Waves NX Surround Sound Software

shankly1985 · 6 Jul 2017 at 04:13

A Friend just asked me have I tried or heard this before. I give the Online a quick test tonight 4am Lol will test properly tomorrow and switch my headphone into proper stereo to get the biggest effect but I must say I am impressed with my little testing. Give it a try guys

Hear everything played on your computer – movies, music, games – with real-world 3D audio, using any headphones or earbuds. Watch movies in 7.1 and 5.1 surround sound, become part of the game, and hear music with new detail and depth.
HEAR MOVIES, GAMES AND MUSIC IN IMMERSIVE 3D AUDIO
Just Play
Play all content in 3D audio, from any player, any media, any streaming service
Any Headphones
Enjoy 3D audio on any headphones or earbuds, including the ones you already own
Webcam or Head Tracker
Use your webcam or the Nx Head Tracker to track your head movements for enhanced 3D audio
Personalized To You
Customize Waves Nx to your personal head measurements for a tailor-made audio experienc
http://www.waves.com/nx/mac-windows-app

Try it Online - Click Surround
https://www.waves.com/nx/player

Nx for Windows and Mac $9.99 - Try For Free

Zhuni · 6 Jul 2017 at 09:18

Ooh nice will give it a toot later. How do you rate it next to Atmos for headphone?

EsaT · 6 Jul 2017 at 11:06

Too bad their site doesn't really have any relevant material, like game videos, for actually listening how well it works.

As for head tracking that's rather irrelevant for movies and especially for games because in them sound should be related to image.

Well, at least my head is very close to average basing to numbers in user guide.

shankly1985 · 6 Jul 2017 at 13:29

tested some more it is very echoy even worse than other virtual surround software. Test Mafia it was very hard to hear location of people walking and cars driving past, It seem to just make everything loud and the sound stage seems much closer even on theater mode Because of this music does sound much better.

Just not sure its worth the asking price.

Zhuni said:
Ooh nice will give it a toot later. How do you rate it next to Atmos for headphone?

Windows decided it wouldn't let me continue using the trail version without me buying it, The next day after using the trail it said it had ran out lol so I didn't get enough time to test it. But going from the test you can run Dolby Atmos is better.

EsaT · 6 Jul 2017 at 14:53

shankly1985 said:
tested some more it is very echoy even worse than other virtual surround software. Test Mafia it was very hard to hear location of people walking and cars driving past, It seem to just make everything loud and the sound stage seems much closer even on theater mode Because of this music does sound much better.

Ouch.
Then again I read their talk about that "environment"/room simulation in Pro audio-product pages and got suspicion of it being another echo simulator like Dolby Headphone.
Sure for music some kind environment simulation can be good.
But for games it should be all about simulating game's sound and not about some damned room.
And game environment's echoes are already present in sound!

Kinda wonder why Creative stopped selling their software set with SBX Pro Surround in their store.