Sonarworks REFERENCE 3 Headphone plug-in chosen as product of the year by Sound On Sound

Just a year after the REFERENCE 3 headphone calibration plug-in was introduced at NAMM Show 2015, Sonarworks has received the prestigious Sound On Sound "Editors Choice" 2016 award. It is an annual award selected by the Sound On Sound editorial team in recognition of a product or innovation.

"We deeply appreciate the work Sound On Sound is doing in telling the audio world about up and coming innovations. Many thanks to all of our customers for support and feedback. We are excited to see how headphone and speaker calibration integrates into workflow and help music professionals make better music irrespective of where they are working. In 2016, Sonarworks will continue to deliver smart solutions for issues long deemed unsolvable," said Sonarworks CEO Helmuts Bems.

By employing a patent-pending measurement method, Sonarworks identifies sonic aberrations in headphones and corrects them using a DAW plug-in. The sonic signature of every headphone is tuned to a target frequency response, which makes them sound like flat speakers in a well-treated studio. By using the REFERENCE 3 plug-in, engineers are able to mix with confidence, knowing how their work will translate to other sound systems. All calibrated headphones share the same tonality, which is very useful when collaborating over distance.

The standard version of the headphone calibration does not require any extra hardware. Anyone using a pair of supported headphones will be able to enjoy reference headphone sound in a matter of minutes. After downloading the DAW plug-in, the headphone model must be selected from pre-measured profiles, at which point it is possible to toggle calibration on/off or to adjust the level with a wet/dry control.

More information and a 21-day full-functionality free trial is available on the company website.

Sonarworks is a recording studio software development company specializing in acoustic calibration and DAW plugins. Accurate sound is our passion. Based on research by EMMA awarded audio engineer, Sonarworks patent pending technology has been developed over a course of 3 years.