Did someone measured their Studio ? And used this Micro /SW combination?
https://www.soundonsound.com/news/ik-multimedia-announce-arc-system-25
What was the result ? I.e. how is the loud speaker compensated ? Is it applying an EQ, or just suggesting to move the monitors? I would also be intrested if you used a different sw, and would recommend it.
Sonarworks Reference is top drawer in this department.
All in all I find it amazing, I’m using both speaker and headphone calibration. My room is completely square and untreated, mixing in here is next to impossible without Sonarwoks Reference.
Headphone mixes translate a lot better to speakers as well when using the headphone calibration. Highly recommended.
(I know I should be using some acoustic treatment but at the moment I have zero space for it)
Anyone else have experience with Sonarworks and or other room calibration tools? I’m considering buying the full Reference 4 Studio package.
I bought it and i am pretty pleased with it, i dont have an optimal room currently, and it improved the accoustics quiete a bit for my KRK8 and my Sennhiser headphones. (HD380). Its a lot more transparent now.
I have sonarworks and it works great however if you want to get perfect monitoring at home then a subpac and good headphones calibrated via sonarworks is what you want.
I’ve been researching a bit into Sonarworks, and seems like the consensus is that the headphone version is decent if you also get a calibrated set of headphones for them.
While I’d love to use sonarworx headphone system with a calibrated set of cans, my problem is that I cannot use a computer…
As for the monitor version, opinions seem to be mixed. SOS says room eq is a poor subsitute for correcting serious acoustic probs, and some peeps @GS hate it while others like it.
Therefore, for myself, still on the fence. Interested to hear anyone’s experiences though!
In my experience of treating my room at home and using sonarworks to tune my monitors while it made a huge improvment I have found you still cannot monitor bass accurately at home. I was doing a mastering course in a professional studio and writing a track at home and thought it sounded great… until I took it in the studio and the mix balance was WAY off.
Subpac makes this a non issue as the room no longer matters and its like sitting in a 300k studio room writing tunes…
If I had to choose now I’d buy subpac first then sonarworks… both work well together but without accurate monitoring the bottom end you will never get a professionally balanced mix.
I bought and installed the sw reference 4 studio (headphones and monitors) yesterday.
The sound in my room was always ok for me, because it’s my hobby and i don’t have to earn money with music. There is no acoustic treatment installed.
But there are some frequencies around 100hz that always annoyed me and made things complicated. So i gave it a try and i was really impressed. After the measurements and fix the bad frequencies are gone and i also have more (precise) low end, which i was always missing but never be aware of it.
Because of the software i was also able to hear a lot more details in songs. I love to use the dry/wet and hear how the sound is getting better (more clear, precise).
So for me it was worth buying it but im not a sound engineer 
But be aware if you have any fluttering echoes in you room, the sw can’t help you there. This needs to be fixed in your room.
I didn’t had the time to check the headphones, but i will respond later.
Flutter echo is the easiest thing in the world to fix. High freqs are very directional and quite short in wavelenght. Just add some heavy curtains and you should be good.
Low freqs OTOH are a nightmare to treat… like, 20Hz wavecycle is 17 METERS long. 40Hz is 8,5 meters… 80Hz 4,25 meters… getting those to behave requires a lot of treatment if your room dimensions are SOL.
The main thing is, if your music now sounds more uniform across various listening environments, you have progressed. That’s always good!
I have some treatment in my room but the space is too big to be ideal. It’s my current situation right now and it’s not going to get better until I move to Toronto early next year. I have been eyeing Sonarworks for a while now to hopefully compensate for some of my room issues. I’m planning on getting the full package. Should I invest in a sub? I’ve been told yes and no for different reasons. I can provide more room details if that would be helpful. Bottom end is obviously by biggest concern w regard to monitoring. I have JBL 305s on IsoAcoustic stands and KRK KNS8400 headphones. They sound nice but now that I am starting to seriously mix a number of tracks I’m looking to improve my monitoring however I can.
Maybe wait until you are running sonarworks and after that you can decide if you want to go further?
Good idea. I just invested in Sonarworks and bought some additional treatment.
Still waiting for the mic to be delivered but I installed Sonarworks and tried the headphone preset today and I’m pretty impressed with the clarity I’m hearing across the whole spectrum. Commercial tracks sound a lot ess boxy and I’m hearing what’s missing in the low end on my mixes. If this end up being the sound I get from my monitors I’m going to be very happy.
I am keeping my fingers crossed for you 
I think the Genelec monitors have build in measurement, its a great alternative if one doesnt want to run his signals through a DAW. Maybe also cool as living room system.
I doubled the treatment in my room and calibrated my speakers earlier today and have spent a few hours listening to a wide range of stuff. I’m sold.
Perfect! I’m sure the new confidence will now translate into better songs and mixes.
Crazy innit? Excellent acoustics is the best dam gear one can have