Insert Vocal Rider as the last plug-in on your vocal or vocal group track.

Send your instrumental tracks, post fader, to a bus, just like a headphone mix.

Set the side-chain input on Vocal Rider to the instrumental bus.

Begin playing your song, then set the Vocal Sensitivity and Attack controls.

Set the Target control by moving the transparent screen to the Vocal range peak.

The main Rider fader will begin to move automatically, levelling your vocal.

In Live situations, if the fader moves when no vocal signal is present, adjust the Spill control to differentiate unwanted ambient stage noise, for better tracking.

Limit the amount of automatic gain change by setting the range faders.

To correlate the vocal level to the instrumental level, adjust Music Sensitivity.

Arm your host to write automation, then Press Automation Write at any time to send the Vocal Rider Fader to your host application automation edit lane, make your manual edits, and then press Read.

Using your ears, find the sweet spot and trim using the output fader.

Target –- Sets the reference range for vocal mix positioning. Since Gain Riding is relative to the Target position, changing the Target setting will move the Rider Fader’s “0” calibration, re-focusing the correct level range.

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