This looks like a fantastic plug in, almost too good to be true.  Worth the current $99 dollar price tag?
 
Normally I spend a huge amount of time manually automating vocals before adding compression or other effects, this sounds like it could be a big time saver.

At times it has been a time saver for me.

Bapu - Does it take away the need to meticulously control your vocal automation?  Or are my hopes too high for this thing?

LpMike75


Bapu - Does it take away the need to meticulously control your vocal automation?  Or are my hopes too high for this thing?

In my experience, yes. YMMV.

I have it and it works great..

Only thing is...in Sonar you lose the Side Chain ability, as it
requires VST 3 support, which Sonar does not yet support.

Thank you for the response and info Bapu and Cclarry

An alternative to Vocal Rider is MeldaProduction's MAutoVolume, which does the same kind of thing, and includes a sidechain function that works in Sonar:
 
http://www.meldaproduction.com/plugins/product.php?id=MAutoVolume
 
Less expensive, too.  Demo both and choose the one you like!
 
Cheers,
Eddie
 

Both Vocal and Bass Rider are awesome and effortless. Compress lightly/to taste and keep your dynamics and ride the rest. I love them.

i usally don't use it a lot but when i do , it does the work great ..usually before compression to help compressor to do just a little work ....try it on all , not only vocals ....somtime it works ...sometime crap .....depends on the type of sound of course ....

>I have it and it works great.. Only thing is...in Sonar you lose the Side Chain ability, as it 
requires VST 3 support, which Sonar does not yet support. <


I'm not following that.  I didn't think it worked in SONAR at all because of the VST 3 thing.  To what extent DOES it work in SONAR?  (And why would you "sidechain" anyway--aren't you just trying to work with audio on one track at a time anyway?)