Waves nx cla full#

It also helps you to hear what information you're losing when switching from stereo to mono. This is especially import to the process as it emulates an old boombox that has a mono speaker, and isn't very high quality.ĭue to the nature of the boombox, there's usually no sub information that can be heard through it. The final thing I'll do is listen through the Boombox. You can apply this processing to your entire sample or the separate bass track.

Once that's done, the sample is on it's way to being fixed! It's worthwhile messing with mix knobs here too, and playing until you find a setting that reduces the bass, but doesn't destroy your signal. Then I'll increase the depth of Soothe a little bit, finding a sweet spot that doesn't destroy the original signal source, but also stops the distorting in CLA NX. Select the frequency band and increase the depth using delta mode, until I can hear the resonance I want to tame a little. Then I'll use Pro-Q3 on dynamic mode, or I'll use Soothe (Soothe more often). This is usually the problem frequency, and is easy to spot, because it's the highest amplitude frequency (at the lowest point) – that will be your fundamental.

fundamental is the lowest point with the highest amplitude Here, you're looking for the fundamental frequency, or a resonance that's overpowering. Soothe 2 is fantastic at dealing with harsh bass resonance, without affecting the character or weight from your bass, and is easily set up. Usually if the CLA 10 doesn't pick up these resonances, you can be sure the HR1's are going to do this, and they'll sound really, really overbearing in this mode.Īfter I hear the resonance, I choose to either turn the channel volume down to try and resolve the overpowering sub, or I'll treat it using a combination of soothe 2 and Fabfilter's Pro-Q3. Listening through mains (Ocean Way HR1s)Ģnd I'll opt for the mains monitors (Ocean Way HR1s), and listen for the same thing. This is where the “mains” function comes in handy. Once I've discovered there are problem frequencies, I'll use Soothe, or Pro-Q 3 on dynamic mode.īut, usually when listening through the sub you won't always hear the problem frequency area that you're looking for. There have been multiple times I thought my bass sounded fantastic in my headphones, switch on NX, and I've realised there's some overbearing resonances anywhere between 60-500Hz.

It's a really overpowering ring that causes everything else to distort and become underwhelming/ muddy because of it.ĬLA NX is needed to spot this, because headphones don't give me the same room dynamics, and don't sound like a set of speakers would. You'll know when what you're listening for comes up. Listening through CLA 10 + Sub modeġst I'll reference through the CLA 10 + Sub mode and here I'm listening for any overbearing resonances through the speakers. I'm gonna go through what I've been doing to use CLA NX to reference samples and ensure that the bass is ok before shooting them off for feedback and selection for our sample packs. It's not 100% accurate, but it's more than enough to help you get balanced mix & masters in headphones. I always have an instance of CLA NX on my master now for checking it's that good.

Waves nx cla full#

Since I don't have a full studio or monitors yet (because of costs and to be mindful of people I live with), I've been using Waves CLA NX to make more informed decisions on everything. Unfortunately there's only a few headphones available for this, but it's useful if you have a selected pair, and don't want to shell out for Sound ID reference 4. There's also some cool features like headphone EQ, built-in to CLA NX, which means you can flatten your headphones' frequency curve, helping you make the most informed decisions possible. It's the perfect bedroom studio companion for making any decisions in a mix, and provides a really accurate stereo simulation of being in an actual studio, with ambience controls to change the room dynamics. It's a fantastic plugin that gives you access to listen on NS-10s, with a sub woofer, Ocean Way HR1s, and a boombox. Waves CLA NX, is a plugin that simulates a studio room environment, based on Chris Lorde Alge's real-life studio.