Sonarworks Reviews

Name: Sonarworks
Address: 3, Smerla street, 3, Smerla street, Riga
Rating: 4.68

4.7 Rating 4,845 Reviews

94 %

of reviewers recommend Sonarworks

4.7

Based on 4,845 reviews

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Customer Service	4.7 out of 5

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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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Sonarworks 5 star review on 25th October 2024

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“It greatly helps the mixing and mastering process, and improves translation to different devices.”

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Posted 9 months ago

“Very useful”

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Posted 9 months ago

“Not sure why it has taken me so long to get this software! I do a lot of mixing on headphones and have always been aware of a bass uplift with my Senheiser 300s. Sonarworks has given me the clarity I need to make considered mixing decisions that so far have translated well to various listening devices.”

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Posted 9 months ago

“Very good customer service and very helpful. 10/10”

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Posted 9 months ago

“Excellent product, easy and fast”

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Posted 9 months ago

“Since my little room is not fully suitable for mixing with speakers, I found that the headphones corrections to be really helpfull! highly recommended.”

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Posted 9 months ago

“Best most useful software I have bought in 10 years. I cannot understand why I was skeptic. Headphones are so much LESS FLAT then I realized.”

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Posted 9 months ago

“Sonarworks has changed my life. With our label we built a treated mastering studio with bass traps, Helmholtz resonators,slat resonator, diffusers and calibrated mid-field studio monitors but masters doesn't translate as well if I compare to masters I do now all in box with sonarworks headphones and virtual monitors add-on. Even if you work in a super high-end mastering facility you need sonarworks for translation check and quality check, when U try it u'll never come back! Big up sonarworks team! Namastè!”

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Posted 9 months ago

“I have several headphones and would love to find a median sonic profile between them. However, while Sonarworks comes close, it doesn't really do the job. The problem for me is that once the changes are enabled for the profile, the headphones don't sound natural -- what's missing is understanding that flat isn't always optimal for a given headphone. What I mean to say is that the anomalies in different headphones often make for what makes them "pleasing". I understand that flat should translate, but it just doesn't translate as well as knowing the idiosyncrasies of your phones and mixing to them -- while always using different pairs to make sure things are as pleasing as possible on all. Removing bass from Apple AirPods Max phones, for instance, does not make them sound like Sennheiser HD's. Removing 5-8 KHz from Beyerdynamic DT770's does not make them sound flat, it makes them uncomfortably unnatural (even though most would agree that without EQ they are far too bright.) Maybe if you could dial in an amout of correction (which maybe you can, but if yes, I couldn't find any way to do it.) Also, on a Macbook Pro with Studio One, there are problems when running the System version. I have not tried it with other DAWs. Lastly, there's a bug (again, maybe only in Studio One) but if you use the AU plug-in then render, it warns you that you're saving with Sonarworks enabled -- this is even if you clearly disable it. The only way to make it stop is to remove the plug-in completely. So, to sum up, Sonarworks is not a bad tool to get a quick look at how a mix might sound in what they see as a "perfect world", but it's not a panacea for testing your mix on various platforms. Remember that your listener will most likely not be listening with Sonarworks, most likely on something like AirPods Pro, and at the end of the day it's most important that your mix sound good on those, and in the car. In my experience, Sonarworks may take you further away from that than get you closer.”

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Posted 9 months ago

Hello, Thank you for the review! You can dial in the correction simply by using the dry/wet slider available right between the custom target modes and the calibration display window. This will allow you to decrease the calibration amount that is taking place if the suits your workflow. Some headphones, as You've mentioned, might have issues with how they reproduce the flat sound and the biggest drawback is clipping. The safe headroom function has been implemented to combat the issue and, when enabled, the sound should be smooth and as close to flat as it can be without any sound artifacts. The AirPods will not replace your Sennheisers as they have better drivers and were built for a different purpose, but, regardless, the sound will be improved and mixing can be done better with calibration enabled on every headphone. As per any issues mentioned, it would be best to create a support request with more detailed information here: https://www.sonarworks.com/support SoundID Reference is indeed aimed at a music creator rather than a listener, but it is a personal preference and some might find a more pleasant listening experience with SoundID Reference enabled. For this very reason, we have a trial that is available within Sonarworks user account. I hope this helps!

Posted 9 months ago

“I am using Sonarworks for headphones with my Beyer DT770 Pro 250 ohm studio headphones. The emidate difference in audio was massive. As soon as I had the VST plugin setup I remixed two songs. I then took them with the original mixes and A/B them on several systems, cars, home system and JBL line-array. The Sonarworks files translated better to everything I played the tracks on. Very impressive.”

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Posted 9 months ago

“I heard about Sonarworks when researching modern room eq solutions online. I figured, it's worth a try :) The e-commerce experience was smooth, I was about to quickly understand which product suits my needs best, checkout was ready and the microphone arrived within a few days.”

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Posted 9 months ago

“Overall very good buying experience, but there were some initial hurdles with getting both the headphone and virtual monitoring licenses activated. It wasn't fully obvious or intuitive how to activate it all through the website to me, but reaching out to the support through the web chat resolved the issue quickly, so I'm happy.”

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Posted 9 months ago

Hi, Thank you for the review! We are happy to hear that our support team has managed to help you with the product activation. If there are any further questions or guides required, please don't hesitate and let us know. Thank you!

Posted 9 months ago

“Sonarworks Headphone has really helped my mixes translate to other systems such as the car and iPhone etc, the virtual monitoring system is also a great add on”

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Posted 9 months ago

“Set it and forget it👍”

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Posted 9 months ago

“Its was easy and super friendly to find the right product”

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Posted 9 months ago

“Everything was perfect. Deeply satosfied with the product, changed my workflow completely! Thanks sonarworks”

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Posted 9 months ago

“Fast hassle-free purchase. Simple setup. I haven't found the sennheiser CX 300 II headphones yet, I haven't gotten to the otm yet”

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Posted 9 months ago

“Easy to install and every steps are explain.”

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Posted 9 months ago

“Good easy and fast”

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Posted 9 months ago

“I never thought that it would make that much difference. Well, it did and it does. Incredible how this sound now, how my mixes translate on several systems.”

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Posted 9 months ago

Sonarworks is rated 4.7 based on 4,845 reviews