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Upgrade from Reference 3 or 4 Studio to SoundID Reference for Speakers & Headphones | Download Only Reviews

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A perfect storm of acoustic know-how and passion for good sound became the software that's currently transforming sound monitoring.

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Alessandro Volpi
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Non è stabile su Win 10, si blocca spesso e ho dovuto disinstallarlo e usare il vecchio ma preciso Reference 4. Aggiornate poi se ne riparla.
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Posted 4 years ago
Henrik Larsson
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Nygamla funktionen med translation är kanon. Det som inte är bra är dock pluginen som är buggig i Pro tools. Man måste välja om profil varje gång man startar en session för att det ska funka överhuvudtaget. Annars blir det ingen justering alls. Sen vore det gött om ni kunde lägga till Slate VSX som hörlur
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Posted 4 years ago
Jonathan Coutrier-Owens
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The software is very buggy. Sometimes the app doesn't respond to mouse clicks and the plug-in is also sub-par.
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Posted 4 years ago
Best upgrade ever, from reference 4 to SoundID Reference!
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Posted 4 years ago
To be honest: For me it's just an cosmetical update and not a new major version, which I've expected. I've spent 90 EUR for the upgrade, and I really have to say, that it's not worth the money, sorry.
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Posted 4 years ago
Rodrigo Llaguno
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So I just upgraded and consider the upgrade pretty expensive for what it is... The website is pretty bad, it seems rushed, it doesn't display text properly on mobile, it only works decently on safari when on a mac, there's no clear way to upgrade from reference 4 unless you do a deep dive into the website sections, there's a bunch of spelling errors on drop downs and such. Now on to the software. Ive encountered these bugs so far: * Old Reference 4 presets don’t translate and have to build them from scratch. (This is not talking about measurement profiles, it's talking about presets made from a particular measurement, just to clarify). * Midi mapping is broken and crashes whenever more than two presets are mapped or I map to certain midi notes. * You can no longer midi map functions like the basic enabling and disabling calibration. * I can no longer run Reference 4 to compare. Why is that? * It will randomly lower the current presets output volume when starting up or switching between presets, (I mean the actual output volume slider of the preset inside sound id reference). * The duplicating function for presets does nothing at all. * The target curve duplicate button only creates a new target curve, not a duplicate… * Presets don’t carry over from Systemwide to plugin. * Plugin doesn’t show Listening position is enabled when it is… * Systemwide is not even close to near zero latency, even when bypassed it still produces quite a delay. Tracking with it is impossible (even when disabled). * There was an update released today. I think this might be me but i believe 5.0.0.406 (the original version) sounds better than 5.0.0.409 . * Some typos in menus (I know, incredible.) It doesn’t spell battery consumption correctly in settings for example. * Installer cleanup is pretty bad, you are left with two systemwide apps, two measure apps, two copies of plugins, etc. * Systemwide’s audio starts to degrade after some minutes streaming video from popular sites (Netflix, Youtube, etc.) * Privacy concerns regarding the plugin trying to connect to Sonarworks servers every time the plugin is opened. * Systemwide will randomly change the output channels on the selected output device on load. I think it's pretty appalling that some of the basic functions are gone or completely overlooked in testing with such a "big" release. Looks like I spent $119 (now $89) for modifiable target curves more issues and an uglier UI.
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Posted 4 years ago
Wilhelm Paul
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Posted 4 years ago
Depuis la mise à niveau, c'est complètement buggé. À chaque démarrage de l'ordinateur, je dois supprimer la sortie et remettre la sortie plusieurs fois pour le faire fonctionner et faire des test pour essayer de voir si ça c'est activer. Ou alors je désactive SoundId dans les paramètre de sons Windows et je réactive pour voir si ça marche. En général il faut au moins 10/15 min de manipulation divers pour réussir à le faire fonctionner. Avec Systemwide, je n'avais pas ces problèmes.
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Posted 4 years ago