G-Sonique Launches Monitor MSX5 Headphone Monitoring VST Plug-In
The new Monitor MSX5 by G-Sonique is a VST plug-in designed to improve your headphone mixing capabilities with “realistic monitor/speakers simulation for professional mixing.”
According to G-Sonique…”While some classic “spatial processors” were developed for enhancement of music listened to on speakers, after a few years of research, we developed a new algorithm/system that is not working purely on the principles of basic spatial processing.
G-Sonique Monitor MSX5 GUI. Click to enlarge.
Spatial processing is an algorithm simulating the basic concept of listening on speakers where left channel is “copied” into right channel, attenuated, frequency distorted, and time delayed by a few milliseconds, equally for right channel.
G-Sonique Monitor MSX5 VST plug-in moves these basic spatial processing principles/algorithms forward and offers a comfortable and precise way of mixing on your headphones.
While every studio monitoring system should have flat frequency response, every set of monitors have slightly different sounds. The sound of MSX5 is very neutral and flat, but has a few sound characteristics of the famous Japanese speakers that are popular worldwide for their very sharp and cold sound.”
Much more information on this new ($60) VST (PC-only) plug-in plus sound demos can be found at the G-Sonique website.
MSX5 Features Include:
Monitors angle – this feature simulates angle of rotation of studio monitors/speakers towards your head/ears. In professional recording/mixing studios speakers are usually rotated 15 – 25 degrees.
Monitors distance – this feature simulates distance of monitors in room from your head/ears.
Center balance – by this knob you can attenuate level of phantom center to hear wider stereo signal
Main volume – control output volume of all system
Monitor/Speaker simulation:
(BASS) Woofer size – simulate the size of the bass woofer of your virtual monitoring system. Most of classic studio monitors do not have the biggest bass woofer so you can’t hear deepest sub-basses 10 – 35 Hz without additional sub-woofers. But this feature is often desirable because deep and massive bass can soften mid and harsh mid-treble frequencies. So if deepest sub-basses are not reproduced by smaller monitors you can hear more sharp, harsh and clear sounds as well as many problems in your mixes.
(TREBLE) Tweeter sharpness/Sound aggression – Many models of the popular Japanese studio monitors have a very sharp and precise treble sound. With this knob you can simulate this kind of extremely precise and sharpness sound of treble in four amounts. (min-max)
Comparison – by this knob you can freely compare between dry (pure headphone sound) and wet (monitor sound simulation)