“This is a nice tool but it works extremely unstable on Mac OS Monterey. The core audio and the driver itself requires frequent restarts. Also SoundId reference audiodevice often autoswitch audio output on itself when I want to use some other audiodevice directly. Enabling of correction very often doesn't work without restarting.”
Hello,
Thank you for the review!
Yes, we are currently aware of the driver issue but there are a few workarounds:
1. You can restart the playback engine within the SoundID Reference application
2. Installing the previous version of our software will eliminate the issue.
Keep note, that all of our development effort is currently concentrated on improving and polishing the SoundID Reference, so I am sure we'll get to the bottom of this soon.
If you require further assistance, please let us know by submitting a support request here: https://soundid-reference.support.sonarworks.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
Hope this helps!
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