“I'm a bit sad that the update was rolled out a few months after I purchased Sonarworks 4. I was just outside the window for a discounted update, so it leaves a bit if a sour taste. Weirdly Sonarworks 4 started acting up and I decided to update. A lot of issues are fixes, but small ones are still there. Overall usability is a lot better though. Love the reference to different speakers, although I feel it's more of a gimmick.”
“I would have chosen a "depends" option for the above question if there was one. I upgraded for the native M1 support and although the new features seem very cool, I tend to only use the standard speaker/headphone calibration. I originally had some poor performance running in Cubase (which I didn't with Ref4) however that seems to have been fixed with an update shortly after.
The app itself can be generally a bit slow to inputs compared to Ref4 but that's pretty minor.
I probably could have stuck with Ref4 for my needs, but the extra features could come in handy someday and the M1 support & knowing there'll be active support and updates with SoundID is nice. Couldn't live without either though.”
Hi,
Thanks for your review, we really appreciate it!
I am sorry to hear that you have encountered some trouble with SoundID Reference. I will reach out to you privately to gather some additional details on your experience with the product so far.
Best regards,
Zane
