Sonarworks SoundID Reference Virtual Monitoring PRO (Digital product)

SoundID Reference Virtual Monitoring PRO is the software-only licence of the Sonarworks room cloning technology. It captures how your own studio actually sounds — the room, the speakers and your own ears — and rebuilds that acoustic signature inside any pair of over-ear headphones. Instead of guessing how a mix will translate, you keep working against the monitoring reference you already trust, wherever you are.

Room cloning instead of ready-made presets

Unlike the standard Virtual Monitoring add-on, which relies on pre-made speaker and consumer device simulations, the PRO version builds a personalised profile from a real measurement of your space. The guided measurement takes about ten to fifteen minutes, has to be done inside the room you want to capture, and needs no headphone calibration — any over-ear headphones will do. You can create several profiles for several rooms and switch between them.

Everything the standard version offers

PRO includes the complete Virtual Monitoring feature set: near-field, mid-field and far-field speaker simulations plus consumer playback simulations such as phone, laptop, TV and car, so you can check translation across everyday listening environments.

Plugin and system-wide

Profiles load in the SoundID Reference app system-wide or as a DAW plugin in AU, VST, VST3 and AAX formats on macOS and Windows.

What’s included

• Activation key for the SoundID Reference Virtual Monitoring PRO perpetual licence.

Requirements

• The SoundID USB binaural in-ear measurement microphone is not part of this product. It is required to capture your own room profile — if you do not own one yet, choose the bundle that ships with the microphone.
• An audio interface with separate speaker and headphone outputs, and access to the stereo system you want to capture.
• macOS 11 or newer, or Windows 10 or newer, and an internet connection for activation.