Sonarworks Reference 3 plugin
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    Question Sonarworks Reference 3 plugin

    Has anybody played around with this? Looks to be a plugin that helps 'calibrate' output and resolve room/headphone issues.. supposedly resulting in more neutral monitoring.

    If this actually works it has to be worth the money, surely?
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    It's actually pretty damn cool. They do recommend a specific mic, or you can get the mic with the purchase, but I just used a general purpose mic. You then record a sin wave or something at about 25 different locations in your room. I don't use the room option much anymore as I've added more sound treatment since and I think I have my room pretty well covered at this point. That, and I always forgot to turn it off when bouncing mixes.

    The headphones functionality I do still use. I think it hypes the bass a bit on my DT-880's, but I also didn't send in my particular headphones for measurements. A nice thing is that you can modify the EQ curves.

    I don't use the speaker emulations - not much of a fan and have no idea if they indeed do emulate the models of speakers well or not.

    I know it's pretty highly regarded on gearslutz.
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    Interesting, thanks mate. I'm unlikely to be able to properly treat the 'studio' acoustically because it's not just my room (sadly). Sounds like this will help..
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