Sonarworks provides software tools that calibrate speakers and headphones to a flat reference response and simulate various listening environments, ensuring mixes translate accurately across playback systems. Its SoundID Reference suite corrects frequency response for stereo, surround, and immersive setups, while Virtual Monitoring PRO clones a studio’s acoustic signature onto any headphones, and the VoiceAI plugin offers AI‑driven vocal transformation within DAWs.
Funding
$6M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Audio creators often struggle with inaccurate monitoring due to room acoustics, speaker variations, and headphone frequency response differences, leading to mixes that translate poorly across playback systems.
Solution
Sonarworks offers a suite of software tools that calibrate speakers and headphones to a flat reference response, simulate various listening environments, and personalize monitoring to the listener’s anatomy. SoundID Reference measures and corrects frequency response for both speakers (including multichannel setups) and over 500 headphone models, while Virtual Monitoring and Virtual Monitoring PRO clone a studio’s acoustic signature onto any over‑ear headphones. The VoiceAI plugin adds AI‑driven vocal transformation within the DAW, and Dolby Atmos Personalization tailors headphone monitoring for immersive mixes. All tools integrate as standalone apps and DAW plugins, providing real‑time, zero‑latency processing and optional cloud‑based AI services.
Target Audience
Professional audio engineers, music producers, composers, sound designers, and mixing engineers who need accurate monitoring across studios, headphones, and immersive formats, as well as independent creators seeking AI‑driven vocal tools.
Features
- Speaker and headphone calibration with support for stereo, 5.1, and up to 9.1.6 immersive setups
- Over 500 pre‑calibrated headphone models and custom target curves (flat, Dolby Atmos, etc.)
- Virtual Monitoring add‑on with pre‑set spatial simulations of speakers, consumer devices, and cars
- Virtual Monitoring PRO room‑cloning using a dedicated binaural in‑ear microphone for ultra‑realistic headphone playback
- AI‑powered VoiceAI plugin offering 90+ voice and instrument presets, Unison harmonies, and local or pay‑as‑you‑go cloud processing
- Dolby Atmos Headphone Personalization via mobile scanning to create anatomy‑based profiles
- DAW‑compatible plugins (VST3, AU, AAX) and system‑wide calibration, plus integrations with hardware such as Audient ORIA Mini, Universal Audio Apollo X, and other monitor controllers