Using crossfeed, CanOpener models the most important spectral, timbral, and intensity modifications that you’d hear in our studio. Unless, after popping on a pair of headphones, you pop CanOpener Studio on the master bus. No chance for Ringo to make it from left to right. Headphones, by contrast, are loudspeakers strapped to your ears. The waves interacted with a large obstacle (you) on the way to your right ear, meaning your right ear hears those left-speaker sounds modified in a thousand ways - changes in phase, spectrum, and intensity. So even when Ringo’s drums are coming only from the left speaker, those sound waves still make it to your right ear. In our lab, in the mixer’s chair, sounds from the left and right speakers hit both of your ears. Hearing music on headphones is a lot different from hearing music on speakers. Under the watchful gaze of a Waves technician, I put on their headphones and pressed play.įirst thought when trying out Nx? This doesn’t sound anything like the lab speakers or CanOpener Studio. CanOpener Studio had captured the spatial characteristics of a great loudspeaker setup incredibly well.įlash forward to this January, to the 2016 NAMM Conference, where Devin and I got the chance to try out Waves’ newest plugin, Nx - Virtual Mix over Headphones.
But a second thought followed the first one closely: This sounds a lot like CanOpener.
Waves nx vst professional#
In August of 2012, after months of working on CanOpener Studio, and a lifetime of listening to music mostly on headphones, I got my first opportunity to visit the lab and hear music the way Devin does, at that desk, on a pair of professional-grade speakers - a highly controlled acoustical environment, tuned for his professional tasks (mixing, mastering, algorithm-designing).
Waves nx vst Bluetooth#
Requires Bluetooth 4.In the Goodhertz audio lab in California, Goodhertz founder Devin Kerr does the majority of his critical listening at the mixing desk.Up to 6 users can use 6 Nx Head Trackers simultaneously.Use with the Nx 3D audio apps to experience 3D audio on any headphones.Use with the Nx Virtual Mix Room or Abbey Road Studio 3 plugin to make better mixing decisions with headphones.Tracks your head movements in 360 degrees (full sphere).
Waves nx vst software#
Augments the realism of Nx software for immersive 3D audio.Use the Nx Head Tracker along with the Nx 3D audio apps to experience the music, movies and games you love in 3D audio - on your computer, tablet or mobile device, using any set of headphones. Pair the Nx Head Tracker with the Nx Virtual Mix Room or Abbey Road Studio 3 plugin in order to recreate on headphones the spatial acoustics of a high-end room, improving your headphone mixing and recording experience. The Nx Head Tracker is a small Bluetooth device that latches on to your headphones and tracks your head movements in order to augment the immersive spatial audio experience created by Nx Technology. Baritone Horns, Euphoniums, and Alto Horns.Speakers - Speakers & Tweeters Component.