Is your compressor doing too much heavy lifting? Manual clip gain can fix uneven performances, prevent unnatural pumping, and get every word sitting well in your mix.
Thanks. I had to do a lot of clip gain on a vocal recently and it got me thinking about revisiting the Vocal Rider plugin or something similar - I’m guessing there’s others out there now.
For de-essing it’s pretty normal for me to use clip gain as part of that but now I’m wondering if there’s an automated way to do that as well
From what I've seen, VoiceAssist from NoiseWorks is one of the leading contenders here - it works as an ARA2 plugin, which means if your DAW is compatible, it'll scan your audio in advance so you can make offline adjustments across the track rather than relying on settings that work in real time.
I'm planning to try out their Basic tier soon, but the more featured versions are really expensive, unfortunately.
Very helpful info, thank you. Read and saved.
Thanks Dmytro, hope you're well!
Thanks. I had to do a lot of clip gain on a vocal recently and it got me thinking about revisiting the Vocal Rider plugin or something similar - I’m guessing there’s others out there now.
For de-essing it’s pretty normal for me to use clip gain as part of that but now I’m wondering if there’s an automated way to do that as well
From what I've seen, VoiceAssist from NoiseWorks is one of the leading contenders here - it works as an ARA2 plugin, which means if your DAW is compatible, it'll scan your audio in advance so you can make offline adjustments across the track rather than relying on settings that work in real time.
I'm planning to try out their Basic tier soon, but the more featured versions are really expensive, unfortunately.
Thanks, Dave, I’ll look into that