This also allows you to duck instruments under or over without using compression, which leads to a far more transparent mix. All you do is level all your guitar tracks by a certain LUFS loudness (for me I always use -26LUFS for headroom) then when you have a lick or other guitar part come in over the rythym, you bump that track up by 3-4dB and DynaRide2 will keep the overall loudness of the folder at the same level, automatically turning down the rhythm guitar(s) down and letting your other guitar come through without increasing overall loudness. Also works well on bass guitars, and super-well when you have a folder full of different metal (distortion) guitar tracks coming in and out of the mix. It’s WAY better and far more adjustable in a logical sense.

Then you’ll see the Music area is no longer greyed outĪlso, I used to use Vocal Rider but now I use DynaRide2. What you do is send the other tracks or folder (bus) to channels 3/4 of the track that Waves vocal rider is on. Setting sidechaining up in Reaper is super-easy and what sold me on Reaper in the first place.