Vocal Rider®
The deal
$34.99 at Waves (down from $199), 82% off. No coupon code needed. This sale doesn't show a listed end date, so it may be pulled at any time.
What it is
Vocal Rider is Waves' automatic level-riding plugin for vocals. It listens to a vocal track in real time and writes fader automation that keeps the performance sitting evenly against the mix, without compressing or coloring the sound the way a compressor would. Built-in breath detection keeps it from boosting breaths and quiet noise floor along with the vocal.
Who it's for
Mixing engineers and home-studio producers who want a vocal that sits consistently in the mix without manually riding a fader or hand-drawing automation on every line.
Key features
- Writes real automation data to the DAW's fader track instead of applying static gain reduction
- Zero-latency real-time processing works in tracking sessions and live sound, not just mixdown
- Music Sensitivity control lifts the vocal automatically when the backing track gets louder, like during a chorus
- Built-in breath detection keeps quiet breath sounds from getting pushed up along with the performance
