Introducing the Waves Abbey Road Studio 3 Plugin (This device, the Nx Tracker, is an additional expense that lets the program more accurately follow your movements, but without it, the Studio 3 plugin can still track you through your computer's camera if you give it access.) The audio was following the headphones thanks to a small, Bluetooth-enabled sensor clipped to the top of the set. Sitting back on the couch, it was like I was returning to my seat at the mixing board, with everything balanced again.

Turning toward the couch, the stereo image flipped-as it would if I had turned around in front of speakers-with the music now rushing forward over my shoulders. I took several steps to the right and the sound traveled with me. As I approached the left side, I heard more of the left channel. I got up to walk around, headphones still over my ears. While I could of course feel the headphones, the music sounded like it was still coming through the speakers set up on the wall several feet in front of me. Immediately, the sound was richer, as if I were listening through much larger speakers. Then, I turned the stereo off, placed a pair of headphones over my ears, and listened to the same album through the Abbey Road Studio 3 plugin. Nothing too fancy, with two mid-sized speakers set up in a standard left-right formation and me on a couch in front of them. In a living room, I listened to an album on a normal stereo system. Luckily, I was able to get a sneak preview. It's an experience that is probably best explained through experiencing it yourself.

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