Note

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

Important For Mac Users

To use Vovious with ARA in Reaper, you have to use the VST3 version.

Enable ARA

Maybe you have to enable ARA in the Reaper settings. This should be enabled by default.

Reaper 6:

Reaper 7:

Insert Vovious

To use Vovious with ARA, you have to put it in the first effect slot. The audio material is automatically transferred to Vovious and you can start editing.

Keyboard Shortcuts

In case some keyboard shortcuts should not work in Vovious, you have to activate the option "Send all keyboard events".
This is recommended so that all keyboard shortcuts arrive at Vovious when the plugin window is in the foreground, otherwise the keyboard shortcuts will be redirected to Reaper, which may lead to unwanted behavior (for example, you press the "Undo" shortcut...)

Make Vovious Reacting Faster

In order to make Vovious react faster, it is recommended to set the buffer size to a lower value than the default 1200ms.
We recommend a value between 20ms and 100ms

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 Reaper, use the context menu of a track (right-click) like shown below.

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.