SoundID Reference - Upgrade from SoundID Reference Headphone to Speakers & Headphones (key only)

Unify all of your monitoring devices under the same reference sound and switch seamlessly between your speakers and headphones. With this upgrade, you will add speaker calibration in addition to an already existing set of features offered by SoundID Reference for Headphones. As a result, you will hear every detail across the frequency response spectrum and will trust every mixing decision you make.

Key features 

→ Reliable, consistent, easy-to-use calibration software for all of your audio system: 

○ Ready-to-use headphone calibration for 500 models 

○ Accurate speaker measurements and calibration for stereo systems 

○ 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 over 250'000 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, Dolby 

Atmos Renderer, and more) 

○ See the exact list of calibration profile types and supported targets 

devices here: SoundID Reference Integrations 

What's included 

→ SoundID Reference standalone app for Speakers and Headphones ASIO, 

WASAPI, APO, HAL 

→ SoundID Reference DAW plugin for Speakers and 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 SoundID Reference for Headphones license 

→ macOS 11 Big Sur, 12 Monterey, 13 Ventura, 14 Sonoma, 15 Sequoia 

→ Windows 10, 11 

→ Internet connection for periodic license validation (full offline use not 

supported) 

→ Sonarworks-supported or Sonarworks-individually calibrated headphones 

→ 2.0 stereo speaker system 

→ SoundID Reference Measurement Microphone, or Sonarworks XREF 20 

Measurement Microphone 

→ XLR to XLR audio cable 

→ Audio interface requirements during the speaker measurement process: 

○ 48v Phantom Power support 

○ The same audio interface must be used for input/output 

○ The audio interface must support and be set to one of the following 

sample rate formats: 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88kHz, 96kHz, 192kHz 

○ The audio hardware setup must consist of a single external hardware device 

device only (additional preamp units are supported