Sam’s conclusions on Sonarworks’ ability to improve headphone monitoring were entirely positive, but there’s no denying that the technical and psychoacoustic challenges inherent in correcting the response of monitors and listening rooms is a whole order of magnitude or two greater, so it will be fascinating to see how things pan out.īefore I get to describing how Reference 4 performs, however, I think it would perhaps be useful to examine what happens when a monitor plays audio in a room, and why there might be any need for ‘correction’. My colleague Sam Inglis reviewed the headphone calibration elements of the new Sonarworks 4 package back in the February 2018 issue of the magazine, but it is also designed to analyse and correct the quirks of monitor speakers and room acoustics, and a look at this aspect of its operation has long been on our list of things to do. Sonarworks software has been widely lauded for its ability to correct the sound of headphones.

Asymmetric listening setups can be accommodated. Screen 1: The first step is to input your room and speaker‑placement dimensions.

Sonarworks trial expired