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This article mentions the Waves NX system, but I think it's important for those interested to know that the Waves NX system is rather half-baked. It is not exte

This article mentions the Waves NX system, but I think it's important for those interested to know that the Waves NX system is rather half-baked. It is not extensible, nor open source in any respect. It's proprietary and generally unavailable in any useful contexts. I was also surprised to see no mention of the Web Audio API implementations of HRTF and multi-channel ambisonic decoding down to binaural in the browser. This may well be today's most sophisticated approach to spatial headphone-driven audio.

kabdib 6y ago
My first experience with the Waves NX stuff was on a Dell laptop; I started some music, and suddenly the "camera on" LED lit up. I spent the next few minutes searching the laptop for malware. I don't remember how I determined that it was Waves NX wanting to compute my head position and not some bad guy remote controlling the camera. Can't speak for the sound quality of Waves NX, as I have it turned off.
lioeters 6y ago
> Web Audio API implementations of HRTF and multi-channel ambisonic decoding down to binaural Curious, here are some related links I could find. - MDN: Web audio spatialization basics https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Audio_API/Web_audio_spatialization_basics https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Audio_A... - Implementing Binaural (HRTF) Panner Node with Web Audio API (2015) Article - https://codeandsound.wordpress.com/2015/04/08/implementing-binaural-hrtf-panner-node-with-web-audio-api/ https://codeandsound.wordpress.com/2015/04/08/implementing-b... Code - https://github.com/tmwoz/hrtf-panner-js https://github.com/tmwoz/hrtf-panner-js - WebGL / Web Audio API interface for listening to the CIPIC HRTF database https://github.com/kai5z/hrtf-simulation https://github.com/kai5z/hrtf-simulation
triplesec 6y ago
WavesNX may have been a good idea, but it's badly-made, fights with drivers, resulting it being in an actively-antagonistic piece of Dell bloatware, unfortunately.

kabdib 6y ago

My first experience with the Waves NX stuff was on a Dell laptop; I started some music, and suddenly the "camera on" LED lit up. I spent the next few minutes searching the laptop for malware. I don't remember how I determined that it was Waves NX wanting to compute my head position and not some bad guy remote controlling the camera. Can't speak for the sound quality of Waves NX, as I have it turned off.

lioeters 6y ago

> Web Audio API implementations of HRTF and multi-channel ambisonic decoding down to binaural Curious, here are some related links I could find. - MDN: Web audio spatialization basics https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Audio_API/Web_audio_spatialization_basics https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Audio_A... - Implementing Binaural (HRTF) Panner Node with Web Audio API (2015) Article - https://codeandsound.wordpress.com/2015/04/08/implementing-binaural-hrtf-panner-node-with-web-audio-api/ https://codeandsound.wordpress.com/2015/04/08/implementing-b... Code - https://github.com/tmwoz/hrtf-panner-js https://github.com/tmwoz/hrtf-panner-js - WebGL / Web Audio API interface for listening to the CIPIC HRTF database https://github.com/kai5z/hrtf-simulation https://github.com/kai5z/hrtf-simulation

triplesec 6y ago

WavesNX may have been a good idea, but it's badly-made, fights with drivers, resulting it being in an actively-antagonistic piece of Dell bloatware, unfortunately.