Comments on: Review: Sonarworks Reference 3 & Measurement Microphone https://designingsound.org/2015/10/08/review-sonarworks-reference-3-measurement-microphone/ Art and technique of sound design Thu, 07 Jul 2016 23:37:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.8 By: Jezz https://designingsound.org/2015/10/08/review-sonarworks-reference-3-measurement-microphone/#comment-477882 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 23:37:58 +0000 https://designingsound.org/?p=30592#comment-477882 Well I appreciated your candid review – many thanks,

Jezz

]]> By: Richard Gould https://designingsound.org/2015/10/08/review-sonarworks-reference-3-measurement-microphone/#comment-441067 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 22:34:46 +0000 https://designingsound.org/?p=30592#comment-441067 In reply to Anton.

Hi Anton,

I’m sorry the interview didn’t answer all of your questions. I’d say Reference 3 would be most useful to those who have un/poorly treated environments. If you’re working in a good environment with treatment and a calibrated monitor setup, you may see a less drastic improvement, though I can’t speak directly to this.

As far as more extensive testing is concerned, I’m afraid we won’t be able to commit to that. DesigningSound is a free site without advertisements run by volunteers like myself. Such extensive testing would take a great deal of time and resources which we can’t always commit to. I’m sorry that in this instance the review wasn’t up to your high standards. I suggest you consider reading the following reviews by other sites:

http://www.musicradar.com/reviews/tech/sonarworks-reference-3-624375

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may15/articles/sonarworks-reference.htm

http://theproaudiowebblog.com/sonarworks-reference3-review.html

]]> By: Richard Gould https://designingsound.org/2015/10/08/review-sonarworks-reference-3-measurement-microphone/#comment-441064 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 22:28:21 +0000 https://designingsound.org/?p=30592#comment-441064 In reply to Alex K Andrell.

Hi Alex,

I’m sorry you felt the review was somewhat lacking. In short, it’s very intuitive and easy to work with, both in the testing phase and with the plugin within your DAW. I also believe it has improved my mixes as my system is somewhat more balanced, especially from 400Hz downwards where the room was really showing its influence.

If you’re still unsure, I suggest you read through these reviews by other sites:

http://www.musicradar.com/reviews/tech/sonarworks-reference-3-624375

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may15/articles/sonarworks-reference.htm

http://theproaudiowebblog.com/sonarworks-reference3-review.html

]]> By: Anton https://designingsound.org/2015/10/08/review-sonarworks-reference-3-measurement-microphone/#comment-439197 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 13:14:16 +0000 https://designingsound.org/?p=30592#comment-439197 I would be intrested also, like Alex in more real world experience. The conclusion here was that it might help depending on yoru space but doesnt really give an notion of whose space it would workf or. More testing with different scenarios would be interesting. Also comparing it to a manual calibration or a more regular RRTF analysis by hand and adjusting by hand. Even more interseting would be comparing it to various hardware solutions (dynaudio air) but also acoustic adjusments.
In short. thanks for an intersting read now please give us more and in more depth :D

]]> By: Alex K Andrell https://designingsound.org/2015/10/08/review-sonarworks-reference-3-measurement-microphone/#comment-437495 Mon, 12 Oct 2015 08:55:43 +0000 https://designingsound.org/?p=30592#comment-437495 That’s all very interesting but is it easy to work with and does your mixes sound any better?

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