10 years ago this year Russ Hughes started the AIR Users blog, which morphed into Pro Tools Expert in 2012. To celebrate our 10-year anniversary we ran a competition with a Pro Audio gear and software prize pot worth over $30,000. One of the prizes was a bundle from our friends at Sonarworks.

The competition closed on December 31st 2018 and we can announce that the winner is Nathan Avraham 

“I'm Nathan Avraham, I'm a 22 year old producer and mix engineer (although I try to remain wary of the term 'engineer') from The Netherlands. Currently I'm finishing my last year in an International Music Management course, I'm applying what I learned on the business side of the industry to my creative side and I'm determined to make a career out of this. For the last 8 years I've developed myself in mixing and producing music, and 2019 is the year where I'm finally going to release some of my own production work for the first time, which is exciting and scary at the same time. When I started to record and mix other people's music a couple of years ago, the Pro-Tools Expert site was of great help, I just started out in Pro-Tools and nobody around could really teach me how to use it. I often found myself looking on the Pro-Tools Expert website for help, and what fascinated me was that even the most boring subjects like "common error codes" get attention, purely to serve the struggling community. This showed me that this platform is about love instead of making money. I'm very thankful for the times that the team helped me out with videos and articles, but also in podcasts and through email. I'm sure that I will be more confident about my work with the Sonarworks Premium bundle, I think it will make a great addition to my already DIY treated bedroom studio. Huge thank you for the Expert team and Sonarworks!”

Bundle includes:

• Speaker measurement software – find out where your monitors need help

• DAW plug-in – reference sound combined with zero latency for any musical endeavour

• Systemwide – apply calibration to all outgoing audio

• Measurement microphone for  Recording Studios – sniffs out any faults your setup might have

• Sennheiser HD 650 studio headphones

• Custom tailored calibration file for your Sennheiser HD 650 studio headphones

Reference 4 Studio Edition offers the full package of highly powerful software, providing consistent reference sound both in the studio and on the go. Measure your studio with the included mic, it takes around 10 minutes. Reference 4 then creates a calibration profile. For headphones select a pre-made profile, and you're ready to go. Calibration can be run in DAW via plugin for lowest latency or via Systemwide for maximum versatility.

Pre Calibrated Sennheiser HD 650 Headphones together with Reference 4 brings you sonic accuracy, unattainable by hardware alone. Uniquely advanced filter engine allows Sonarworks to correct all FR dips and peaks, making these headphones perfect for monitoring, on-site duties as well as record mastering. Each of these use scenarios have a corresponding filter setting. Minimum phase when no latency is paramount and a linear phase for extreme accuracy.