Reckon I should've done a bit of homework before rushing to the Waves website and throwing away money I could've used on ProChannel mods or food.
Cie la vie.
It'd be really cool if the Cakewalkians would list the plug-ins we can't use with X1 and X2.
Just sayin'.

Why doesn't it work?:( Anyway, it should not be Cakewalks job to keep up with all plugin developers and say what does and doesn't work - that would be ridiculous. That is always information I have found on the plugin developers website.

You might try getting a refund.  Not sure if that'll work.

Meanwhile REAPER (only $60) allows VST3, I believe.  A workaround might be to do your Vocal Rider work on the vocal(s) in there and then export out.  Extra work, though...

Ah..VST3. Does somebody mind explaining what technology that offers that we don't have in VST2?

McMoore11


Reckon I should've done a bit of homework before rushing to the Waves website and throwing away money I could've used on ProChannel mods or food.
Cie la vie.
It'd be really cool if the Cakewalkians would list the plug-ins we can't use with X1 and X2.
Just sayin'.

Waves provides documentation of their own plug-ins and what DAWS support them.


http://www.wavesupport.net/Objects/Images/Product%20Info/Supported_Hosts_Charts/V9_pc.html

According to the page Vocal Rider is supported under SONAR. 

In your post I didn't see a mention of anything specific that was not working with that plug-in. Can you please elaborate what issue your running into.

Thanks,

EtherealEntity


Ah..VST3. Does somebody mind explaining what technology that offers that we don't have in VST2?

And so it begins all over again.
 
There was a long and sometimes heated thread on this topic a couple of weeks ago.

I've used Vocal Rider and Bass Rider on X1.

Here is the VST3 / X2 thread
http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?m=2652901

Side chaining.  What it's designed for. 
No workee.

^ We've been sidechaining on Sonar for donkeys years no? Will read that thread.