Quick Start Guides for Logic Pro X

The quick start guides for VocAlign 6 Pro are linked below. If you are unsure of which guide to follow, see the below section called Two Plug-in Versions.

Logic Pro

• ARA
• Real-Time AU

Two Plug-in Versions

VocAlign 6 Pro installs two versions of the Audio Unit (AU) plugin used by Logic Pro X (and some other DAWs):

• VocAlign 6 Pro AU (ARA) - which only runs in Logic Pro X 10.7 or later. Please note that ARA is not supported by Logic on Apple Silicon MAC computers.

• VocAlign 6 Pro AU (Real-time capture) - which runs in Logic Pro 10.5 and later.

These plug-ins both feature the same processing controls, presets and parameters, and are identical in terms of the end results they deliver.

The versions only differ in the way audio signals are brought into VocAlign 6 Pro and how the Output is returned to the DAW.

• The AU (ARA) plug-in is applied to the track and the user “Captures” the digital audio directly as the designated Guide or Dub in an instant transfer process.
  • The main advantages of this approach are that the capture is faster and you can bounce the processed audio to disc.
  • The main disadvantage is that in Logic Pro you must press the space bar regularly to update the ARA audio data base.
  • It's important to understand that the ARA version loads as a single 'extension' in Logic Pro, and although it might appear that you're adding the plugin to each discrete region being processed, you are in fact adding those regions to the same single instance of VocAlign 6 Pro ARA.

• The AU (Real-time capture) plug-in version is also a track insert plug-in and involves making a real-time playback to capture both the Guide (as a side chain input) and the Dub simultaneously.
  
  
  • The main advantage of this approach is that you can start and stop the capture of the Guide and Dub at any points in your session.
    
  • The main disadvantage is that if you export the Output to replace the input Dub it removes the plug in, and there is no undo to restore the plugin to modify the processing.

  
  

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