HEDD Audio; who created the Hedd Type 07 A-Core Monitors, which recently took home an editor’s choice award, has released CTRL, a dedicated software system that brings centralized control, calibration tools, and workflow management to all MK2 monitors and BASS subwoofers. The platform gives engineers a single place to manage tuning, alignment, and system behavior across stereo, 2.1, surround, and immersive setups.
CTRL builds on the MK2 hardware line by turning every available parameter into a direct, user-driven control inside one interface. Engineers gain full visibility of EQ, CoP modes, phase tools, latency settings, gain structure, and monitor behavior from the listening position.
System Management From One Interface
CTRL organizes all MK2 and BASS devices into a unified control panel accessible through Ethernet or Wi-Fi. Users can identify devices, group speakers, set naming conventions, mute or solo individual monitors, and manage firmware updates.
Calibration tools include a 10-band parametric EQ for each speaker and each group, along with per-speaker delay for alignment. This supports accurate timing across small rooms, larger control rooms, and immersive rigs with complex layouts. The system scales up to 250 speakers, which positions CTRL for both studio and post-production rooms with expanded channel counts.
Satellite and subwoofer relationships can be refined through crossover optimization, and users can store and recall setups for different workflows or listening positions.
Phase, Latency, and System Behavior
CTRL includes direct control of the HEDD Lineariser, which provides phase alignment for critical listening. Users can switch between linear-phase and low-latency modes depending on the task. This allows tracking, editing, and mix work to remain consistent without changing monitor hardware or repositioning speakers.
CoP (Closed or Ported) modes are also accessible inside CTRL. This gives engineers two acoustic behaviors within each monitor and allows the system to adapt to room needs or personal workflow requirements.
Additional functions include shelving filters, desktop filters, bass extension, subwoofer controls, input selection, gain structure, and standby modes.
Built for Modern Studio Requirements
CTRL is a long-term platform for the full MK2 line. Since it runs as software, HEDD can expand its capabilities through updates without altering the hardware. Users who already own MK2 monitors or BASS subwoofers can download CTRL at no cost.
By centralizing monitor behavior, calibration, and workflow management in one environment, CTRL provides a predictable way to maintain accuracy across different rooms, formats, and production needs.
Will Vance is a professional music producer who has been involved in the industry for the better part of a decade and has been the managing editor at Magnetic Magazine since mid-2022. In that time period, he has published thousands of articles on music production, industry think pieces and educational articles about the music industry. Over the last decade as a professional music producer, Will Vance has also ran multiple successful and highly respected record labels in the industry, including Where The Heart Is Records as well as having launched a new label with a focus on community through Magnetic Magazine. When not running these labels or producing his own music, Vance is likely writing for other top industry sites like Waves or the Hyperbits Masterclass or working on his upcoming book on mindfulness in music production. On the rare chance he's not thinking about music production, he's probably running a game of Dungeons and Dragons with his friends which he has been the dungeon master for for many years.
