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A number of real-time measurements that constantly update are displayed in the window, and text shows you keyboard commands for such actions as resetting the face detection, and enabling Low Light Mode (more on that shortly).īack to NX itself, if you drag on one of the virtual speakers (or turn the Front knob), you can widen the distance between speakers up to where they’re 90 degrees from each side of your head, and the stereo image widens correspondingly. The default is 60 degrees. When you instantiate NX, it automatically launches WavesHeadTracker, which opens in a separate window, and shows a feed from your your Webcam, with a 3D green box around your head, reminiscent of something from The Matrix. In the stereo version of NX, the GUI features a pair of speaker icons connected by a yellow line, and a top-view, 3D graphic of a human head. The NX plug-in interface is where you do most of the adjusting (except for head-tracking parameters).
NX can be instantiated in mono-to-stereo, stereo, and 5.1 or 5.0 surround. The two you’re most likely to use in a DAW environment, though, are the stereo and 5.1 components. The frequency response that you get in NX is heavily impacted by your headphones, so the more accurate they are, the better.
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You put it on the master bus while you’re mixing, but then you bypass it before you bounce your mix. Unlike a speaker simulator like the Focusrite VRM Box, NX doesn’t try to emulate any particular types of monitors. Instead, it uses psychoacoustic technology to simulate a treated mixing room, free from acoustic anamolies the theory being that in such a pristine environment, you will be better equipped to make mixing decisions. If you’d prefer not using an external drive, but still need to switch computers occasionally, it’s quite easy to move your authorization between two machines using Waves Central. You can only authorize it on one device at at time, but it can be either your computer or an external drive (even a flash drive).
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You install NX just like any other Waves plug-in, using the free Waves Central installer application. Details, details The interface for the NX stereo component When I first got a demo of it at NAMM, I was sure it would cost at least $500, and was flabbergasted (in a good way) when I heard the actual price. Possibly the most mind-boggling aspect of this plug-in is that it costs just $99.
Using the webcam on your computer or an optional head-tracking accessory sold by Waves (not available yet), it follows your head movements and adjusts the virtual acoustics to compensate. Use Waves Nx with real-time head tracking – taking advantage of your computer’s camera or the Nx Head Tracker unit – and enjoy the enhanced realism of being in the Virtual Mix Room, anywhere and everywhere you go.NX comes with the WavesHeadTracker application, which loads when you open the plug-in. What you hear is your mix, exactly the way you want it to sound – only now you have a more accurate way to monitor it on headphones. Want to mix for 5.1 or 5.0 surround on your regular stereo headphones? Waves Nx lets you do exactly that – a true revolution in the world of surround mixing.īest of all: Waves Nx does all this without coloring your sound. By delivering the natural listening experience of a physical room, Waves Nx also makes the headphone experience more comfortable and ear-friendly over long periods of time. By letting you hear the depth and stereo spread you would be hearing on external monitors, Nx gives you an accurate representation of how your headphone mix will translate to loudspeakers.
Waves Nx finally bridges the gap between monitoring on speakers and monitoring on headphones.
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Insert the plugin on your master buss, and hear all the elements of your mix accurately laid out in space, just as you would in the sweet spot of a great-sounding professional mix room. Waves Nx turns your headphones into a more reliable mixing and monitoring tool by letting you hear everything with real-world dimension, rather than flat in your head.