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CLA Nx / User Guide 

 

 

Product Overview

 

CLA Nx is a tool that lets you mix on headphones while monitoring in the exact space of Chris Lord-Alge’s legendary Mix 
LA studio. Using Waves Nx technology, CLA Nx actually puts you in the Mix LA control room, so you can trust what you 
hear and mix with confidence.  

Chris Lord-Alge is a powerhouse in music mixing. He’s mixed thousands of songs and garnered five Grammy

®

 Awards. 

He has a sought-after signature sound and a finely honed workflow. Part of Chris’s consistent success stems from his 
custom-designed control room, which provides him a reliable, clear monitor sound. The room, designed by legendary 
acoustician/designer Vincent Van Hoff, is famous for its transparency and depth. Chris attributes this precise, honest 
sound to a combination of custom monitor loudspeakers and a unique space with innovative geometry, intelligent 
treatment, and a very high ceiling. 

The Mix LA control room has given birth to many modern classics by Green Day, Bruce Springsteen, Muse, Avenged 
Sevenfold, Keith Urban, My Chemical Romance, and countless more. Now you too can monitor your mix in this room. 
CLA Nx uses state-of-the-art psychoacoustic modeling to achieve a natural, immersive, and transparent three-
dimensional sound field for stereo mixes monitored on headphones. Mix as though you were sitting in Chris’s chair and 
reliably judge depth, panning, stereo image, balance, and reverb. When you hear the mix played back in a speaker 
environment, you won’t be surprised.   

To provide greater immersion when mixing on headphones, CLA Nx links to the optional Nx HeadTracker, which 
changes your stereo headphones into a real-world acoustic space. It recreates a room in your headphones that behaves 
just like the Mix LA control room. CLA Nx does not change the processing of the mix itself, but rather the environment in 
which you monitor it.  

 

 

Summary of Contents for CLA Nx

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Page 2: ...7 Head Tracking 8 Head Tracking Controls 8 Head Modeling 10 Head Measurements Presets 12 Tips for Better Camera Tracking 12 Selecting a Headphone EQ Curve 13 The Waves Nx HeadTracking Application 14...

Page 3: ...space with innovative geometry intelligent treatment and a very high ceiling The Mix LA control room has given birth to many modern classics by Green Day Bruce Springsteen Muse Avenged Sevenfold Keith...

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Page 6: ...LEVEL AND METERS The binaural stereo headphone output is represented by a full scale stereo meter with infinite hold clip indicators Use the knob below the meter to control the headphone monitor level...

Page 7: ...lect a studio monitor type the associated IR loads This IR describes everything about the room the speakers and how they interact with the space the reflections and the ambience of the space itself Th...

Page 8: ...frame head indicates the orientation of the engineer s head with respect to the studio The head is grayed out when the user s head is outside the tracking range when there is insufficient ambient ligh...

Page 9: ...S button takes you to the HeadTracker application s control panel Use it to reopen the application if it has been closed or if you want to tweak certain Head Tracker controls CALIBRATE defines your he...

Page 10: ...used When you are not using the Sensor Fusion mode you can have several instances of the Nx Virtual Mix Room plugin with a different tracking device for each instance This will enable you to have mor...

Page 11: ...f the head around your ears and around your eyebrows Enter values directly by dragging up or down over the value box Default 55 cm 21 7 in average adult circumference Range 35 cm to 75 cm 13 8 in to 2...

Page 12: ...the Preset menu Save a preset to a new file to move it to another host Click the HELP BUTTON to learn more about head modeling Tips for Better Camera Tracking 1 Make sure there is enough light in the...

Page 13: ...s you may choose to modify the EQ curve of your headphones If you are familiar with the way your headphone mixes sound elsewhere turn off Headphone EQ The Headphone EQ section provides EQ correction c...

Page 14: ...ing the application forward or to reopen it if it s been closed The Camera Tracker and The Bluetooth Tracker are set up on separate tabs Camera Tracker Tab ON OFF SWITCH lets you turn camera tracking...

Page 15: ...amera Tracker can follow motion on these axes yaw pitch roll x axis y axis and z axis Each type of motion is illustrated in the head diagrams Disable Auto Launch By default the Nx HeadTracker applicat...

Page 16: ...o connect or disconnect an Nx Head Tracker device that appears in the device list REFRESH DEVICE LIST clears the list and rescans for Nx Head Tracker devices OPEN BLUETOOTH SETTINGS is used to manuall...

Page 17: ...the current Head Tracker device firmware version AUTOMATIC CONNECT automatically creates a connection with any Nx Head Tracker device when On When Automatic Connect is unchecked the application will a...

Page 18: ...pp You can bring Nx Head Tracker to the front by clicking the Settings button on the CLA Nx interface 5 Calibrate Head Tracking in the CLA Nx plugin BASIC OPERATION 1 Move your head left and right the...

Page 19: ...p slightly for a brighter frame 4 Make sure that your face is well lit and not shadowed Low tracking rate in plugin interface 20 fps Camera 1 Check the tracking rate in the head tracking app 2 Verify...

Page 20: ...routing of your headphones 2 Verify that Nx is inserted at the last summing buss in the signal flow with no other channels bypassing it 3 Verify that head tracking is working 4 Recalibrate head tracki...

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