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. 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. 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. Nx lets you mix and monitor with greater confidence, giving you a better representation of how your headphone mixes will translate to speakers. 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. Some more headphone models would be a nice feature as they’re pretty limited.įor full details on Waves CLA Nx, head to Waves’ website.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. Once applying CLA Nx as an insert there is an overall increase in volume, getting used to pulling back on your fader is a small but not huge issue. The head tracking makes the acoustics and panning of audio feel a lot more natural.Īmbience control is a great feature if you feel the sound is still too flat. The sound of the room is excellent and really helps if you’re doubting your room’s acoustics/environment. These presets create a flat frequency response for the chosen headphone model, making the CLA Nx environment even more accurate and improving overall translation for mixing on headphones. Waves also support a range of open and closed-back headphones within CLA Nx. Supports head tracking for enhanced realism, via webcam or the Nx Head Tracker (purchased separately) Nearfield monitors: CLA-10 (custom NS-10 model) + subwooferįarfield monitors: Chris’ custom modified Ocean Way HR1sīoombox to check how your mixes translate to small-speaker devicesĪ better reference for mix depth, panning, reverb, low-end response Precision model of Chris Lord-Alge’s private Mix LA control roomĬheck your mixes on Chris’ three sets of custom studio monitors Introducing ambience is a good way to dial in more room acoustics if you’re working in a smaller room or even closed-back headphones. If you’re mixing on studio monitors or open-back headphones keeping the Ambience set to its default position will give you a tight but honest sound. With a choice of monitoring systems, from CLA-10 nearfields to a pair of custom-built main HR1s and even a boombox, modelled after the Sony ZMS1.īy placing CLA Nx as an insert on the main output of your DAW we’re able to make an enhanced judgement based on panning, depth, room acoustics, low end and even mix position. Placing CLA Nx as an insert on your master fader allows you to make decisions as though you were in the real studio. CLA Nx replicates the acoustics and monitoring system of the legendary mixer, Chris Lord Alge’s studio. By utilising channel crosstalk, inter-aural delays, early reflections and motion tracking we can now replicate a multi-monitoring environment inside none other than Chris Lord Alge’s main mix room. CLA Nx is powered by the same Waves’ spatial audio technology that we have seen used in the Nx Ocean Way Nashville. CLA Nx is the second plugin in what appears to be a new line-up for Waves.
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