
“In many instances, headphones are the only element in a tracking session that impede the creative process rather than improve it. Producer/engineer Russ Long (Dolly Parton, Sixpence None the Richer, Wilco, Chris Tomlin) comments on his experience recording with Waves Nx: Also, since vocalists are often not accustomed to hearing themselves through headphones, Nx makes them feel comfortable and helps them to stay in tune. This contributes to an overall more natural vocal performance while also reducing the potential for out-of-tune singing. When recording vocals in particular, Nx helps the vocalist perform better by reducing the effect of hearing their inner voice, in that it moves the sound from inside the head to the outside – thus staying true to how the singer is used to hearing and perceiving his or her voice in playback. This provides a better recording experience, as the musicians enjoy a more open, uncongested mix, with greater detail and clarity, and can deliver great performances more easily.Ĭheck out the video below to see Nx in action during a live tracking session in Nashville new Music Row.
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With Nx, recording engineers can provide the musicians with clearer, more open headphone mixes that spread across the full three-dimensional audio spectrum, as if you were listening to monitors in a real room. Having the right headphone monitor mix is often what separates an average recording session from a great one. Alternatively, two (or more) mixing engineers can now use Nx to mix together on headphones. This allows as many as six musicians (or five musicians and one engineer) to hear Nx simultaneously in their headphones while recording.

The Nx plugin has now been updated to work with up to six Nx Head Trackers at the same time. Nx lets you hear the same natural depth, natural reflections and panoramic stereo image you would be hearing from speakers in an actual room, turning 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.

Powered by Waves’ groundbreaking Nx technology, Waves Nx Virtual Mix Room is a virtual monitoring plugin that simulates the ideal acoustics of a high-end mix room inside any set of headphones.
