Although my request may seem antithetical to the workflow intended by the devs, I think that in practical terms it would be very useful. It's the kind of thing that seems very subtle until you hear it at which point you kind of can't un-hear it. Now having just read your features update for 5.7, it actually seems like an extension of this, which you have already implemented :
While switching to a headphone profile while listening on speakers, I realized that the "monophonic" phantom image was dead center and rock solid unlike my speaker profile which necessarily has micro-differences in the speaker curves thereby creating a false sense of openness or spaciousness in the common Mid (vs Side) channel.
I understand that the devs intend to work as it does, and it's great in theory, but IRL I would prefer an option to create a curve common to both speakers, similar to the way the headphone curve works. Although the separate L/R micro-eq curves might be technically correct according to the software, it somewhat oversteers in my nearfield setup. As I've upgraded my system and worked to bring a more holographic focus to my mixes it's become somewhat of a bottleneck and it's bothering me more and more. The tradeoff of having what looks right on paper vs a stereo image that would indeed be more stable and accurate would not be a frivolous request, but a valuable, saleable feature that could be promoted and bring the value of SoundID to a new level.
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Hi, thanks for your post!
Thanks for this feature suggestion! At the moment, it is not possible to create an average curve based on the L/R channel measurements to provide a high accuracy calibration result for each speaker. An average curve of both speakers is not on our roadmap for the time being, but we'll take note of your feedback :)
I would support this. I came to the forum specifically to post exactly this feature request and when typing the title I saw a link to this post.
When comparing the unfiltered signal to the Sound ID filter there is definitely a kind of widening of the stereo image occurring. This is created by small differences in the left and right EQ that must be greater than what the room is producing - the phantom mono sounds much more solid without Sound ID.
My calibration eq curve is roughly similar in left and right and I believe this curve would be more valuable if the software took an average and applied it to both speakers. This would be the best of both worlds and not break my Adam S2V's wonderful stereo imaging.
I would be really grateful if this was implemented.