but I get noise and have to crank the Gain/fader way down to balance.
What would you do to this track to get V-Vocal working but without the noise?
 

Hi Glenn,
I would careful use  the PC ´s console emulation (a mix of dime and drive)to make the signal louder ,  
then bounce it and try if it works.Also I would have a look a the frequence analzer to see and hear
if a low and high cut are helpful
and if hum and other noises have to be filtered (sonitus eq?)
 
Pragi

Its hard to say without knowing the actual level vocal. Peak and RMS levels. 
 
But, it seems like it was recorded too low and this is why when you raise the level of your vocal you are hearing artifacts. This is a tell tale sign of your track being recorded too low do to you hearing the noiselfoor when you try to raise the volume.
 
CJ

I agree it was probably recorded too low.
The levels seem fine in the mix tho.
fader and gain at 0 are good.
It just won't register in V-Vocal unless I normalize but that adds the noise.
I'm thinking some sort of gating? Then what?
How to get VV to register without the noise.

Without seeing the wave form in the track.... that's what it sounds like.... recorded too low.
 
I've had the same thing happen. Signal levels really low and the wave looks like a line in the track....yet sounds fairly reasonable in playback. But... learn how to get the wave to actually take up anywhere from 50% to 90% of the track real estate and things will work much better since the signal is stronger.

Try putting a gain envelope on the clip, increase gain, bounce to clip, then v-vocal for pitch whatever and then bring the level back down again using the dynamics tool, bounce to clip and see where that leaves you.

Too quiet & needs v-vocal seem like good reasons to rerecord if poss

lawp
Too quiet & needs v-vocal seem like good reasons to rerecord if poss

Yeah, there is that. I was assuming that this wasn't an option for some reason.

Lol, well the tracks are good - best vox clips taken from 6 takes.
The V-V is for occasional harmonies.

If the level and quality of the vocal is OK in the final mix, then it must be being processed to some extent by passing through busses and/or effects. If you like it this way, rather than trying to reproduce what you've done with new gain, gating and EQ settings on the vox, why not just solo the track and record the resultant mixed solo vocal, then replace the original with this for the purposes of processing with V-Vocal?
 
Just a suggestion.