You might be stuck with headphones and need something that improves your listening environment so you can make better mixing decisions and be confident with your work.
Perhaps you’re more interested in your room acoustics, and you need software that measures and calibrates your room to achieve a cleaner listening environment. If you’re setting up for a live show and want software that helps calculate and adjust time delays, measure acoustic response, as well as phase-align your rig, it’s covered in this article. The calibration plugins range from acoustic measurement and audio correction to headphone correction. The room emulation plugins are compatible with most headphones and offer a virtual environment to experience immersive spatial audio. These top 10 room calibration, correction, and room emulation plugins will help you achieve said environment at a fraction of the cost.
An accurate monitoring environment results in a cleaner mix but also raises the cost.