• Submit an EDU application form (response within 24 business hours)
• Follow the instructions in your EDU program confirmation email
• To place an order, use the same email address indicated in the EDU application form. EDU discounts will not work for unverified email addresses

Upgrade your headphones to improve your mixing process with our latest features! Please note, that the upgrade of the education license can only be activated and used on a single machine at a time compared to three devices with a standard license.

The latest product upgrade includes reimagined UX to ease your workflow, additional software features to improve your mixes, and smaller improvements for advanced monitoring. After the upgrade, select your headphone calibration profile, adjust features, and leave it in the background - it will seamlessly fit into your workflow.

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

• Ready-to-use headphone calibration for 480+ models
• 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 100k 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:

• Merging Technologies MERGING+ANUBIS (headphone profile export)

 

Control your target sound:

• Flat target curve used by over 100k 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 the Apple Silicon platforms / M1 chip

 

Export your calibration profile to supported hardware:

• MERGING+ANUBIS (headphone profile export)
• More hardware support coming in 2022

• SoundID Reference standalone app for Headphones (ASIO, WASAPI, APO, HAL)
• SoundID Reference DAW plugin for Headphones (AU, VST2, VST3, AAX)
• Averaged profiles for 480+ supported headphone models
• IMPORTANT! An upgrade code for your existing product license: after upgrading, the product can be activated and used on 1 device only

• Valid Sonarworks Reference 3 or 4 Headphone Edition license
• Mac: macOS 10.14; 10.15; 11 Big Sur; 12 Monterey, 13 Ventura, 14 Sonoma
• PC: Windows 10; 11
• Stable internet connection (offline use not supported)
• Sonarworks supported or Sonarworks individually calibrated headphones

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