SETUP GUIDES

Step-by-step walkthroughs for getting personalized audio running on your system

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What is a virtual audio device?

Nearly every guide below depends on this one piece of setup, so it is explained once here instead of being repeated on each page. Do it once and it works for everything you listen to. Read it first →

Streaming Services

Correcting the audio from a streaming service means putting ARIA ONE between the app and your headphones. Each service handles output differently, and each one can quietly take your computer out of the signal path.

How To Correct Your Hearing With Spotify And ARIA ONE

Route Spotify through ARIA ONE so your music plays with your hearing profile applied. Covers signing in, loading a profile, setting up audio routing on Mac and Windows, the Spotify settings to change, and the Spotify feature that bypasses the chain.

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How To Correct Your Hearing With Apple Music And ARIA ONE

Route Apple Music through ARIA ONE so your music plays with your hearing profile applied. Covers routing on Mac and Windows, the Apple Music effects to switch off, and why AirPlay bypasses the chain.

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How To Correct Your Hearing With Tidal And ARIA ONE

Route Tidal through ARIA ONE so your music plays with your hearing profile applied. Tidal has its own output setting on Mac and Windows, so only Tidal goes through the chain. Covers the Tidal settings to change, why sample rate takes care of itself, and Tidal Connect.

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How To Correct Your Hearing With Qobuz And ARIA ONE

Route Qobuz through ARIA ONE so your music plays with your hearing profile applied. Qobuz has its own audio device setting on Mac and Windows, so only Qobuz goes through the chain. Covers the Windows driver type choice, Exclusive Mode, sample rates, and Qobuz Connect.

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How To Correct Your Hearing With Roon And ARIA ONE

Route Roon through ARIA ONE so your music plays with your hearing profile applied. Covers enabling the virtual audio device as a Roon zone, the zone settings to switch off, and why network zones bypass the chain.

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How To Correct Your Hearing With Deezer And ARIA ONE

Route Deezer through ARIA ONE so your music plays with your hearing profile applied. Covers routing on Mac and Windows, the two Deezer settings that matter, and why casting bypasses the chain.

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Product Setup

Getting each standalone application routed, verified, and making the sound it should.

Setting Up Crossfeed

Route system audio into the standalone Crossfeed application through a virtual audio device, confirm the signal path, and learn what crossfeed changes in a stereo mix.

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Setting Up Corrective EQ

Route system audio into the standalone Corrective EQ application, import a headphone or room correction curve, and confirm it is actually in the signal path.

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Workflows

Specific combinations of our software and someone else’s.

ARIA Studio with SoundSource and Local-Only Testing

Set up ARIA Studio as an AU plugin routed through SoundSource on macOS. Complete a hearing test anonymously using the desktop FullScale app with no account required, then import your results into ARIA Studio for personalized audio correction.

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