Genelec Introduces UNIO Personal Reference Monitoring Solution at IBC 2024

Genelec just announced the last link in the reference monitoring chain with the launch of its 8550A Professional Reference Headphones and Aural ID V2.0 Binaural Headphone Monitoring Technology. The product of an extensive multiyear research program, including acquisitions and strategic partnerships, these two new products strengthen the Genelec UNIO ecosystem by offering the most accurate and truthful headphone listening experience ever.

Genelec has chosen the IBC 2023 exhibition in Amsterdam to unveil the 9320A Reference Controller as a bridge to its brand new UNIO Audio Monitoring Service Platform. UNIO brings together all the benefits of Genelec Smart Active Monitors, GLM 5.0 calibration software and Aural ID 2.0 technology to create seamless integration between professional in-room loudspeaker and headphone monitoring services.

Multiple years in development, Genelec has now made its Aural ID software technology available in an easy-to-use plug-in format that any audio content creator and audio engineers will be able to load in their favorite DAW software. The Aural ID plug-in provides a more flexible purchasing model and integrates smoothly into every audio professional's workflow, delivering a more truthful, reliable and completely personalized headphone listening experience, for stereo to immersive audio content.