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United Plugins VoxDucker by SounDevice Digital
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| United Plugins VoxDucker by SounDevice Digital |
VoxDucker is a very useful plug-in when there isn't time to do a studied, automated vocal ride over a raucous and maybe rowdy track--maybe a quick an dirty demo mix to just hear the song. VoxDucker uses its sidechain input to turn down a music bed track in an exact way and at the exact right time and pre-programmed amount. This is a great tool for a voice-over and reducing a track whenever a seldom used and/or random audio source such as a PA announcement message has to mix with background music.
I would set up a track stem--a mix of the entire music bed and then have a separate track for a vocal stem just for the lead vocal production--whatever effects, compression, EQ all on a separate stereo stem. The music stem and lead vocal stem would be in my Pro Tools template and a stereo instance of VoxDucker would go on the music stem. So the track would lower in volume whenever my singer would sing OR when there was a PA announcement in the restaurant/bar where their band was playing. The band's PA was not part of this setup--only a feed of the PA in the actual restaurant area.
It turns out there are so many adjustable parameters on VoxDucker that I'm starting to use it more and more on all my mixes. Besides a larger Depth control, there is a Threshold control that helps for wide vocal dynamics and the plug-in will run in either Broadband or all frequencies are ducked, Multiband ducks certain frequencies only, or Spectral mode analyses the vocal spectrum and duck only where needed.
A definite return to VoxDucker is warranted as I am already getting ideas for my next mix--such as triggering and ducking other tracks based on kick and snare drum hits. VoxDucker sells for $59 and is available in AAX, AU, VST and VST 3 for Macs and PCs. It's a good one!
https://unitedplugins.com/VoxDucker/
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