dSONIQ offers two FREE copies of Realphones and an exclusive 35% discount for all BPB readers until March 5th, 2023. Read more about Realphones and enter the giveaway below.
Utilities for mixing with headphones aren’t a new concept. However, there is still space in the market for different takes on enhancing and improving the headphones mixing experience.
dSONIQ Realphones
dSONIQ’s Realphones plugin is a different take on the formula. With three different pricing tiers, there are multiple ways to enter the Realphones ecosystem. As a Realphones user for the last two years, I can say I’ve been fairly satisfied with the direction of the software.
Realphones operate either as a plugin or a system-wide method of leveling out your headphones. The system-wide application is useful and, given the environments present in the software, makes for a fairly wonderful listening experience across a wide swathe of media.
In an audio mixing environment is where Realphones really shines, however.
Provided you have a supported pair of headphones, you can select a profile of your choice and get to work. Realphones can either simulate an actual studio environment, similar to Waves and their NX head-tracking software, or operate as a simple means of correcting frequencies for a flatter listening experience.
The simulated environments range from studio spaces to small consumer-grade speakers and give a rough estimate of how your mix translates on different playback devices. Studio spaces give greater bass and treble response, making sub-bass frequencies and airiness more noticeable.
For best results, you’ll want to place the Realphones plugin at the end of whatever processing chain you have on the master bus or your monitoring bus.
There is, thankfully, a safe gain limiter meant to protect your ears more so than provide any mastering grunt. All things said, Realphones is a worthy purchase for those looking for something to give a little less partiality to their headphones.
If you don’t have the room for a pair of studio monitors or just want to see how your mix sounds on a home speaker, then do look into Realphones.
These are the main features that set Realphones apart from similar products:
- Headphone frequency response correction;
- Studio control room emulation with professional near-field, mid-field, and far-field monitoring;
- Binaural virtual positioning based on HRTF;
- Emulation of the frequency response of professional and home/consumer audio reproduction systems;
- Night club and car interior for mix-checking.
dSONIQ supports Mac and Windows users with VST and AAX universal across both platforms and AU as a Mac-only option. Realphones did receive a recent update granting native Apple Silicon compatibility.
Realphones are available in three different pricing tiers:
- Realphones Lite Pack (€69)
- Realphones Professional Pack (€99)
- Realphones Ultimate Pack (€179)
The Lite Pack offers full functionality except for the standard headphone calibration profiles. The Professional Pack adds a set of three standard headphone calibration profiles. Lastly, the Ultimate Pack offers an unlimited selection of standard headphone calibration profiles for all supported models.
BPB readers get a 35% discount on all Realphones packs with the coupon code BEDROOMPRODUCERSBLOG until March 5th, 2023.
More info: dSONIQ Realphones (35% OFF with coupon code BEDROOMPRODUCERSBLOG)
The Giveaway
dSONIQ offers two FREE copies of Realphones to two lucky BPB readers. Thank you, dSONIQ!
To enter the giveaway, answer the following question in the comments section below: What are your favorite budget-friendly headphones for mixing? If you don’t use headphones, what are your favorite affordable studio monitors?
We will randomly select two lucky winners on Monday, February 27th. another big THANK YOU to dSONIQ for sponsoring this giveaway
Also, check out our BPB Community Giveaway.
Good luck, and thank you for reading Bedroom Producers Blog!
The winners are:
1) Marco Zappala: m***********@*******.***
2) Marco: f*******@y****.**
Congratulations! dSONIQ will send you the prize via email.
