“1) The calibration and sound is as advertised for both monitors and earphones. The setup process itself is easy and the program makes it even easier. I really liked that you can set the timer yourself before the measurements start, the live UI of where the microphone is in your room and where to move it, everything was fantastic. I didn't imagine measuring your room would be fun. It was. The sound that comes out of the calibration is also nice. I finally heard things I had had trouble before. The calibration EQ graph also confirmed my suspicions of the frequency areas I had trouble with. The sounds is a lot flatter now and I can't imagine going back to non-calibrated sound.
The headphone calibration is also awesome. I have had my BD 770 Pros for some time now and they've always been a little too top-heavy for me. But they changed into a balanced and even nicer listening experience in an eyeblink. I do like that I can turn the calibration off and still listen to the highs when needed.
2) The overall user-experience is top-notch, although I did find it weird that the "launch on startup" option hasn't worked for me on my first gen M1 Macbook pro. Started working on my track, but it sounded funny. Discovered that Sonarworks hadn't booted up after a restart. I have managed to replicate that every single time. But it's a small gripe as I don't restart the laptop after every session anyway.
But other than that.. the way you can switch between different audio profiles is great. I use the car and phone profiles for referencing all the time, they're easy to use. I also really like the toolbar dropdown menue for quickly changing output devices and calibration profiles.
3) Overall - it's not often I'm so happy with a product. It's well-rounded, thoughtful and useful. A complete experience.”
“This software is a no-brainer if you're serious about making music. It was easy to set up and get going - I just put in my headphone model and the software automatically calibrated the sound to create a flat frequency response.
There's ample documentation and helpful videos if you have serious questions about how to use this. It was pretty easy to find the information I needed while I shopped.”
“Sonarworks is great! It is so much easier to hear what my sound is doing and what the effect of any changes is! Absolutely great.
It was easy to set up and works with both my monitors and headphones.”
“Loving it. I bought SoundID Reference Studio including Measurement Microphone. It's like day and night. Both when using the speakers and the headphones.”
“I find this software very helpful. I initially installed it in a completely untreated mixing room. Using the reference mic, SoundID was able to show me how poor the frequency response of the room truly was. An EQ curve was created to flatten the frequencies, and I must say that this works very well. I could hear an immediate and obvious increase in clarity. I'm going on to add proper treatment to my mix room, but still expect to use SoundID to further correct the room, just from a better starting point. In addition to this, the ability to emulate different playback systems in software is quite valuable. This allows you to quickly reference your mix in a lot of different playback situations. I have never seen a faster or easier way to do this.”
