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70 F A L L 2 0 1 9 C A S Q U A R T E R L Y can adjust it, but it's really close (and cool). Next, you hold the microphone in your hand at the level your ears would be if you were sitting. You then follow a graphic that's a generic representation of your room and it shows you where to stand in the room relative to speaker position (see photo on p. 68). The system lets out these impulse response "clacks"—and it knows if you're in the right place or not! You do this for 37 positions, the software does its calculations, it shows you a frequency response curve for that room, and Warning that you are rendering with software engaged. then you save the profile. In the snapshots, you can see measurements before correction, after correction, and then what they call "simulated," which is what the software is aiming for the outcome to be (i.e., flat). Now, you would think this process would take a whole afternoon and be really tedious. However, the steps for measuring are presented so well and with such easy-to- follow instructions, the whole thing can be completed in under 30 minutes. IMPLEMENTATION The Reference Studio software, which is stereo or mono only, can be implemented in two ways. The first is "systemwide" using their application/extension called Reference Systemwide (See what they did there?). This is great for, basically, anything other than DAW playback like streaming music or movies, watching YouTube content, etc. For use in a DAW, you need to insert it as a plugin. You can insert it across your two-mix bus master or put it across a Master Fader. In order to not have Reference affect your metering, place Reference as the last plugin in your chain. The thing with having it as a plugin is that you have to remember to remove the plugin or bypass the I LOVE THE ABILITY TO SWAY OUT OF THE SWEETSPOT WITHOUT COMB-FILTERING REARING ITS ANNOYING HEAD." " JBL Frequency Response before Sonarworks correction Sonarworks correction that will be applied Green (before), Blue (Sonarworks correction), Purple (target result)