Hello All,
 
I am actualy trying to use Waves Vocal Rider on my Sonar Platinum projetcs but i am not sure i use it the right way. Here is what i do :
- I put a mono vocal rider on my vocal track, just before the compressor.
- I insert a Send on my " instrumental bus " (This bus has everything but vocals) then in the send destination list i chose my mono vocal rider inserted on my vocal track.
- On the vocal rider UI, the "music light" becomes green (indicating the plug in receive the music signal)
 
Then i hear cracks and pops, the sound disapear and sonar crashes.
 
What do you think ? Is there a more acurate way to set it up ?
Thanks in advance.
 

Hi. Try upping your latency buffer.
All the best.

Will give a try but it's actualy on a pretty secure value already, thanks for the help.

Waves Vocal Rider uses lookahead functionality, (and needs extra time) IIRC.

Oh ok ! I understand.

I use that plug in a lot - we have a very dynamic, very powerful singer in the band.  I can vouch that the effect plays well in my system configuration.  I DO up buffers during the mix process every time - its just natural for me.  There's an automation feature to write the fader moves it creates, but I haven't tried it in a long time. You can write the moves, and turn it off. 
 
I use a compressor before (CA2A) taking off say 3 or so db, the V Rider, then another CA2A after.  I kind of like the little bit at a time method.     
 
LL

Hey LLyons ! Thank you very much for your detailled advice, i will give a try.

Are you using the VST 3 version of the plug in ?

Yes ! VST3 version.

Make sure you use the stereo version... or all tracks will be in mono...