Hi, I have purchased Abbey Road Studio plugin and I can see that you don’t have the model of headphones - not the exact ones - I have Beyerdynamics DT 770 PRO 80 ohm. The closest headphones on your list are Beyerdynamics DT770. Wil be the correction the same or I need to use other software to correct the response?
Hey @innerlight8,
Welcome to the Waves Forum.
You can use the profile that sounds best to you.
Selecting the closest model name should give you the intended correction curve for that headphone’s frequency-response signature
Additionally, since those are different EQ correction curves, you can also explore other models
and use them if they sound good to you on your headset, even if the brand/model does not match your headset.
I just used Waves Nx tonight with my DT-770 80ohm, and I used the DT-770 profile. It worked great.
But apparently Waves licensed their headphone correction models from Oratory1990 through the company he worked for at the time… He has since added some additional models.
If you aren’t happy with the current Nx DT-770 profile – you can try the Harman targets direct from his archive here: Reddit - The heart of the internet ← link to Oratory1990’s presets.
Given that Nx used his presets originally, if I’m not mistaken, it should be compatible with his newer ones.
But here’s another thing to consider…
Headphones vary a little between one and the next. So headphone calibrations are based on an average. Also, every human hears things a little differently based on the shape of our ears. Nx attempts to correct for that with the head measurements…
But in the end, it can only do so much.
Truth is, like Adi said – you can use whatever works for you. In the audio ‘circle of confusion’ there is no absolute. But you can find the source of truth by using reference mixes to establish a range of normal.
(Listen to reference mixes through Waves Nx.)
By the way, it would help a LOT if Waves would issue a systemwide driver for Nx! (Incidentally Waves made a consumer product with a systemwide driver, but it wasn’t the same as the Nx rooms we know and love. A very strange product launch.)
Anyhow, listen to reference mixes through Nx to get an idea of how your mix should sound. Whichever headphone or headphone profile you use - that is always the answer.
PS. Be sure to turn on your webcam if you have one! The head rotation is quite incredible, and that is the unique selling point of Waves Nx – no other software has that. It’s more than just a gimmick - the variations in sound based on head movement reduce headphone listening fatigue. I also have the hardware tracker… It’s pretty cool (speeds up the head tracking latency) but a little tricky to get sync’d with the computer. But if you have a webcam you don’t really need it. I’d recommend it for a serious Nx enthusiast, though. It works best in conjunction with a webcam, though, so it doesn’t drift.
PS #2. I make reference to Nx, but Abbey Road Studio 3 uses the same tech.