People like to say, “Sonarworks doesn’t work”. The first myth is something you might have already heard in your research. Myth #1: “Sonarworks Reference 4 Doesn’t Work” In theory, Sonarworks Reference 4 will apply an EQ with the opposite frequency response curve, smoothing out the imbalances of my system.
You’ll learn what causes it and hear examples for yourself. You can learn more about phase cancelation by reading this article I wrote on comb filtering. It takes a direct path from speaker to microphone and several indirect paths from speaker to wall or ceiling or desk to microphone.īased on the difference between the direct and indirect paths, various wavelengths will be either canceled out (which will result in a dip) or summed together (resulting in a peak). The sound takes various paths from the speaker to the microphone at listening position. Some of these are a result of the frequency response of my speakers, but some are caused by the acoustics of my listening space. The graph shows that there are peaks and dips at various frequencies. However, as we can see, my system has some inherent frequency imbalances. If the signals were perfectly identical, there would be a straight line through the middle of this graph. It compares the signal picked up by the microphone at various points in the room to the original signal within the computer.
Throughout the calibration process, Sonarworks determines this by sending test signals through my speakers and into my listening space. This graph represents the frequency response of my system before Sonarworks Reference 4. Once you’ve completed the calibration process, you’ll see this screen.