Audified's MixChecker ULTRA | Walkthrough - How To Use - How It Sounds - Is it worth the upgrade?

I approached Audified's new Mixchecker Ultra with high expectations. The first version of this helpful tool served me well for a long time. The brand new Mixchecker Ultra offers numerous innovative new features and useful improvements -but is it worth the upgrade?
Features
Mixchecker Ultra contains over 90 simulated devices, including consumer devices such as laptop speakers and car radios, as well as professional studio monitors and headphones. Background noise and distortion effects can be added as desired. If you prefer to play it safe, you can use one of the useful integrated overall presets, which have been optimized for specific purposes, such as mixing and mastering.
Practice
In the lower section of the plug-in, the aforementioned visualizations can be found. This Section can also be customized in many ways. In addition, Mixchecker Ultra offers advanced monitoring modes such as mono mode and channel swap.
In the practical test, Audified's Mixchecker Ultra convinced me across the board. The design and the "sound" of the plug-in, as well as the visualizations are very well thought out. The GUI is scalable and can therefore be optimally adapted to the screen size on both particularly large screens as well as smaller laptop displays. The simulated playback systems sound authentic. In the car radio simulation, I particularly like the option of switching between different vehicle types and even between driver and co-driver. A great idea!
Admittedly, I'm still not going to do without the „real“ final car test. However, the plugin offers me the opportunity to test this in advance in the studio. This way you are well prepared for any unpleasant surprises during the car test - and you don't even have to set foot outside the studio. In any case, Audifed's Mixchecker Ultra is an excellent and, for me, indispensable tool when it comes to assessing the portability of a mix.
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Manufacturer's description:
Perfect your mix!
With over 90 simulated pro-audio and consumer devices, a dashing new graphic style, and a practical analytical part, MixChecker Ultra is the next step of evolution in checking your reference mixes.
Super-realistic device simulations
Choose from 90+ device simulations of the most famous and popular audio devices. Includes up-to-date consumer devices such as laptops, phones, or earbuds. Try the sound profile of the industry-standard studio monitors and headphones. Check how your mix translates in cars, club PAs’, or small Bluetooth speakers. You also have the ability to check your mixes in real-world noisy environments such as subways, noisy streets, shopping malls, and others.
IR loader
With MixChecker Ultra, you can import your custom Impulse Response. You can check how your mix would sound in popular acoustic spaces, your friend’s studio, or even a cathedral. (Supports standard WAV IR files)
Advanced device controls
To understand better how your mix translates on the devices, easily adjust the settings of each device. Adjust the volume of each device independently or set the simulation stereo base to match the real-world conditions better. Our engine also considers the non-linear behavior of the devices and simulates their distortion and clipping. You can easily turn on the distortion and see if your mix would clip or distort on the selected devices.
Deep dive into your mix
To take the quality of your mix even further, you need to analyze it. MixChecker Ultra features an analytical part where you can quickly check the basic parameters of your track. Includes a Loudness Meter, Dynamics Meter, Spectral Analysis, Stereo Analysis, and Gonio Meter. You can compare the analysis values with a reference track with the included Player module.
Select from 6 different modules
Each module can be selected independently from the selection window. You can also expand each module to a bigger window to see more details on the analysis.
MixChecker Ultra is the next step in the evolution of the reference tool game. Driven by customer feedback and the desire to cover more of our customers’ needs in one product, we overhauled and improved everything about the Pro version and then some. With new, up-to-date devices, a new GUI, an improved workflow, and a whole new analytical section, MixChecker Ultra is on the way to becoming the ultimate mastering suite. Many more updates and versions of MixChecker Ultra are coming later, and we are happy to embark on this journey going forward.
0:00 What it is and what it can do
1:35 A walk through the tutorial
2:39 Mixchecker in action without talking
3:39 Last track and a look at the visualizations
6:38 Conclusion
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