Plug-In For Mixing Music Through Headphones

US Sknote releases MixingRoom 04/08/21

Sknote says that MixingRoom is the perfect tool for mixing music through headphones. It's available as a VST/AU/AAX plugin for Windows and Mac OSX systems. Here's the details in their own words...

Working in a great sounding room to get a balanced sound isn't always possible. MixingRoom offers a fully immersive experience when using headphones for music mixing. Balanced, calibrated sound removes the bad habit of raising the volume to hear details in the mix.

MixingRoom Main features:

Ever growing database of headphones calibration (use the model you prefer).

Mixing mode, with calibrated cross-talk based on measurements on real ears.

360°*360° sound experience: a perfectly fixed position of the listener doesn't exist. We get cues from slight movement of the head and, when focusing on details, decise rotation towards a monitor. MixingRoom lets the engineer move his "virtual head". Many "person" models are available: select the most similar to your real-world experience and stick to that.

Physical, non-linear models of audio monitors: stress the monitors to hear with a bit of saturation and get more cues.

Three classes of monitors: mains, high-performance, cheap (for checks). Includes "Ideal" monitors for mixing.

Anechoic versions of the monitors (to avoid the "room in a room" effect when needed).

Positional ambience improves the experience providing even more cues.

Synthetic and real environments: get the best possible performances from the room or mix in a real space, always with 360°*360° experience.

Use headphones and earbuds as listening target: more and more music is listened to through headphones. Check the balance there.

Places: a normal room, a club, a car with its audio diffusion, check your mix in places. Growing library of places.

3×3 target matrix: monitors and rooms, headphones and earbuds, places. Define it for quick switching from a target to another one and back.