Sonarworks SoundID Reference for Speakers & Headphones with Measurement Microphone
Inhouse product
- includes both DAW plug-in and standalone desktop application components.
- You get three filter modes: zero latency, mixed, and linear phase, along with extra DSP processing controls, including mono, dry/wet, and safe headroom
- audition your mixes on more than 20 different simulated devices.
- OS Requirements - PC: Windows 8 or later
- OS Requirements - Mac: macOS 10.12 or later
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| Recommended Uses For Product | Studio Recording, Calibration |
| Brand | Genesis Bundle |
| Connectivity Technology | USB |
| Connector Type | plug in |
| Special Feature | Stand |
| Compatible Devices | Headphone, Speaker |
| Color | Grey |
| Included Components | microphone |
| Polar Pattern | Unidirectional |
| Item Weight | 0.34 Kilograms |
Calibrating your studio monitors with SoundID Reference is a piece of cake. Just connect the included measurement microphone to your audio interface, fire up the software, and you're good to go. And since it comes with more than 280 ready-to-use headphone calibration profiles, tailoring the software to your headphones is even easier. SoundID Reference's calibration profiles create a target frequency response that's flat across all audible frequencies. This calibration software also allows you to make custom, real-time adjustments to the target curve for profiles that are tailored to your individual application. And since you can save as many profiles as you'd like, switching between different speakers, headphones, and rooms is 100% seamless.
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abdilazizahmed4@gmail.com
08-03-2026My mix has improved when played on different speakers.They got different simulation of earphones, systems too. convenient to check mixes
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fedormironovic5@gmail.com
08-03-2026* This is sold BYOC - Bring Your Own Cord. You will need either an XLR to whatever your interface is or an XLR to USB adapter if you do not have a decent input to use their microphone. It will work with other calibrated microphones, some of which are USB based, if you can find the software only version and want to get or have your own mic.- Everyone I have heard rave about this program seems to use a Mac. I can see now why reviews by windows users are not good. I got it to run downloading an older version. Did endless measurements. But it refused to then apply the profile. It said there was a newer version so I ran update. Now it refuses to even load. Going through their many support pages I tried some suggestions, including changing permissions on certain directories it uses and deleting the previous config file, which seemed to work and got me going.It works as a stand alone program with audio players like Foobar where you can choose your output destination. It has also worked as a plugin.Doing the speaker and room plot takes F o r e v e r it feels like as you play Pictionary trying to move the mic all over the place based on its desires (32 times).Using it briefly for the headphone correction with some Sony MDRV6 headphones, it cleaned them up and removed the harshness and really improved the sound.So far it seems like a worthwhile investment.
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sharonuwelizabethut6262@gmail.com
08-03-2026This is brutal. Every user I know that uses Windows cannot get this to work with any consistency. Crashes the DAW, crashes on startup, shuts down Wavelab, Cubase or Nuendo. Please correct this 'update' is a downgrade and they are charging more the upgrade than ever before. Please Sonarworks, correct this.
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ezekielpp45@gmail.com
08-03-2026I thought this would provide maybe a minor boost to my studio speakers eq (Adam a8x, well treated room) but the difference was actually enormous. Not only can I set it to "flat" and get a totally consistent sweep, but there are other profiles I can use for streaming, music, or gaming. Runs in the background all the time and you always have access to an enable/disable toggle to compare. Improves image and soundstage, removes room coloration from the sound, tightens up bass performance. Couldn't be happier.
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okeefe.beatrice@hotmail.com
08-03-2026The most negative part would be that you go through 41 tests of the area that you want to correct. But the more you do it the more ideas you have to make it simpler.… And once I heard how effective this was, it made me jump back into correct in my actual room problems that were caused from the physical construction… And I'm making progress on that also with the room analysis from 40 Hz up to 13 or 14,000 K… They are very good at answering your questions, and you will have questions…... So what I'm saying is it's worth the time and effort to understand how it works and why it works… If you do that you will be well satisfied…
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coulibalybakayi25@gmail.com
08-03-2026This helped greatly with a bad acoustic room. Now my monitoring is much more flat, and it works both on my speakers (and sub) and headphones (there's a database of measured headphones). I can't recommend the Reference highly enough. It really improves your mixing substantially. I think even that this will make lesser monitors sound more, because it really does compensate and make your sound flat. This results in ultra clear, easy on the ears sound.I seriously can’t imagine mixing without this. Unless you can afford an acoustician and a properly treated, properly designed room, and high end monitors, you need this to be a serious mixer.
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测试2
08-03-2026Bought this new from Amazon via seller Audio Deluxe. Tried to activate license but Sonarworks says my "license activation key" is ALREADY USED, and disallows my using the product.I'll update when and if this is resolved.
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jerrold90@hotmail.com
08-03-2026Works well. The room correction software is incredibly useful if you have to mix or related audio listening in a less-than-perfect room. Doesn't replace a properly acoustically treated room, but it's a huge improvement for any space.
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abd******
My mix has improved when played on different speakers.They got different simulation of earphones, systems too. convenient to check mixes
fed******
* This is sold BYOC - Bring Your Own Cord. You will need either an XLR to whatever your interface is or an XLR to USB adapter if you do not have a decent input to use their microphone. It will work with other calibrated microphones, some of which are USB based, if you can find the software only version and want to get or have your own mic.- Everyone I have heard rave about this program seems to use a Mac. I can see now why reviews by windows users are not good. I got it to run downloading an older version. Did endless measurements. But it refused to then apply the profile. It said there was a newer version so I ran update. Now it refuses to even load. Going through their many support pages I tried some suggestions, including changing permissions on certain directories it uses and deleting the previous config file, which seemed to work and got me going.It works as a stand alone program with audio players like Foobar where you can choose your output destination. It has also worked as a plugin.Doing the speaker and room plot takes F o r e v e r it feels like as you play Pictionary trying to move the mic all over the place based on its desires (32 times).Using it briefly for the headphone correction with some Sony MDRV6 headphones, it cleaned them up and removed the harshness and really improved the sound.So far it seems like a worthwhile investment.
sha******
This is brutal. Every user I know that uses Windows cannot get this to work with any consistency. Crashes the DAW, crashes on startup, shuts down Wavelab, Cubase or Nuendo. Please correct this 'update' is a downgrade and they are charging more the upgrade than ever before. Please Sonarworks, correct this.
eze******
I thought this would provide maybe a minor boost to my studio speakers eq (Adam a8x, well treated room) but the difference was actually enormous. Not only can I set it to "flat" and get a totally consistent sweep, but there are other profiles I can use for streaming, music, or gaming. Runs in the background all the time and you always have access to an enable/disable toggle to compare. Improves image and soundstage, removes room coloration from the sound, tightens up bass performance. Couldn't be happier.
oke******
The most negative part would be that you go through 41 tests of the area that you want to correct. But the more you do it the more ideas you have to make it simpler.… And once I heard how effective this was, it made me jump back into correct in my actual room problems that were caused from the physical construction… And I'm making progress on that also with the room analysis from 40 Hz up to 13 or 14,000 K… They are very good at answering your questions, and you will have questions…... So what I'm saying is it's worth the time and effort to understand how it works and why it works… If you do that you will be well satisfied…
cou******
This helped greatly with a bad acoustic room. Now my monitoring is much more flat, and it works both on my speakers (and sub) and headphones (there's a database of measured headphones). I can't recommend the Reference highly enough. It really improves your mixing substantially. I think even that this will make lesser monitors sound more, because it really does compensate and make your sound flat. This results in ultra clear, easy on the ears sound.I seriously can’t imagine mixing without this. Unless you can afford an acoustician and a properly treated, properly designed room, and high end monitors, you need this to be a serious mixer.
测******
Bought this new from Amazon via seller Audio Deluxe. Tried to activate license but Sonarworks says my "license activation key" is ALREADY USED, and disallows my using the product.I'll update when and if this is resolved.
jer******
Works well. The room correction software is incredibly useful if you have to mix or related audio listening in a less-than-perfect room. Doesn't replace a properly acoustically treated room, but it's a huge improvement for any space.
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