

Manual adjustments can be made to the correction process. The plugin shows the blue source plot overlaid with a correction curve (green), target curve (red), output curve (purple), correction limits (yellow) and correction filter phase (orange). Once done, you're presented with a plot that you save as a Sonarworks Project file (.SWPROJ) and load into the Reference 3 plugin, which is inserted across your monitor outputs. The calibration process is partly automated, as the onscreen graphic indicates where you should put the mic and senses when you've done so so all you have to do is get the mic into the target area. Then there are 24 positional tests (all taken around the location of your head in its normal listening position).


After the installation, Systemwide appears as an audio output device. The Systemwide utility combines the same intuitive interface found in the Reference plug-in and adds a system tray icon for effortless calibration profile switching. Sonarworks Reference Systemwide utility ONLY works in combination with the Reference plug-in. Working confidently on headphones now extends to just about any audio task, be it working with sound, comparing reference tracks from multiple sources or just listening to music. Sonarworks Reference Systemwide provides system level audio calibration - neutral reference sound for all applications, not just in the DAW.
