“I already work in a treated room and use SoundID Reference for final correction. But I tried the Virtual Monitoring add on and found it to be extremely helpful especially in double-checking the low end. I was so impressed that I bought it. Between the calibrated room, Avantones, calibrated headphones and now Virtual Monitoring I am more confident in producing well-balanced mixes and masters that translate effectively. A really useful tool - thank you!”
“Really liking this. It's made mixing so much better now there's a 3 dimensional element to the sound. Getting the right balance and effect levels is much easier and the results have improved substantially beyond the standard EQ'd headphone audio.”
“I like being able to switch through the different settings to help me blend certain kinds of sounds across different targets. This is a level of feedback I did not have before and I know it is improving the mixes.”
“This is a great solution to mixing in an untreated room! My mixes now translate well. Easy purchase process and delivery was fast! Love the new mix environments to save trips out to the car for testing!”
“I thought it was nice, but just messes up the whole point of Sonarworks. It works so much better without the Virtual Monitoring add on. It just distorts the whole perception and doesn’t emulate too well the virtual monitoring environment.”
“I had in the 1970s audio as my trade. When I retired 7 years ago, I started to produce music at my home studio. Now what we were dreaming of back then it's now real with a small budjet. I work mostly with headphones to not disturb the rest of my family, so it's essential that I can rely on what I hear with my headphones. I heard of Sonarworks SoundID Reference from a home studio Facebook group and deciced to give it a try. Ordering, paying and even taking it to use went smoothly. I use it with my three PC's. To my surprise it was available also to my Android phone and tablet - and for free. I was amazed how the whole listening chanced and it effected to my mixing and mastering results dramatically. Specially I enjoyd the possibility to check how my productions would sound in different listening environment like smart phones, laptops, cars, TV sets. I recall a hint from an old sound studio engineer that he checked every song also from a C-casette recorder of his car despite his state-of-air studio monitors. I had a couple of issues, but I had surprisely quick (and friendly) answers from the Support Centre which solved my cases. They also took seriously my finding and promised to forward my development suggestion: "Your findings are correct. Currently, there is no such feature within the SoundID Reference software to adjust the volume of left and right chanels individually. I have forwarded your email as a feature request to our Product team for review. I can't promise a timeline, but it will be looked into if enough similar requests have been received." So I am very pleased in all.”
