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Genelec announces V2.1 for Aural ID binaural headphone monitoring application

— Aural ID Application 2.1 represents a new standard in accurate headphone monitoring, for both stereo and immersive audio production —

NATICK, MA, May 2026 — Genelec, the global leader in professional monitoring solutions, has released Aural ID 2.1 – their latest HRTF-based binaural headphone monitoring application. Delivering truthful headphone mixes with uncompromised spatial positioning, depth, and tonal balance, Aural ID 2.1 features a range of powerful enhancements to streamline workflows and improve overall system transparency. Operating as a virtual Mac sound card, the Aural ID 2.1 Application is the ideal partner for any brand of professional headphones – as well as forming a key element of Genelec’s own growing UNIO monitoring ecosystem. At the heart of the 2.1 update is a clearer and more intuitive file management structure, with Aural ID profiles organised within a Profiles folder, while user configurations can be stored separately in a Setups folder. This improves clarity and control, allowing audio professionals to manage their personal HRTF profiles and session-specific settings with ease. The UI has also been refined, with Output EQ and Envelopment controls now directly accessible from the main interface, enabling faster adjustments and more fluid creative decision-making. The settings pages have been enhanced with clear confirmation workflows, ensuring that changes are intentional and securely saved into setup only when approved. Flexibility and precision are supported through enhanced bypass functionalities, including the LF Envelopment and Output EQ sections, allowing users to instantly compare processed and unprocessed signals. The support for Head Tracking, and Virtual Monitor Channels setting pages, have been significantly refined to offer a smoother, more intuitive configuration process. Aural ID 2.1 continues to include separate head tracker software that uses the computer-connected camera for tracking, with enhanced controls. The tools for the personal calibration of virtual loudspeaker azimuth and elevation position, and the subjective sound colour, have also become easier to use, improving your personal monitoring precision. Enhancements to overall UI performance and responsiveness include more efficient HRTF profile loading and improved audio processing, ensuring reliable operation even in demanding production environments. Real-time system awareness is also strengthened with the addition of an audio buffering status indicator on the main screen, giving users immediate feedback on processing conditions. Visual clarity and metering accuracy have also been improved, including revised output level meter scaling and the introduction of signal level indicators directly within the virtual monitor icons. Impactful refinements, including adjustments to window resizing and updated channel naming conventions, contribute to a cleaner and more coherent interface. “Aural ID is unique in enabling audio professionals to really trust every detail of their headphone mix – whether they’re working in stereo, or crafting complex immersive audio experiences,” comments Genelec’s Managing Director Siamäk Naghian. “With the new 2.1 update, we’ve created an even more streamlined workflow, empowering engineers, producers, and audio content creators to move seamlessly between studio and mobile production environments with total confidence.” Available to purchase either as an annual subscription or perpetual licence, users can also download a 30-day trial version of Aural ID 2.1 at www.genelec.com/aural-id.

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Photo file 1: 2026_AuralID_Press_Image_2500x1750px_01.JPG Photo caption 1: Aural ID 2.1 enhances binaural monitoring for stereo and immersive production Photo file 2: 2026_AuralID_Press_Image_2500x1750px_02.JPG Photo caption 2: Genelec expands its UNIO ecosystem Genelec, the pioneer in Active Monitoring technology, is celebrating over 45 years of designing and manufacturing active loudspeakers for true and accurate sound reproduction. Genelec is credited with promoting the concept of active transducer technology. Since its inception in 1978, Genelec has concentrated its efforts and resources into creating active monitors with unparalleled sonic integrity. The result is an active speaker system that has earned global acclaim for its accurate imaging, extremely high acoustic output from small enclosures, true high-fidelity with low distortion, and deep, rich bass. Genelec is also marking its 20th year of Smart Active Monitoring™ technology, which allows studio monitors to be connected, configured and calibrated for the user’s specific acoustic environment. Each Smart Active Monitor or subwoofer is equipped with advanced internal DSP circuitry, which tightly integrates with the GLM (Genelec Loudspeaker Manager) software application, running on Mac or PC. GLM’s reference microphone kit allows the user’s acoustic environment to be analyzed, after which GLM’s AutoCal feature optimizes each Smart Active Monitor for level, distance delay, subwoofer crossover phase and room response equalization, with the option of further fine tuning by the user. By minimizing the room’s influence on the sound, Smart Active Monitors deliver an unrivalled reference, with excellent translation between rooms. Visit Genelec on social media: https://www.facebook.com/Genelec https://www.linkedin.com/company/genelec-oy https://www.instagram.com/Genelec_oy/ https://x.com/Genelec https://www.tiktok.com/@genelec_oy Other brand and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. —For more information on the complete range of Genelec Active Monitoring Systems, contact: Genelec Inc., 7 Tech Circle, Natick, MA 01760. Tel: (508) 652-0900; Fax: (508) 652-0909; Web: http://www.genelec.com/.