Nx – Virtual Mix Room over Headphones

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NEW: Nx Ambisonics component for headphone monitoring of Ambisonics B-format, the industry standard for 360° / VR audio.

Want to create great mixes but don’t have an acoustically perfect room? Need to mix on the road? This plugin recreates the acoustics of a high-end studio inside your headphones, so you can make great mixing decisions anytime, anywhere.

Powered by Waves’ groundbreaking Nx technology, Nx Virtual Mix Room is a virtual monitoring plugin that delivers, on headphones, the same three-dimensional depth and panoramic stereo image you would be hearing from speakers in an acoustically treated room.

Nx lets you mix and monitor with greater confidence, giving you a better representation of how your headphone mixes will translate to speakers. 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.

Want to mix for 7.1, 5.1 or 5.0 surround on your regular stereo headphones? Nx lets you do exactly that – a revolution in surround mixing.

Nx also includes the Nx Ambisonics component, which lets you monitor Ambisonics B-format audio for 360° and VR projects on your regular stereo headphones. For optimal visual clarity, Nx Ambisonics features a spatial meter representing your tracks’ frequency content in every direction of the spherical 360° soundfield.

Best of all, Nx does all this without coloring your sound or introducing any artifacts. 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.

Finally, Nx includes a Headphone EQ calibration feature, allowing you to select a correction EQ curve for specific headphone models. Based on precision headphone measurement data provided by www.headphone.com, the Nx EQ curves are designed to balance out any extreme features in the frequency response, correcting them toward a common frequency balance and providing a more transparent starting point for monitoring and mixing.

Use Waves Nx with real-time head tracking – taking advantage of your computer’s camera or the Nx Head Tracker – and enjoy the enhanced realism of being in the Virtual Mix Room, anywhere and everywhere you go.

Get the ideal acoustics of a top mix room – inside your headphones
Accurately judge mix depth, balance and panning over headphones
Transparent sound that preserves your original tone
Monitor 7.1, 5.1 and 5.0 surround on stereo headphones
Monitor Ambisonics B-format on stereo headphones
Improve headphone monitoring while recording
Personalize the plugin to your individual head measurements
EQ calibration available for select headphone models
Use the plugin with the Nx Head Tracker for enhanced realism

User Guide

If you installed the Nx Virtual Mix Room plugin before late August 2016, you may need to re-install the plugin in order to have it work with the Nx Head Tracker.

360° Ambisonics Tools

$399
Nx Virtual Mix Room + 6 Nx Head Trackers

$375
Nx Virtual Mix Room + Nx Head Tracker

$149

Jun 23, 2016

3D Audio on Headphones: How Does It Work?

Learn why listening to three-dimensional sound in the real world and listening on headphones are two different experiences – and how you can bridge the gap.

Oct 10, 2017

Ambisonics Explained: A Guide for Sound Engineers

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Dec 14, 2017

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Jan 30, 2017

Nx Wins Hispasonic’s 2016 Product of the Year Award

The Nx Virtual Mix Room plugin has won the 2016 Product of the Year award from Hispasonic, the leading Spanish-language music, sound and technology magazine.

Dave Darlington Composer, Recording, Mixing & Mastering Engineer

Avicii, David Guetta, Sting, Oz

“I love using Nx while mixing in headphones. It gives me a clear, detailed image of my panning and depth of field, while allowing me to move freely in front of my screen. I feel like I’m right inside the mix. I’ll never go back to boring two-dimensional headphone mixes.”

Jordan Rudess Keyboardist, Composer

Dream Theater

“Nx is scary cool! I couldn’t believe all this was happening inside my headphones. I am blown away!”

Graham Reznick Sound Designer, Re-Recording Mixer, Composer, Writer, Director, Editor

The House of the Devil, The Innkeepers, In a Valley of Violence, Until Dawn

“Waves Nx allows me to mix and experience 360° audio for VR right in Pro Tools without ever having to take my eyes off the screen. Nx has helped me work from home while the baby is sleeping in the room next door.”

Neil Citron Guitarist, Producer, Engineer

Steve Vai, Steve Lukather, Larry Carlton

“I’ve often used headphones to reference reverb levels, guitar spreads etc., but never mixed anything on headphones from start to finish. With Nx, I’ve now mixed drums using only headphones, to great results. I can mix quietly and hear great detail, while still feeling like I’m in a real physical environment and not closed away. The mix sounds the same as if I were using speakers. I would urge everyone to try this and save your ears while getting it done well.”

Gil Norton Producer

Foo Fighters, Pixies, Stornoway

“Nx takes flat two-dimensional sound and turns it into an amazing three-dimensional sound experience. I love it.”

Russ Long Producer, Recording & Mix Engineer

Wilco, Dolly Parton, Amy Grant, Miley Cyrus

“I used the Nx plugin and Nx Head Tracker with vocalists recording in my studio, without telling them what it was. They said it was like taking the headphones off – like they were part of the mix rather than listening to a previously recorded mix – which made it easier for them to sing in tune.”

Drew Lavyne Mastering Engineer

Red Hot Chili Peppers, The White Stripes, Moby

“I got the Nx Virtual Mix Room plugin and Nx Head Tracker up and running and the results are amazing. During sessions, the feeling of being in a live room is light years beyond regular headphone monitoring. Fantastic product.”

Mads Mikkelsen FOH Engineer

Die Antwoord, Volbeat, Babymetal

“When touring with bands I often have to mix the audio for online videos, and I’m never afforded the luxury of having a studio to sit and mix at. All of my work has to be done using my laptop with a pair of headphones, sitting in the production office or on the tour bus. With Nx, I finally have a natural and adaptable work environment on the road where I can create studio-level mixes. ”

German A. Tarazona Llano FOH & Monitor Engineer

J Balvin, Jarabe De Palo, Doctor Krapula, Alex Campos

“When I listen to live recordings for virtual soundcheck, Nx gives me the perfect simulation of a real control room, which lets me improve the quality of the in-ear mixes I’m preparing. With the head tracking function, I feel like I’m in the sweet spot of a real room as my head moves left and right. The plugin is very accurate: it’s like having my own mix room while I’m on tour.”

Stanley Soares Producer, FOH & Studio Engineer

Sepultura, Motörhead, Heaven and Hell, Saxon

“As a live sound engineer I am always on the road. With the Nx plugin and head tracker I feel comfortable to mix my live recorded tracks on headphones anywhere I go, feeling like I am in front of speakers in a studio control room.”

Steve Booke Guitarist, Composer

The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Real World, Mind of Mencia

“The Nx plugin and Nx Head Tracker have proven to be an invaluable tool in my studio. I have a home studio and sometimes have to mix/track on my headphones late at night. Nx gives me an amazing “virtual speaker” experience that allows me to work practically as I would with my speakers blasting! It’s a great innovation that should be a staple in any and every studio, large and small. ”

David Stagl FOH & Studio Engineer

“I’ve really been digging the Nx plugin and the Nx Head Tracker. I can’t go back to listening on headphones without Nx. When I can’t work in my studio, using Nx is the way to go.”