Hi Martin, thanks for the reply. It is a lead vocal and back vocal, recorded somewhere else, then I pulled them both in to Cubase audio tracks. Haven’t touched either of them. I just wanted to get the singing slightly tighter. Do I still need to do what you suggested?
Hmmm. I’ve seen some suggest that “binning the preferences” is a way to fix such things. But I’m not sure how to, or how many files etc. and what I’ll be losing from my template if I do…
Was there any resolution to this problem as I am having the same issue.
To test it out I created an empty project, created 2 audio tracks and recorded 25 seconds of audio (no microphone connected). When I go to the Audio Menu the Open Audio Alignment Panel is greyed out.
I tried opening in Safe Mode with external plug-ins disabled and no preferences options. Not working! I believe I had used this in the past but when I try with a number of different projects I get the same thing.
I remember trying this feature on some files when it was first implemented in Cubase and it worked then. Can’t think of what may have changed between then and now.
Can’t think of much else to try that would make it simpler.
In looking at the documentation, the Open Audio Alignment Panel is ALSO a Toolbar option. Went in to Toolbar Settings and checked (enabled) the Audio Alignment tool. Then the Audio Menu now has this option available. Did not even need to use the Toolbar to get there, but it works as well.
Another thing that is not clear to me in the documentation is before selecting the Reference or Target events they need to be Selected.
Now I’m in business.
Hope that helps anyone else with this problem. It still seems a bit odd. I found this while I was on a chat with Support and the Support tech says he’ll look into it, since this doesn’t seem like the way it should work.
Had the same problem. Looked first for myself… than googled…after (feel like) 3 hours desperation… here was the solution! BUT STEINBERG ARE YOU KIDDING??? what the hell is the reason for things like this? When I change my toolbar, I expect the function still to be available in the Menu itself…I think I have to change DAW…
You’re a life-saver. We don’t have VocAlign anymore at this studio because, like a lot of functions other DAW users need plugins for, Nuendo’s native functions work much better.
Wrapped up most of the tracking on a project last night and habe been trying to work on the editing today but the alignment tool is essential on this one for getting these rap backup vocals to emphasize the lead. This is one of very few songs Ive had the pleasure to be a part of where Im like “Wow. This is gonna be a huge hit this summer”, so getting everything perfect is a must.
I must have unchecked it when I was reconfiguring the toolbar. Didn’t realize it would also deactivate it in the menu.