Styx Audio – Portable Mono Speaker Check v1.0.0 for WiN

Portable Mono Speaker Check recreates the workflow used by thousands of sound engineers and producers: checking overall balance and sound transitions on a small, portable mono speaker. Enable this feature, compare your mix to reference tracks, and balance issues will become apparent in seconds, without the need to connect a physical speaker or pair it with a device.

“Reality Check” for Balance and Translatability

Many producers and sound engineers use popular Bluetooth speakers as a “reality check” for balance and translation. This plugin allows you to instantly achieve the same result without connecting a real speaker or leaving your studio.

Add it to your mixer channel (or any other track), turn it on, and in seconds, hear your mix through a virtual Bluetooth speaker, directly in your headphones or monitors. Compare with reference tracks, quickly identify balance issues, and make informed decisions —all without additional equipment or the headache of routing.

This plugin models the basic frequency response of a popular Bluetooth speaker, as well as the typical built-in limiting and compression functions found in small portable systems. We intentionally avoid modeling room acoustics, as we believe this is a hindrance: on studio monitors, it clashes with the acoustics of the real room, adds unnecessary coloration to the sound , and offers no significant benefit when checking balance and sound mixing.