• 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

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 with a measurement microphone 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. 

Please note, that this upgrade product is not compatible with educational licenses.

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

• Ready-to-use headphone calibration for 480+ 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 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 and stereo speaker profile export)
• Wayne Jones AUDIO Studio Monitors (stereo speaker profile export)
• ADAM Audio A Series (stereo speaker profile export)

• 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 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 SoundID Reference for Headphones 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
• 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 only (additional preamp units are supported)

Terms and Conditions

End-user License Agreement

Right of Withdrawal Application Form