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Waves Nx CLA Virtual Mix Room Plug-in

Chris Lord-Alge Virtual Control Room for Headphones - Mac/PC VST2, VST3, AU, AAX Native
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Hear Your Mix in Chris Lord-Alge's Studio

Waves has extensive experience modeling Chris Lord-Alge's gear, from his classic hardware to his hit-making console. Now, CLA is getting the Nx treatment, enabling you to check your mixes in an immersive, three-dimensional virtual re-creation of the control room at Chris's renowned Mix LA studios. Waves Nx CLA includes an acoustic response of Chris’s Avantone CLA-10 nearfield monitors, coupled with his subwoofer system and his custom-built Ocean Way far-field speakers, along with a boombox model to check how your mixes will translate to small-speaker devices. This plug-in gives you an uncanny awareness of depth, panning, imaging, and frequency balance, while perceiving hitherto concealed sonic nuances, such as reverb tails. Nx CLA is compatible with the Waves Nx Head Tracker, which allows you to "move" within the plug-in's virtual listening space for an authentic, real-world experience. If you're tired of unpleasant surprises when you play back your mixes, Waves Nx CLA is a must. It's the next best thing to mixing in an expertly tuned acoustic environment!

Reference-grade acoustics, wherever you are

Powered by Waves' immersive Nx audio technology, this plug-in precision models the acoustic soundstage of Mix LA's control room, allowing you to use your headphones to make better judgments regarding panning, reverb, mix depth, bottom end, vocal placement, high frequencies, and more. If you collaborate on your productions the way many musicians and producers at Sweetwater do, Nx CLA enables all parties to have the same reference-grade acoustic environment when working on parts and sending them back and forth.

World-class acoustics, re-created for your headphones

Based on precision 360-degree impulse response measurements of Chris Lord-Alge's control room, this plug-in leverages Waves’ pioneering Nx technology for immersive spatial audio. The plug-in re-creates — in stunning three-dimensional sound over any set of headphones — the same incomparable audio qualities that make Chris's Mix LA an ideal acoustic environment for music mixing and production. You (and your collaborators) will enjoy unmatched clarity of imaging, acoustic response that unveils every detail in your music, well-balanced sustain across the full frequency spectrum, and accurate low-end sustain — a hallmark of the world’s premier control rooms.

Waves Nx CLA Features:

  • World-class acoustics, re-created for your headphones
  • Delivers a combination of impeccable room acoustics and state-of-the-art monitors
  • Based on precision 360-degree impulse response measurements of Chris Lord-Alge's control room
  • Leverages Waves’ pioneering Nx technology for immersive spatial audio
  • Unmatched clarity of imaging
  • Acoustic response that unveils every detail in your music
  • Use with the Nx Head Tracker for enhanced realism (also works with your computer's camera)
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Tech Specs

  • Software Type: Virtual Room Mix
  • Platform: Mac, PC
  • Upgrade/Full: Full
  • Download/Boxed: Download
  • Bit Depth: 64-bit
  • Format: AAX Native, VST2, VST3, AU, AudioSuite
  • Hardware Requirements - Mac: Intel Core i7 or higher (M1 support), 8GB RAM minimum
  • Hardware Requirements - PC: Intel Core i5 / AMD Quad-core or higher (AVX required), 8GB RAM minimum
  • OS Requirements - Mac: macOS 10.15.7 or later
  • OS Requirements - PC: Windows 10 or later (21H2), 64-bit
  • Manufacturer Part Number: CLNX

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Rated 5/5

Studio in your head

I really like this plugin it definitely changes the way you mix in headphones and the translation is definitely noticeable in your main speakers playback. I like that you can switch between nearfield monitors and main room speakers to a little boom box to see how your mix will sound on different setups
Music background: Semi professional musician/producer-composer
Rated 5/5

I can hear into my mixes. More depth.

This plugin is amazing. I have the original Waves NX and this is better. I can finally hear into my mixes. The sense of depth is remarkable. I don't have a good room or good monitors. I use Samson SR850 headphones to mix. I was able to quickly identify problems in my mixes. I highly recommend if you are a headphone mixer. I especially like the Boombox mode to hear how mixes might sound on smaller speakers or earbuds.

Since the early days of DAW software, Waves has been a dominating force in music and audio production. For those of us here at Sweetwater who've been recording since the industry switched over to computer-based studios, it's impossible to imagine sessions without L series Ultramaximizers, MaxxBass, and other staples. Since then, we've been impressed every time Waves has brought top producers such as Jack Joseph Puig and Chris Lord-Alge to Sweetwater to show off their next cutting-edge creations, and Waves is constantly adding new and innovative plug-ins to their catalog. And with cool new gear such as their SoundGrid series, Sweetwater engineers have discovered just how easy it is to use Waves plug-ins live.

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