Waves Nx Virtual Mix Room over Headphones

Waves Nx Virtual Mix Room over Headphones｜The Ultimate Solution for Accurate Headphone to Speaker Mix Translation

In today's music production environment, we don't always have access to an acoustically perfect mixing room. While high-quality headphones can effectively isolate environmental issues, mixes completed on headphones often fail to translate well to speaker systems, resulting in a completely different sound. With listeners using both headphones and speakers, you must ensure your work sounds consistent and excellent on both devices.

This is where the Waves Nx Virtual Mix Room plugin comes in. Using advanced 3D audio modeling technology, it simulates an acoustically perfect professional studio in your headphones, completely solving the biggest pain point of headphone mixing. Furthermore, it includes built-in monitoring correction curves for over 270 professional headphone models, making you feel as if you're mixing on top-tier monitor speakers in an ideal control room, ensuring your mix translation is accurate and reliable on any playback system.

Core Advantages & Use Cases

Recreate the Speaker Listening Experience in Headphones
When using only headphones, it's difficult to accurately judge stereo placement, image width, reverb space, and the balance between instruments. The Waves Nx Virtual Mix Room provides you with an extremely accurate real-world reference point, allowing you to experience the natural crossfeed and acoustic reflections that speakers produce in a room, making your mixing decisions more confident.

Precise EQ Correction for Over 270 Headphone Models
Every pair of headphones has its own unique frequency response curve. Nx uses the industry's most advanced Harman Headphone Target Curve methodology to provide dedicated EQ correction for over 270 studio-grade headphone models worldwide. Covering dozens of renowned brands like Sony, Beyerdynamic, Sennheiser, AKG, Audio Technica, Audeze, and Focal, it ensures you get the flattest, most authentic monitoring baseline.

Combat Auditory Fatigue and Extend Your Work Sessions
Mixing on headphones for long periods, with sound piped directly into the ear canals, can easily lead to auditory fatigue. Nx simulates a real physical space, making the sound appear to come from speakers in front of you. This more natural listening experience significantly reduces the strain on your ears, allowing you to work on mixes for longer without fatigue.

Customize Your Virtual Mixing Environment
You can fine-tune the spatial ambiance of the virtual mix room to your preference, setting a slightly wetter or drier feel. Additionally, to perfectly tailor the 3D effect to your personal hearing, you can enter your individual head measurement data in the plugin's "Head Anatomy Calibration" section for the ultimate personalized experience.

Head Tracking Technology for Ultimate Immersion
To achieve unparalleled realism, Nx supports dynamic head tracking. When you move your head, the sound field changes accordingly, just as it would in a real studio. You can use your computer's built-in webcam or purchase the dedicated Nx Head Tracker hardware for the fastest and most accurate tracking results.

Monitor 5.1/7.1 Surround Sound on Stereo Headphones
With advanced binaural modeling technology, you can accurately monitor 5.1 and even 7.1 surround sound mixes on any standard pair of stereo headphones, without needing an expensive multi-channel monitoring system. The Nx Virtual Mix Room even supports monitoring Ambisonics B-Format, making it an ideal tool for 360° audio and VR (Virtual Reality) projects.

Technical Specifications (Tech Specs)

• Virtual Monitoring Technology: Waves Nx Immersive 3D Audio
• Headphone Correction Models: Over 270 professional studio headphone models
• Correction Method: Harman Headphone Target Curve
• Head Tracking: Supports computer webcam or Nx Head Tracker (sold separately)
• Supported Channel Formats: Stereo, 5.0, 5.1, 7.1, Ambisonics B-Format (FuMa & AmbiX)
• Personalization Settings: Head anatomy measurements (circumference, inter-aural distance), adjustable Room Ambience
• Sample Rate Support: 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz
• Plugin Formats: VST, VST3, AU, AAX Native