Simulate a mix through an Auratone speaker

It is good practice to check your mixes on a variety of playback systems to see how your mixes will translate. Using an impulse file and some creative use of the Cubase and Nuendo Control Room functionality, you can create a monitor path which simulates your mix through an Auratone speaker.

Here's how you do it!

(1) Open your "VST Connections" window (F4) and making sure your Control Room is enabled, go to the "Studio" tab. In here we will create 2 monitors paths which are both assigned to the same physical outputs on our sound device.

VST Connections

(2) Open your Control Room mixer and make sure you have expanded the view to show inserts for your monitor paths. Using the A/B button, switch to your 2nd monitor path (B) and insert a convolution reverb processor on one of the inserts. Load the Auratone impulse into the convolution processor and set the wet/dry mix to 100% wet. Also switch the down-mix preset to "mono" for this monitor path.

That's it! Now you can switch between A/B monitor paths. Path A will be your clean sounding mix and Path B will be a mono mix which sounds as though it is coming through an Auratone.

Monitor Path A

Monitor Path B

There are many convolution processors available (both commercial and freeware), however I recommend one which has 0 processing latency so this technique doesn't add to the overall latency on your system.

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Sjoerd said:

	... Thanks dude! Immediate positive result when googling "auratone impulse". :D
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Michael Heemskerk said:

... Hi Glad to have found your website! I was looking to find and buy some auratone c5 speakers after reading all the almost too positieve:-) reviews of them. I stumbled on the prices they ask and the sometimes bad shape they were in. I tried your tip out and it really works, great that you have done this. I am realy glad. I created a stereo file of the file I downloaded from your website to get it to work in an stereo mix. You'll have to use a stereo convolution reverb though. Thanks again, regards, Michael (Netherlands)

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September 19, 2010
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