

Make this monitoring track receive audio from the Master track (Post FX).

Insert the Reference plug-in into the newly created audio track.Create a new audio track - you will be using it as your monitoring track.You could also create a dedicated monitoring mix bus in other DAWs. In case you are using a DAW with a Control Room (Cubase) or a Monitor FX (Reaper) feature, you can simply insert the Reference 4 plug-in into the dedicated monitor/control room track and not worry about disabling it or about the calibrated sound making it into your final mix. The best possible solution would be using a dedicated monitoring bus track. You could also use a mix bus (AUX track) as your master track, and place our plug-in on the actual master track, turning it into a dedicated Reference 4 track. For example, you could try using an analyzer plug-in right before the Reference 4 plug-in and consult it for all of your final mix information instead of the master VU meter. There is a number of creative ways you can avoid the issue where the master fader VU meter is rendered useless by the plug-in. What if the Reference 4 Safe Headroomfeature lowers your master track output volume and there is a volume burst upon disabling the plug-in? Reference 4 plug-in lowers the master volume, messing with monitoring Most DAWs will remind you to bypass the plug-in - you can read more about which DAWs have this functionality here: Render bypass notification.
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Make sure you make a full plugin bypass in your DAW, not just the calibration bypass inside your Reference plug-in. Failing to bypass the effect would mean adding the compensation for the sonic anomalies of your system to the rendered audio. Note that the plug-in is meant to calibrate your speakers and room just like acoustic treatment would. Otherwise, the correction will be applied to your master bus mixdown. Remember that the plug-in must be bypassed every time you are exporting audio from your DAW. The Reference 4 plug-in should be inserted after the speaker emulation plug-ins, such as Waves NX and Can Opener. That way you can keep using the analyzer plug-ins for checking how your end mix is going to look like. Keep it on the master output after all the analyzers and metering plug-ins. The Reference 4 plug-in should always come last in the chain.
