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For many of us, the package that includes TB Isone is well worth the money for other reasons.

Since I don't have a surround monitoring setup, that feature appeals to me.Īt least three of the four offer free trials (not sure about Toneboosters).

HEar includes, in addition to speaker simulation, a simulation of surround sound on headphones, when processing a surround mix.

This feature can be turned off, and when it is the plugin is very similar to Redline Monitor.

TB Isone includes a collection of EQ curves emulating number of generic speaker types.

(I've read that it is even more annoying to use with a webcam because of latency issues.) If you like the head tracking (which attempts to mimic subtle variations in the sound as your head moves in relation to a pair of monitor speakers), then Nx is a good choice.

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Nx is designed to work with a Bluetooth head tracking device, and is annoying to use without one.

They all 'work' in the sense of creating an illusion that the sound is coming from speakers rather inside your head. When I looked at the four plugins in Leon's list, there was no clear winner for me. There's a relationship to reverb, but that doesn't make it the same thing. Look up 'binaural crossfeed' and 'Head Related Transfer Function' for specifics on this. All of the room simulation plugins are based on well-established facts about human hearing and how we know which direction sounds are coming from. Sonarworks comes after the room simulation plugin, not before (see this Gearslutz thread).īut I don't quite agree that room simulation is effectively the same thing as reverb, although a convolution reverb might be an okay substitute. I agree that these plugins should be used along with Sonarworks (or some other means of compensating for the frequency response of your headphones). Then you just check the final mix real quick. You don't have to actively monitor on speakers, just check every now and then and A/B to other recordings, doesn't even have to be loud. Only difference is that Altiverb has hundreds of rooms and over a thousand total positions where you can listen to, as well as a very, very wide usage spectrum as a reverb/space design tool.ĮDIT: I forgot to take delay into account, which Room Sim plugins take care of, but the IRs don't. Also, a speaker's response (I mean the general response you hear) changes as you change the room), especially if it's untreated.

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Because that's essentially what it is (I don't know what else it could be) and naming your software 'speaker simulation software' doesn't mean it'll do it better. If you just want to hear how your music sounds in a space played by two almost-neutral monitors, get a convolution reverb with some professionally recorded IRs in True Stereo like Altiverb, unless you already have it. If speaker simulation is to have any ground, you headphones need also be calibrated after the fact (if their frequency response is one of the parameters you're trying to simulate).

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If any of these room sim plugins have a trial version, do try it out first. If you don't have calibration, I'd rather get that. I don't think room simulation will really help you (since it didn't help me). Thanks a lot for your help guys and gals !

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New Audio Technology Spatial Sound Card Pro (virtual sound card): Standart: $169, Stereo: $69,00Īnd in more general way, is anybody releasing mix/master with this kind of software ?.

New Audio Technology Spatial Sound Card (virtual sound card): $9 (through steam store).

Tineboosters Isone 3 (Part of the BusTools 3 bundle) : $45.

I've read several reviews on the web but did not find one those that stand out from the crowd. As I cannot work with speakers (family sleeping!) I'm considering one of those plugins for my mixes :

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