I know that Mastering.com recommends ARC for room correction for monitors, but what is recommended for calibrating / correcting headphones?? Do y'all still use SonarWorks for that, because ARC doesn't contain headphone calibration. Mastering.com leaders, please advise. Btw, I'm using a pair of Audeze MM500 headphones and I had heard that calibration of headphones takes it to the next level.

Does anyone here work on Hip hop/ Rap music? I'm starting to feel a little alone here...

What can I do to make my vocals sound less choppy?

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