Audient and Sonarworks have jointly announced Oria Mini, offering professional-grade acoustic calibration in a dedicated hardware device.
‘Every engineer knows the frustration of chasing mixes that don’t translate outside the studio,’ says audient Product & Marketing Director, Andrew Allen. ‘The truth is, your room is usually the problem, and if you can’t trust what you’re hearing, you can’t trust your mix. Oria Mini fixes that in minutes, giving you a professional monitoring environment you can actually trust and the confidence to unlock your best mixes yet.’
Powered by Sonarworks SoundID Reference, Oria Mini is an inline hardware DSP solution that integrates between audio interfaces and loudspeakers. It measures and corrects the acoustic imperfections of any space – from home studios to professional control rooms – and applies corrective calibration using onboard DSP.
‘Our mission has always been to help creators hear every detail with confidence, no matter where they work,’ says Sonarworks CPO, Martins Popelis. ‘With Oria Mini powered by SoundID Reference, that promise extends into a dedicated hardware solution – giving creators studio-accurate sound without CPU strain, latency, or workflow disruption. By correcting room imperfections and ensuring mixes translate across every playback system, Oria Mini embodies the core of what Sonarworks delivers: consistency, reliability, and freedom for creators to focus purely on their music.’
With 32-bit converters, 127dB dynamic range and support for up to 2.1 speaker systems, Oria Mini delivers uncompromised audio performance in a sleek, portable format. Users can load up to four calibration profiles onto the hardware and switch between them instantly for a speedy workflow. With Sonarworks, users can also create calibration profiles that simulate different playback environments like a car or mobile phone to check how their mixes will translate to other systems.
‘We understand that, while room correction has such a positive impact on your ability to achieve great mixes, it is also complicated,’ Allen says. ‘It is for that reason that Oria Mini is designed to be a set-and-forget box, offering consistent, reliable performance with ultra-low latency, doing its job quietly in the background with zero fuss whether you’re mixing in your DAW or streaming music via Spotify.’
Key features:
- Powered by Sonarworks SoundID Reference.
- Calibration and set-up in under 20 minutes.
- Works with any audio interface or loudspeakers.
- Supports up to 2.1 systems.
- Remote control option via Stream Deck + iPad.
- Pro-Level audio performance.
- Allows manual calibration using measurement software like Smaart or RoomEQ Wizard, with controls for EQ, Trim, Delay and Bass Management.
- Suitable for studio and home set-ups.
- TRS analogue and S/PDIF digital inputs.
- Two TRS Outputs and dedicated sub out.
- 96kHz, 24-bit audio.
- USB3.0 bus power.
- Compatible with macOS and Windows.
More: https://audient.com/products/monitor-controllers/oria-mini/overview