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Upgrade from Reference 3 or 4 Headphone to SoundID Reference for Headphones

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€39.00

Product description

Upgrade your headphones to improve your mixing process with our latest features! The latest product upgrade includes reimagined UX to ease your workflow, additional software features to improve your mixes, and smaller improvements for advanced monitoring. After the upgrade, select your headphone calibration profile, adjust features and leave in the background - it will seamlessly fit into your workflow.


Key features

  • Reliable, consistent, easy-to-use calibration software for all of your audio system:
    • Ready-to-use headphone calibration for 500+ models
    • 3 filter modes: Zero Latency, Mixed and Linear Phase
    • Additional DSP processing controls: Mono, Dry/Wet, and Safe Headroom  
    • MIDI mapping in the SoundID Reference app for various controls
    • User Presets in the SoundID Reference app for switching quickly between predefined output device/channel pair combinations
  • Control your target sound:
    • Flat target curve used by 200'000+ music creators globally
    • Custom Target: target curve adjustments in real time
    • Translation Check: simulate 20+ different devices and environments
  • High performance and flexibility:
    • Zero latency plugin DSP
    • Near-zero latency system-wide calibration on Windows
    • Native support for Apple Silicon (M-series chip devices)
  • Export your calibration profile to supported hardware:
    • Apply calibration directly on DSP-enabled hardware
    • 10+ device integrations available (audio interfaces, speakers, and more)

See the exact list of calibration profile types and supported target devices here: SoundID Reference Integrations


What's included

  • SoundID Reference standalone app for Headphones (ASIO, WASAPI, APO, HAL)
  • SoundID Reference DAW plugin for Headphones (AU, VST2, VST3, AAX)
  • Averaged profiles for 500+ supported headphone models
  • An upgrade code for your existing product license: after upgrading, the product can be activated and used on 3 devices


System requirements

  • A valid permanent Sonarworks Reference 3 or 4 Headphone Edition license
  • macOS 11 Big Sur, 12 Monterey, 13 Ventura, 14 Sonoma
  • Windows 10, 11
  • Stable internet connection (offline use not supported)
  • Sonarworks supported or Sonarworks individually calibrated headphones


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