Audirvana Studio has been updated to version 3.0, bringing a completely overhauled interface and an expanded set of signal processing tools to the Mac, Windows and Linux desktop apps, plus the iOS and Android smartphone remote control apps.
A streaming-app sensibility
The new interface is called Allegro. It presents a unified design across all devices, borrowing navigation conventions from streaming services: a filter bar running along the top of the screen, context-sensitive controls that appear only when applicable to the current view, and zoom, highlight and pictogram elements throughout. Audirvana CEO Damien Plisson says the company began with the mobile app, targeting ease of use that competes with the best streaming players on the market, before applying those same design principles to the desktop app.
EQ from the listening position
On the signal processing side, the 10-band parametric EQ introduced to Studio last year can now be fully controlled from the smartphone app, meaning adjustments can be made from the listening position rather than at the keyboard. Joining it in the new signal processing suite are a convolution engine, which applies impulse response files to the music signal for room compensation; a crossfeed processor that blends a small amount of each channel into the other for a more ‘loudspeaker-like’ stereo image over headphones; and a balance function with gain and delay controls for addressing asymmetrical speaker placement.
Pricing and availability
Existing Studio subscribers will receive the 3.0 update at no additional cost. Audirvana Origin, the one-time-purchase version, will gain the Allegro design via the Remote app; a signal processing suite for Origin is apparently planned as a paid option later this year.
Audirvana Studio is a subscription-based app: approximately €8/month, depending on territory. Oh – and Audirvana is pronounced “Or-deer-varna” and not “audio-varna” or “audio-nirvana’.
Further information: Audirvana