Does anyone slice up their vocal tracks and level match each syllable or note?

[bouldersoundguy]

Any advantage to slicing them up like this, vs just using volume automation? I wonder if this is a little DAW dependent, otherwise, and whether its easier to adjust trims on a .wav file in a track vs some quick envelope work.

Having the volume changes upstream of dynamics processing might be one reason. Pro Tools clip gain is upstream of everything, I believe. Reaper clip volume automation is upstream of track effects, but after any plugins on the clip. I'm going on memory, so I could be wrong.

 

[Scott Baxendale]

Any advantage to slicing them up like this, vs just using volume automation? I wonder if this is a little DAW dependent, otherwise, and whether its easier to adjust trims on a .wav file in a track vs some quick envelope work.

I think it’s different than using compression?, which I still use after I gain level. Isn’t what I’m doing just automating the gain? There might be a way to do this automatically in PT but I don’t know how to do it other than how I go through the track manually separate sections and match the levels. It makes the vocal sound more intimate to me. When I’m done it sounds more like a record.