I've been looking for a systemwide alternative to the fabled Goodhertz CanOpener VST for a while now, as I find it to be the most effective, transparent crossfeed algorithm I've heard.
I've been a long-time user of SoundID/Reference 4 and I was super excited when Sonarworks released the Virtual Monitoring add-on. I was disappointed to find that even the "flat target" had some pretty drastic effects on frequency response.
I was hoping there would be a way to only impart the crossfeed and phase components of the HRTF algorithm while maintaining the stock frequency response. Unfortunately, it seems that you have to settle for one the the three frequency responses that I can only assume are averages of measured studio monitors.
I hope it's as straightforward as removing the EQ that emulates the frequency response of the speakers from the signal chain, and that this option may be added in the future. It seems pointless to EQ your headphones to a target you prefer just to have it messed with in order to get access to HRTF.
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