To get started, navigate to the Vocal Assistant icon, select “Assist,” and you will be prompted to select vibration and intensity. Think of vibrations as the “sonic flavor” you want for your voice.

• Vintage is ideal for dealing with jazz, lo-fi, or soul vocals.
• Modern is ideal for clearer, crisper vocal productions such as lead vocals in pop, top 40, or rock.
• The conversation is ideal for speech processing, like vlogging dialogue or audio for a podcast.

Adjust your intensity

Select the intensity you want the Nectar 3 treatment to match (one of the Vibes above). When you click Next and play the sound, Vocal Assistant listens to automatically detect and adjust for level shifts, resonance peaks, changes in timbre, and high frequencies. Vocal Assistant will intelligently adjust EQ nodes, analyze dynamics, select compression options, remove annoying whistles, create space, ambiance, and more.

Learn your vocal equalizer.

It is a good practice to browse the active modules to see what Vocal Assistant configures you, then add personal touches. Here are some examples of modules used by Vocal Assistant and their benefits.

• Auto level mode: Auto level mode sets the voice level to a target value of -8dB RMS, so ensure you have a constant voice level without needing to activate automation or use a fader.
• Subtractive EQ: It is very common to do subtractive EQ work at the start of a vocal chain to remove any resonance before adding other dynamic treatments, such as compression and saturation, which can attract attention. On sour frequencies that were not previously supported. Maybe now is the time to change those nodes to Follow EQ nodes so you can track sharpness throughout your performance.
• De-Esser & Character EQ: Vocal Assistant automatically detects hiss and places a de-esser after any subtractive EQ or character EQ to liven up the voice and give it energy.
• Compression and Reverb: Vocal Assistant can rotate the compressor as needed, using the most appropriate algorithm and parameters for attack, release, and threshold. Reverb can also give your vocals an aerodynamic effect and post-equalize to protect parts of the voice from reverberation, ensuring you get the right amount of reverb without affecting vocal intelligibility.
• After reviewing what Vocal Assistant has generated for you, you can change the signal chain, add modules from the menu, or leave it as is.
• Complete Package: Remember that Nectar 3 is part of Music Production Suite 3, which gives you access to over thirty standard plugins that interact during a session and provide time-saving support functions, new innovative workflows, and advanced visualization tools.