That's my current recently purchased this era standard plugin bundle, installed them, and they work fine in Maschine 2, However, when I open up bandlab, they don't show up even when I located the folder the plugins (32 bit and 64 bit) and add that folder, and scan for plugins. Wow, great write-up! Thanks! I'd like to hear your take on MAutoVolume too, if you're so inclined. One thing I have been trying to do more lately is using parallel compression to reduce the need for vocal rider unless the vocal level varies massively and I always use CA-2A on the busses (it's part of my standard template). A lot of the time I don't need to make do with a vocal take as I can just re-record it if necessary. I will have to give TriLeveler a go though and also revisit ERA4 VoiceLeveler. I own most of the other plugins you mention but tend to end up using favourites all the time. The best levelling is still "doing it manually", but it is so time-consuming! ? Yes, you are able to match one short phrase with some of the above plugins, but it is rather difficult to have generalized settings that match the vocals of one song or album, even if you first adjust the loudness (LU) of the phrases.
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Though I have to do deeper tests once more, because the results are extremly setting dependable and I am not yet satisfied with any of those plugins.
HORNET AUTOGAIN VS WAVES VOCAL RIDER FREE
One of the positive surprises was TriLeveler of Sonic Anomaly, although free it is one of the best Levelers around IMO!
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HORNET AUTOGAIN VS WAVES VOCAL RIDER PSP
With some settings many of those plugins increase the esses and such stuff immensely and that's not what you want! That's why I compared "usual" compressors to them and with some of them I got better or equal results ( TokyoDawnLabs Kotelnikov (free), PSP FETpressor, Lindell 254E, Nomad Factory LM Amplifier LM-662, Cakewalk CA-2A). I made a lot of tests in Audacity, because there you can see the result very quickly in a visual way and that's extremely interesting. I demo-ed some others above-mentioned, too. The ones I have now: ERA4 Voice Leveler, TBProAudio DynaRide, Waves Vocal Rider, SonicAnomaly TriLeveler (free) and SonicAnomaly VOLA2 (free). I picked this offer, because I am also interested in such plugins.