NESS Documentation v1.1.1

2 NESS Overview

Panels Features
Master Panel
  • Saving and loading sessions
  • Saving and loading snapshots
  • Audio settings
  • Main volume and mute
  • Window Zoom
  • Quit NESS


Panels Features
Menus
  • Speakers configuration
  • Source control
  • Reverb settings
  • Global display
  • Snapshot management
  • App Settings
  • Help


Geographical area Selected menu Features
Depending on on the active menu
Design
  • Settings of the background image
  • Speaker position
Sources
  • Sources static positions
  • Dynamic moves
Reverb
  • Virtual microphone positions
Global display / Settings / Help
  • Display of all the objects (sources and speakers)


Mixer Selected menu Features
Depending on the selected menu
Design
  • Gains / delays / phase of speaker groups
  • Routing matrix of speaker groups
Sources
  • Source selection
  • Name of the source
  • Input channel selection
  • Gain / mute / solo
Reverb
  • Input gain / mute of source signals


Settings Selected menu Features
Depending on the selected menu
Design
  • Loading a background image
  • Resizing the image
  • Transparency of the image
  • Scaling
  • Speaker groups selection
Sources
  • Send faders for the speaker groups
  • Processing mode: spatialized or directly routed
  • Spatialization mode: constant intensity, distance dependent gain
  • Delays activation
  • Delays and gains monitoring
  • Send faders for the reverb
Reverb
  • Impulse response choice
  • Send faders for the speaker groups
  • Delays activation
  • Delays and gains monitoring
Global Display
  • Name of the sources and speakers
  • Show / hide each source and speaker group
Snapshots
  • List of the snapshot in the session
  • Select / fire a snapshot
  • Snapshot name
  • Saving the current snapshot
  • Saving the parameters in a new snapshot
Settings > Mapping midi
  • Loading a mapping file
  • Saving the mapping in a mapping file
  • Table of midi controls and the mapped UI functions
  • Selection of the midi device
Settings > OSC Settings
  • Display the current IP of the software (requires Java runtime environment)
  • Monitoring of incoming messages
  • Sending OSC messages to other devices
Settings > Spatialization settings
  • Distance attenuation (roll off)
  • Atmospheric absorption activation
  • Smoothing of the delays
  • Spatial blur
  • Linked speaker groups
Settings > Help
  • General informations
  • Links to websites
  • Links to resources
    • Online documentation
    • Tutorials
    • Support contact
    • NESS community
    • FAQ