Hello everyone!
I am trying to figure out a way to use SoundID standalone/systemwide with multiple stereo outputs at the same time - one with correction, feeding one output of my interface, and one without correction, feeding a different output. Is this possible and has anyone managed to do this?
Longer version:
I use a pair of speakers, one of which has built-in Sonarworks (Adam Audio A-Series). The other pair are NS10 which I purposely don't want to correct. For switching and any other monitor controlling I use my interface directly.
I also use a Sennheiser HD 650 with calibration.
My goal is to have SoundID affect the headphones' output only. Meanwhile the speakers' output should be unaffected. The solution should be as fast and easy as possible; ideally with both outputs running simultaneously and without the need to switch or engage anything (besides the occasional bypassing for different headphones). I want to be able to quickly throw on my headphones for a quick reference check without fiddling around with the software.
My interface is a MOTU 828ES with a Mac Studio M2. I am happy to change any internal routing regarding speaker and headphone output.
Any ideas are highly appreciated. Thank you!
4 comments
Mathias Heckl for the ultimate solution (both running at the same time with no switching required), you'll want to split the signal BEFORE it goes into the SoundID Reference standalone app. Such solutions are available via third-party routing software (for example, Loopback), which allows to split the signal into two identical duplicates, and then route one to SoundID Reference, and one straight to the device, although we aren't able to advise on a specific product/configuration solution.
Keep in mind that such solutions usually come in the form of a virtual audio device, which might interfere with the setup in unexpected ways (for example, having an additional virtual audio device in the chain might break automatic sample rate change adaption between the devices, etc.), so you'll probably have to spend some time finding the optimal solution.
I hope this helps, thanks for posting!
Hi folks. I too am looking for a similar solution on my Mac. I have a situation where I have Systemwide SoundID for my monitor speakers via my audio interface. At times I want to check a mix in my headphones, which use a different callibration. This means I have to faff about in SoundID to choose a different Preset (and I often forget). Is it possible on a Mac (maybe using an aggregate device) to have different Presets on different outputs simultaneosly available, so the headphones are always using their Preset and the monitors are always using their Preset? I'm guessing not. Cheers, Richie.
Hey Sonarworks, hope you are reading this! IMO this is an essential feature and i'm surprised it's not included as standard, please please fix!
My scenario:
I use a Subpac, so i want to send the corrected audio out of one channel on my interface to my speakers, and i also want to send a pre-filtered (i.e. the original audio) split out another interface channel to my subpac. I'm really surprised this isn't possible, am i missing something?
The same thing would be true if i wanted to send to headphones instead of the subpac for instance, which is obviously a really common workflow/ user need.
please add this functionality. currently no way to do this without layering something like loopback / audiohijack before soundID which only stands to further increase playback latency. this method also quickly becomes a convoluted mess as far as digital routing goes, and presents a lot more failure points if any single audio device along the way happens to fail for whatever reason
i simply just want to run a dry copy out at unity so that my external meters can give me proper readouts as far as loudness metrics go.