Headphone correction and translation checks

Monitor

Check your mix on other playback systems.

Correct your headphones and check your mix through phone, car and earbud balances. Use the export guard to bypass Monitor in offline renders.

Windows & Mac · VST3 / AU / standalone

Made forHeadphone correctionSmall-speaker checksReference listening

Monitor individual plug-in interface with its display and controls
Monitor individual plug-inActual interface · example settings

What you can do

Inside Monitor.

Correct your headphones

Choose a model or import a measurement, then set Strength and Limit.

Target Tilt

Check a warmer or brighter listening balance without changing your mix EQ.

Check other systems

Audition phone, laptop, car, earbud and small-speaker balances.

Listen in mono

Check the centre and sounds that depend on width.

Safe headroom

Reserve level before headphone correction can push the signal into clipping.

Export guard

Bypass Monitor in offline renders with the export guard enabled.

The Monitor example deliberately renders the ATH-M50x headphone correction. It is heard in this demo only and excluded from every other comparison.

Before / after

Hear what changes.

Compare Monitor with the original. Listening levels are matched.

About the recordings

Hear Monitor · before and after

Full loop · phone check

16.6 sec · Level matched

How the loop translates to a phone speaker.

How this example was made

Only Monitor is processing: Monitor, running as its own plug-in, with its factory preset "Phone Check", on a Splice sample. Both versions are loudness matched with a constant gain, so the change cannot win by being louder. No other processing is added.

A first pass

Start with what you hear.

  1. Pick the question

    Choose a correction or translation that tells you something you need to know about this mix.

  2. Listen for what changes

    Does the lead still lead? Does the low end still hold? Check in mono too.

  3. Go back to the mix

    Return to your normal monitoring before deciding whether the mix itself needs to change.

Questions

About Monitor.

Is the After supposed to sound better?

Not necessarily. It demonstrates the ATH-M50x correction curve, and what you hear depends on what you're listening on. It is a monitoring tool, not a mastering setting.

Does Monitor change the exported master?

It's built for listening. The export guard keeps its treatment out of offline renders when switched on; confirm the setting and your routing in your DAW.

Which formats are available?

Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit), and macOS 10.15 or later on Apple silicon and Intel. Both have VST3 for your DAW and a standalone application, and the Mac installer adds Audio Units. One purchase covers both platforms: download whichever installer you need from your account.

How do updates work?

Updates are free for as long as we make them. Sign in at your account with the email address you bought with and download the current version. Installing it replaces the plug-in in place, so your presets and existing projects are untouched.

Can I hear it before I buy?

Yes. Every module has a before-and-after example on its page. If you buy and it isn't for you, email us within thirty days for a full refund, no questions asked. See terms and refunds.

One tool, or all twelve

Monitor for US$10 introductory.

Regular US$20. Or get it with Master Rack and the other eleven modules for an introductory US$50 (regular US$79).

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