

(I installed it on both edit bay machines, as well as the laptop with which I travel.) Using Reference 4 With HeadphonesĪudiophiles like me like to listen to music with a high-performance DAC (digital-to-analog converter) and a pair of open-back headphones.
#Sonarworks reference 4 license#
All versions include the Systemwide app as well as the plug-ins in AAX, Audio Unit, RTAS, and VST formats, and each license allows installation on up to three computers.
#Sonarworks reference 4 upgrade#
If you buy any version and want to upgrade the software or hardware, you can do so at a reduced cost, and you can buy the XREF20 mic or any pair of pre-calibrated headphones later. Studio Edition is the software for headphones and monitors only (no mic.) And Headphone Edition is the software that works with 112 pre-profiled headphones, but not studio monitors. Studio Edition with Mic bundle comes without headphones but includes the Sonarworks XREF20 measurement mic. Premium Bundle comes with a pre-calibrated pair of Sennheiser HD650 headphones. (More on the headphone aspect later.) Which Version To Get That's where Reference 4 comes in, and it can give any speaker or headphone an uncolored response.

But even the most expensive monitors aren't necessarily neutral-sounding, nor are most project studios sonically treated to produce a flat environment. Studio monitors are similar, but you'll never know how something sounds in the consumer world unless you trust your speakers to be faithfully revealing.

Many are surprised by my answer: microphones and studio monitors. People often ask me to opine on the most critical studio components in which to invest.
