Waves bass rider any good?

[Alphanumeric]

Its on sale for $69 and considering the normal price is $200, and 69 dollars is 40 sterling, such a good price!

Is it really worth getting rather than just using compression?

 

[Ermz]

I use it all the time.

 

[FrankTheSmith]

Whenever I used it I always set the sensitivity all the way up, so the tail end of a long held out note got really loud/noisy so I thought it garbage.
As soon as I cut back on the sensitivity it worked like a charm.
I've heard it works well in combination with a compressor right after it.

 

[HOFX]

I can vouch for it. It's not 100 %, some post volume automation may be required, seems to get a bit funny when playing quick picked notes on high strings, but yeah, worth the $50.

 

[schismatic]

Further to my seperate thread on riders, is this a viable option for Reaper users? Is there a workaround to use it?

 

[nezvers]

I don't own it, but I had chance to experiment it on kicks... My jaw dropped, because it could level kick hits. Dunno about carpet roll, but possibly it can level those too with right settings.

 

[Erik Monsonis]

I've heard about people using it on natural drums to even out the gain of individual hits. Anyways I don't know to which extent I need a $200 plugin to even out levels throughout a song. Anyone could care to elaborate what makes it worth it?

 

[Charles J]

Not to parrot Ermz, but it's one of the few Waves plugins I use consistently on every mix =D

 

[ArthurD]

How you guys been using it on drums?
I always use it on bass =)

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Is it better than vocal rider? I've been on the fence with that plug.

I would rather it was $50 again so the decision were easier.

 

[XxSicRokerxX]

I've heard Bass Rider works great on Vocals. But there's a vocal rider as well. Hmmm..

 

[nezvers]

I've heard about people using it on natural drums to even out the gain of individual hits. Anyways I don't know to which extent I need a $200 plugin to even out levels throughout a song. Anyone could care to elaborate what makes it worth it?

That's how I tried it - gated and put some subtractive EQ before it and tweaked sensing and it worked great through out whole track to make all hits same volume, than I could use ordinary processing with less hassle with variable volume.
Oh and I did the same with snare too. maybe automated a touch of output fader here and there.