KVR Audio

kmonkey · Post by **kmonkey** » Sun Apr 06, 2025 11:12 am

I tried all of the mentioned plugins here, but some aren't mentioned with a variety of headphones from $150 to $3000.

For me and my experience, there is no contest there. Realphones provides the most convincing simulation and translation to other environments. All of these free, affordable, or expensive solutions can not replace Realphones.

billinder33 · Post by **billinder33** » Sun Apr 06, 2025 7:02 pm

I started with VSX when it came out and have since tried Can Opener and last week Realphones.

Can Opener I don't get at all. Changed the balance of my cans in an unpleasant way and struck me as 'phasey' sounding.

On paper, Realphones is an incredibly attractive proposition. In practice, I found it ok/fine/not great, especially in relation to VSX.

I don't like the VSX headphones (cheap, cans barely cover my ears) but the ecosystem IMO is a hands down more realistic experience vs the competitors. The rooms have a lot more variation compared to Realphones, which IMO suffers from a lot of 'sameness' across environments. The Club and Car models are stellar, the Zuma room is a very natural frequency curve with just enough room to give a sense of air without coming off as 'phasey', so a good room to work in.

Main downside, aside from the cans, is the cost. It's obviously the most expensive investment, so possible customers need to determine if the additional value is there

multree · Post by **multree** » Fri May 30, 2025 10:43 am

just trying the latest version of CanOpener in conjunction with Morphit and am getting really good results running the Mix Engineer Lifelike preset into the Morphit correction.

I prefer this over Morphits own crosstalk or virtualize options. But it's cool that Morphit now offers these in the box.

tonymax · Post by **tonymax** » Fri May 30, 2025 11:17 am

ForumGuy · Post by **ForumGuy** » Sat May 31, 2025 5:25 pm

Any opinions on Melda's newly released MMatcher?

satYatunes · Post by **satYatunes** » Sat May 31, 2025 6:21 pm

ForumGuy wrote: Sat May 31, 2025 5:25 pm Any opinions on Melda's newly released MMatcher?

I compared it with VHS, Morphit and Sonarworks. All sounded same to my ear which is a good thing. The correction profile for my headphone looks same in all too. It's just MMatcher have more functionalities.

vitocorleone123 · Post by **vitocorleone123** » Sun Jun 01, 2025 3:59 pm

SoundID with room.

Canopener has been asking me to log in randomly and that’s just annoying so I stopped using it.

If I finished more tracks or get around to mixing my 3 song ep, I’ll get RIME for my NDH30s. It adds 10ms latency so isn’t for tracking.

robisme · Post by **robisme** » Fri Jun 20, 2025 2:40 pm

vitocorleone123 wrote: Sun Jun 01, 2025 3:59 pm Canopener has been asking me to log in randomly and that’s just annoying so I stopped using it.

Same here, and it doesn't warn. Only opening my monitoring fx chain made me figure it out. Directly uninstalled, I need consistency.

What a surprise Melda released a Morphit alternative. Instant purchase (on sale 19€ instead of 99), I love Melda plugins. For can opening, curently I get back to Airwindows Monitoring

comfortablynick · Post by **comfortablynick** » Fri Jun 20, 2025 3:18 pm

I am looking for something to add crossfeed to my setup. I have SoundSource and I use it with custom EQ profiles and/or Pro-Q. So I'm covered for EQ. Is Morphit the best solution? I've been surprisingly unable to find a free or cheap AU just for crossfeed. I'd like to get something similar to what my old HeadRoom amp had.

robisme · Post by **robisme** » Sat Jun 21, 2025 9:19 am

comfortablynick wrote: Fri Jun 20, 2025 3:18 pm I am looking for something to add crossfeed to my setup. I have SoundSource and I use it with custom EQ profiles and/or Pro-Q. So I'm covered for EQ. Is Morphit the best solution? I've been surprisingly unable to find a free or cheap AU just for crossfeed. I'd like to get something similar to what my old HeadRoom amp had.

There is one and it's free : https://www.airwindows.com/
Choose the "consolidated plugin" in AU format it you wish (personaly I use clap), and the "setting", or plugin in the plugin" Monitoring, comes with several crossfeed option. I use Cans A and Cans B

Songwriter101 · Post by **Songwriter101** » Sat Jun 21, 2025 10:36 am

Morphit works great for me and crossfeed is available in the plugin as well.

comfortablynick · Post by **comfortablynick** » Wed Jun 25, 2025 8:28 pm

robisme wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 9:19 am There is one and it's free : https://www.airwindows.com/
Choose the "consolidated plugin" in AU format it you wish (personaly I use clap), and the "setting", or plugin in the plugin" Monitoring, comes with several crossfeed option. I use Cans A and Cans B

Thanks, I hadn't tried that. I have to use AU because I'm using it in SoundSource.

I just don't like what CansA through D do to the sound. I used a track with '60s style separation (Simon & Garfunkel's "America") and a lot of the bass disappeared, maybe because it's panned. It just sounded lackluster.

Incidentally, I don't like what Morphit does with it either. I would prefer to disable the headphone EQ completely since I've already have the correction loaded in Pro-Q. The old HeadRoom amp I used to have did give a bit of a boost in warmth but it mostly narrowed the stereo field in a pleasing way. It seems so simple but I haven't found a digital tool that replicates it yet.

Igro · Post by **Igro** » Thu Sep 11, 2025 5:52 am

osiris · Post by **osiris** » Thu Sep 11, 2025 11:48 am

I found a new free one I'm going to try. Saw it on a best new VST YT vid. It's called Crossfeed and I haven't looked up the dev yet. It simulates room speakers in your headphones. Looks interesting.

Cooker · Post by **Cooker** » Thu Sep 25, 2025 3:56 pm

Current favorite of mine; Waves nx for eq correction, morphit for crossfeed.

Headphone correction: which ones ? / Toneboosters Morphit ?