The front panel of SoundID Reference prompts you to enter your interface in this case I’m using the Antelope Audio ZenGo Synergy Core USB interface which the system immediately saw. When I first opened SoundID Reference it asked me for permission to access core audio, which you must allow. If you’ve recently moved from a studio you know and love to a garage, spare room or bedroom, could there potentially be a way of transferring a little of that magic sound from one studio to another?įirstly, I’d recommend checking to see if your particular model is on the list of available headphone profiles, as this is the quickest way to check out SoundID Reference for yourself. For those of you who have never heard of or used SoundID Reference from Sonarworks before, you’re going to find the prospect of no longer second guessing yourself very tempting.

This year has seen a massive change in the way music creatives work, with many moving their studio setups into their home. And should you wish for a more accurate correction, you can send them your actual headphones for analysis. Not to restrict your workflow in any way, Sonarworks also incorporates a headphone module that comes with a range of preset corrections for all the popular models of studio headphones.

I’m sure we’ve all at some point in our pasts, after several hours of painstaking work, been horrified to discover that what sounded stunning in our studio sounds awful in the car!

The aim, to produce a flat response at the listening position, thereby facilitating professional sounding mixes that translate to all the output mediums associated with modern music making. Now, the company has released SoundID Reference, the latest version of this incredibly useful headphone and speaker calibration software. This useful tool took the guesswork out of your recording and mixing by correcting the sonic response of your speakers in relation to the room characteristics and any other anomalies within your working studio environment.

Sonarworks certainly hit the nail on the head when they released their incredibly easy to use and very popular Reference 4 software.

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