HF correction limit needed

Iraklis Vlachakis

Updated December 31, 2020 15:19

April 29, 2020 12:02

New Sonarworks buyer here, I've seen some calls for this feature and thought I should add my comments as well as I'm having problems with the current implementation.

I'm working on a pair of PMC MB2 monitors.

Sonarworks correction on the low end of the spectrum is spot on.

On the other hand it's trying to boost a whopping 10db at 16kHz.

This obviously doesn't sound good, makes it really hard to mix on, and is probably flat out wrong from a calibration standpoint (I understand it's working towards some ideal pink noise curve, but that doesn't work on the top end of the spectrum.) This is with the "Neutral" HF limit setting.

My PMCs don't sound dark to begin with, and my measurements are totally flat from 3kHz to around 12kHz where the HF "correction" starts to kick in.

Finer control over correction limits is urgently needed, especially on the high end of the spectrum. A simple control to set a specific frequency limit above which no correction is applied would be ideal. Looking at my measurement curves for my specific case, I would need to turn off any correction above 10kHz.

There is a post on this forum from February 2019 acknowledging that you're looking into it. Could you please provide a roadmap for implementation?

Martin Mayr September 14, 2020 09:54 (Edited September 14, 2020 09:56)

Absolutely agree, this is a must have. This has to do with small vertical movements of the mic during the measurement process. Only a few cm up or down can result in a couple of db cut/boosted around that area of frequencies...

And there is already the "limit bandwith" feature which works, but only very low (<100Hz) and very high (>20Khz) frequencies are selectable.

Kārlis Stenders December 31, 2020 15:19

Hi All,

Thank you for your input, very much appreciated (and apologies for the moderation lag)!

In our experience, pretty much all doubts of the correction accuracy users might have are cleared when the results are viewed and judged from the actual mix translation accuracy perspective. However, there are still many legit reasons for being able to adjust the correction in finer detail, as you have already pointed out. So yes, we are working on this, and although I cannot confirm any official timeframe for implementing this, I can confirm that this will be available in the next major/new release of Reference.

So yes, this functionality will be implemented in the next version of Reference, but not within Reference 4. Stay tuned!

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