Sonnox has released the latest addition to its Toolbox range – ListenHub for macOS is a Mac-only audio control application that places essential referencing and monitoring solutions at a users fingertips.
ListenHub has been designed to address the loss of objectivity found when repeatedly listening to the same track; becoming fixated on some details and missing others altogether. It aims to provide the perceptual resets and consistency required to hear with fresh ears, and is intended to appeal to a wide audience of producers and mixers, from bedroom to pro, who are looking for a practical insight into improving their mixes.
One way of achieving this is to compare an active mix to a known reference. ListenHub for macOS supports this approach by allowing instant access to reference mixes from any streaming source or from a user’s own media player/DAW. Listening to just the mid or sides, low-mids or highs of a mix may indicate whether its dynamic range is competitive or too crushed.
It also provides access to room correction and simulation software from Sonarworks, Steven Slate Audio and others using the AU PlugIn hosting functionality offered by ListenHub’s system-wide macOS app. Each output can host its own set of plug-ins such that, if for example, a user wants different Sonarworks profiles for loudspeakers and headphones without having to change the settings of a single SoundID instance.
ListenHubs AU hosting delivers additional functionality to PlugIns such as Slates’ VSX by allowing them to process system audio.
Users can access ListenHub directly from a Mac and control it from tablets and smartphones using the free iOS and Android apps; delivering the immediacy, flexibility and tactile nature of a hardware monitor controller and marrying it to the complete transparency of software routing. It can be used as a zero-latency plug-in or a system-wide app hosting AU plug-ins on each output.
