Headtracker OSC with Waves NX + NXOSC

Nuendo
1

Hi,

I’ve recently found this application https://audiooo.com/nxosc by Katsuhiro Chiba.
All info is in japanese but in short it’s a Waves Nx headtracker hack, and it works on MacOS.
So i thought, great I could use that to have Nuendo track my head, right?
Well not that easy it seems, i can’t figure it out. I probably need to use max msp to run a patch that converts the raw osc data to meaningful data.
but thte biggest problem is, what data does Nuendo need? I’ve fiddled with the setttings but the OSC server does not respond.
I see that it uses Headpose firmware 1.0 but cannot find that app…

anyone knowledgeable here that can help out.

Thanks in advance!

2

Hi all,

would also be interested in that.

Intend to also use the Waves NX Head Tracker to control VST Multipanner (via MidiOX).

Have already TouchOSC running on an Android tablet. Connects to the WinPC running the OSC-Bridge. The bridge is the receiving side, which listens on a certain network port for the controls being sent from the tablet.

The missing bit is perhaps a piece of software (NX2OSC), which picks up the head tracking data from the NX device, and converts it to OSC data. This could then be received by the OSC-Bridge.

LG, Juergen

3

Hello,

I made a small app that bridges between nxosc and nuendo.
It works and it’s free to download here:
http://hapax84.free.fr/downloads/Nxosc2nuendo.zip

fxw

4

Hi fxw,

this sounds great.

This is to MacOS. Will there also be one for Windows?

Is it the one which was also discussed in a Discord thread?

LG,

Juergi

5

Hi,
Nxosc only works on Mac. So Nxosc2nuendo as well.
fxw

6

Is there already a solution for Windows-system?

7

Hi there,

In this video, you can learn how to hook up NxOSC with a “translator” app that converts the data for Nuendo/Dolby Atmos:

It uses an app called Oscii Bot that you put “inbetween” the two apps. It’s like a tiny script interpreter specialized on midi data.

However, I am concerned that the app will stop working once MacOS stops supporting Rosetta apps. So I am kinda looking for an alternative way. One idea would be to run a ported version of Michael Wagner’s script (it’s really a tiny script…) in Python inside a tiny linux container on a homeserver or Raspberry Pi.

But who knows, someone will probably come up with a Rosetta solution for non-Rosetta MacOS by this point.

8

Um… on Macs, which is the only OS they support, if you have a WebCam, it uses that instead of that little device in that guy’s hand.

They do support Windows too.

9

As of 2026, yes.

10

webcam tracking is less accurate than the wireless tracker and in my scenario (big monitor without a webcam) it is not applicable. that NX tracker is currently the best tracker available (next to Airpods) that are also wireless.

It will still take another MacOS version (probably 28) until Rosetta becomes obsolete and removed, so that gives us enough time for an alternative.