I bought ATH-M50X, which is supported. I have downloaded the demo as well.
Now where do I begin?

Snehankur
I bought ATH-M50X, which is supported. I have downloaded the demo as well.
Now where do I begin?

Before you begin, investigate why the heck you need it :-)

pilutiful
I tried the demo version and used the preset for my AKG K240 Studio headphones. Would you agree that the overall sound is not very good when you turn it on? clearly this is not what it was meant for (you wouldn't release something with this as an effect!). I can imagine that it will bother me a little bit during mixing, as I "feel" the music a little bit less, if you know what I mean. I'm thinking about using it for checking (and correcting) if things are all right, here and there, while mixing. How do you guys use it...?

Hi,absolutely not.
I my sonarworks experience the sound is really close at my monitor's systems(Tascam and H&K with Arc system), i have done a little fixes with a low bass tilt section.Are you sure that Sonarwork is the last of the master bus chain?
You can check it on different projects for sure.
Good luck

GIM Productions

pilutiful
I tried the demo version and used the preset for my AKG K240 Studio headphones. Would you agree that the overall sound is not very good when you turn it on? clearly this is not what it was meant for (you wouldn't release something with this as an effect!). I can imagine that it will bother me a little bit during mixing, as I "feel" the music a little bit less, if you know what I mean. I'm thinking about using it for checking (and correcting) if things are all right, here and there, while mixing. How do you guys use it...?

Hi,absolutely not.
I my sonarworks experience the sound is really close at my monitor's systems(Tascam and H&K with Arc system), i have done a little fixes with a low bass tilt section.Are you sure that Sonarwork is the last of the master bus chain?
You can check it on different projects for sure.
Good luck

Thanks, I will re-check. Good to have that clarified.

It's made a HUGE difference for me.

I'm using sonarworks plug-in for a couple of month and I remember how disappointed I've been when I enabled it for the first time. My headphones sounded way better without the plug-in - that's what I thought.
But my ears got used to this "unexpected" sound actually quite fast - especially during mix sessions (and not listening to my favourite reference tracks, which was my first test and, as I mentioned above, disappointing).
 
Long story short: My mixes now translate better on different systems than before, so I'm glad I didn't follow my first impression to ditch it.
 
Like jatoth I also don't use it when tracking because it's not necessary and keeps latency low.
 

Sorry to resurrect an older thread, but the Audio-Technica ATH-M70x just got added to Sonarworks and I'm considering getting this plugin for them. Are most people just simply downloading the profiles for their headphones or are they sending their headphones in to get custom calibrated? Can I expect worthwhile results from just the downloadable profile? Thanks!

skitch_84
Can I expect worthwhile results from just the downloadable profile? Thanks!

In my personal experience I would say yes. The bottom end has been easier to mix with headphones, imo.