Waves with new binaural/surround mixing tech...

[BKK-OZ]

Waves have released 'Nx' - a virtual monitoring plugin that simulates the ideal acoustics of a high-end mix room – inside your headphones.

Tracks your head via a web-cam or similar, and puts you inside a virtual mixing environment.

They also have a KickStarter appeal going for a head-tracking hardware for headphones.

[Shooshie]

Waves have released 'Nx' - a virtual monitoring plugin that simulates the ideal acoustics of a high-end mix room – inside your headphones.

Tracks your head via a web-cam or similar, and puts you inside a virtual mixing environment.

They also have a KickStarter appeal going for a head-tracking hardware for headphones.

The headphone mixer would be nice. I used to use the one made by "Redline," but the developer died in a skiing accident, if I remember correctly. It was sudden, and a very fine — almost essential — product was lost along with him. Who knows what else he might have created had he lived? So, I'm glad to see Waves do it. I'm sure it's done well.

As for their kickstarter campaign, it surprises me a little... on 2nd thought maybe not so much, that one of the richest and prolific of companies is looking to develop a technology that could be lucrative for them, using nothing but other people's money! One thing about a Kickstarter campaign is that it does your market research and capital raising all in one move. If you fail to get your funding, it probably means there was no market for it to begin with.

[BKK-OZ]

My reading of their Kickstarter campaign is that it is essentially just a way to generate pre-sales for their hardware, given that the software is already developed.

[Shooshie]

My reading of their Kickstarter campaign is that it is essentially just a way to generate pre-sales for their hardware, given that the software is already developed.

Ah... I didn't actually go there, assuming that Kickstarter campaigns are all the same, basically. Well, still it strikes me as odd. Just odd.

Shoosh

[Babz]

I was an early adopter of Waves NX. It's cool!

Here is an earlier thread I started on it:

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=61638

Best,
Babz

[BKK-OZ]

I was an early adopter of Waves NX. It's cool!

Here is an earlier thread I started on it:

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=61638

Best,
Babz

Ahhh...

I thought someone might have posted about it earlier, but when I searched, nothing came up.

Thanks.

Now that you have used it for awhile, thoughts?
Any thoughts on the head tracking?

[etl17]

Another interesting plugin that I've been using with great results for years is the Toneboosters Isone: http://www.toneboosters.com/tb-isone/

--Stefanos

[billf]

I have had NX for a while, and it is cool, but I'm not quite comfortable relying on it for production yet.

For stereo production work headphone mixing, I've been using Sonarworks plugin because it comes with a calibration profile for my DT 770's (they have a fair number of headphone profiles included), and the results so far have been good.