Tagged: headphone mixing, mixing on headphones
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Art MunsonKeymaster
Anyone tried this out? http://www.waves.com/plugins/nx#introducing-nx-virtual-mix-room/. 14 day free trial, on sale at $49.
We have talked before about mixing on headphones at https://musiclibraryreport.com/forums/topic-tag/headphone-mixing/.
I love the idea of it but always a bit leery that I can trust a headphone mix to translate. This software is the most sophisticated I have seen so far. You actually use your computer camera to set up the tracking of your head in the sweet spot (at least that’s what I think I understand!). It even goes so far as to have you measure the dimensions of your head to input into the software.
Love to hear anyone’s comments on this.
Art MunsonKeymasterBumpity bump. 🙂
UpFromTheSkiesParticipantI just bought it! Sonically, It’s VERY close to my treated room monitor mix!
Danny TruittParticipantI got an email on it and thought about trying it, but then decided it just didn’t make sense that a “manipulated” sound field would be reliable. After seeing Golds’ post, I think I’ll give it a try. I’ll post back here after trying it.
Danny TruittParticipantWell, I’ve downloaded Waves NX and given it a quick test. I think it has possibilities. I have other Waves plugins that I’m pleased with and the two-week demo will give me time to do more extensive testing, but I’m thinking it might be useful.
Art MunsonKeymasterJust got it also, we’ll see.
MattStarlingParticipantI use NX and I do find it useful for those situations where I’m forced to mix with headphones. I do think that it’s still better to use monitors when possible.
I’ve found that NX is most useful when used in conjunction with the headphone calibration plugin I purchased from Sonarworks. I’ve heard that calibration was in the works for NX, but Sonarworks allowed calibration for my monitors/room and headphones too.
gregGuestThere’s a 90 demo of this now and with coupon code CREATIVE40 it only costs $30.
https://www.waves.com/plugins/nx#introducing-nx-virtual-mix-room
StevieBlunderParticipantI have the Abbey Roads Studio 3 and I like it a lot. I moved a year ago to a place that I cant do any loud mixing just a pair of 5″ speakers and a sub. The AR Studio gives a nice break from usual headphone fatigue and really moves the mix to a place not unlike a studio environment. Its not magic by any means ,just a relief for me when mixing. It works with the NX mentioned above
https://www.waves.com/plugins/abbey-road-studio-3#presenting-the-waves-abbey-road-studio-3-plugin
Ian HendersonGuestI bought NX but am currently trailing CanOpener and SonorWorks as NX didn’t have a profile foe my headphones. I think this combination might be better than NX. Haven’t tried Abbey Road though.
StevieBlunderParticipantI recently purchased the Slate VSX headphone/software package. Its really amazing, allows a great mixing environment on headphones. I’ve tried NX, Abbey Road 3 and Realphones. Slate has far more customization but I’d say Realphones are a good software only solution . Check out the 4800 comments on Slate at Gearslutz
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