Note

Vovious works best on clean vocal recordings with no echo, reverb or other effects on the signal!

Insert Vovious

To run Vovious with ARA, there are two options: insert Vovious per Track or per Clip. We recommend per track.

Insert per Track:

You select a track and then activate Vovious on this Track via ARA.

If an ARA extension like Vovious is active on a track, you will see an icon on the track and on every clip the track contains.

Insert per Clip:

You select one or multiple clips and then activate Vovious via the extension field.

If an ARA extension like Vovious is active on a clip, you will see an icon.

After inserting Vovious, the audio material is automatically transferred to Vovious and you can start editing.

Switching Between Tracks

Since Cubase integrates Vovious into its user interface (only one instance of Vovious is visible), Vovious follows your clip and track selection in Cubase.

Vovious Audio Preview

To use the Vovious preview function in Cubase, the cursor (playhead) must be inside the bounds of a clip.

Working With Multiple Tracks

When working with multiple tracks, it can be helpful to switch between the tracks via TrackSwitcher (T key).

Reference Tracks:

To display tracks as reference, activate them by ticking the box on the right-hand side. (1 in the picture below)

To determine which notes belong to which track, it can be helpful to assign different colors to the different tracks and activate "Ref. Color: DAW" (3) in the "Reference Tracks" (2) menu.

To set the track color in Cubase, move the mouse over the marked area in the picture, hold the Alt key and move the mouse wheel.

You can also switch between tracks using keyboard shortcuts.
(It may be necessary to change the keyboard shortcuts so that they do not conflict with keyboard shortcuts used by your DAW)

Furthermore, you can switch between tracks by double-clicking on the notes of the reference tracks.

Track Name

For better orientation, you can display the name and color of the currently selected track in the upper left corner of Vovious.

To show the track name and color, you must activate "Show Track Name" in the Sidebar.

Keyboard Focus

If you use keyboard shortcuts in Vovious, it can be useful to activate "Keyboard Focus On Mouse Enter". Then Vovious catches the keyboard focus as soon as you move the mouse into Vovious. Otherwise, you have to activate the keyboard focus with a mouse click into Vovious. This can be helpful if your keyboard shortcuts accidentally end up in your DAW because you forgot to set the focus.

The disadvantage is that if you accidentally move the mouse through Vovious, the keyboard focus is taken away from your DAW. You will be notified when the keyboard focus is grabbed by a message in the upper right corner of Vovious.