IK Multimedia ARC Studio Advanced Room Correction System

Your room can have a big impact on how you hear your music. Room structure, dimensions, walls, and furniture can all change the frequency and timing balance of what you hear. This makes it really difficult to correctly balance your mixes without having audition them on lots of systems and spaces. The IK Multimedia ARC Studio corrects these issues, ensuring your work translates properly everywhere. Using a stand-alone processor, this correction can be applied to any studio monitors in any studio without regard for DAW or operating system limitations. You’ll mix faster and with less effort, and your work will translate better than ever.

ARC Studio is designed for every kind of studio:

• DAW-based studios - a set and forget hardware solution that doesn't affect CPU usage and doesn’t need to be bypassed
• Pro Tools HDX-based studios - preserves zero-latency monitoring setups
• Radio/TV broadcast studios - easily audition how audio will sound on multiple systems, even live
• Video production - full range correction is ideal for mixing dialog, music and sound FX
• Console-based studios - apply correction even when mixing outside the box
• Content creation rigs - powerful enough to correct even fully-untreated or make-shift studio spaces

HOW IT WORKS

Measure your space using the ARC 4 software and included MEMS microphone connected to any audio interface with a phantom-powered microphone input. The ARC software guides you step-by-step through a series of measurements in minutes, and can be repeated for multiple monitors or listening positions. Once the measurement process is complete, the correction is transferred to the ARC Studio processor for latency-free, set and forget correction.

AN ALL-NEW LISTENING EXPERIENCE

By measuring your room across a 3D space around the listening position, IK’s award-winning ARC technology identifies and corrects problematic issues while avoiding to drastically EQ the room overall. Only the offending issues are corrected, maintaining the natural sonic quality of the monitoring system.

SONICALLY INVISIBLE

Since your monitoring path quality is crucial, ARC Studio uses truly high end A/D and D/A conversion stages for total sonic transparency And it connects to your monitors with a power-safe relay-based hard bypass – when bypassed it’s completely removed from your signal chain, protecting you from sudden power-related pops.

A/B/C/D… YOUR MIXES

ARC Studio also delivers new X-MONITOR options, emulating the frequency and phase response of iconic studio monitors and popular speakers and phones, with breathtakingly true-to-life results. With over 20 profiles included, a single pair of monitors lets you test your mix on different reference systems instantly. With ARC Studio, you’ll supercharge your acoustics, your workflow and best of all, your results.

FEATURES:

• Measurement mic, room analysis software and correction processor all in one
• Improves frequency balance and stereo imaging in any room
• Work faster and create better mixes without expensive room treatment
• X-MONITOR precisely emulates the sound of top monitors and reference systems
• Set & forget sound with audiophile components and converters throughout
• Audio conversion and internal processing sampling rate: 96 kHz
• Audio conversion resolution: 24-bit
• Internal processing resolution: 32-bit float
• Frequency Response: 2 Hz - 45.0 kHz (- 2.0 dB)
• Dynamic Range: 120 dB (A-weighted)
• THD (20-20 kHz): 0.00035%
• THD+N (1 kHz@-1dBFS): -107 dB
• Channel Crosstalk (1 kHz): -122.5 dB
• Max Phase Deviation: +7° 20Hz, +16° 22kHz
• Input Impedance (balanced): 20 kOhm
• Output Impedance (balanced): 50 Ohm
• Maximum output level: +17 dBu

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

MAC (64-BITS)

• Minimal: Apple M1 or Intel Core i5 Processor, 4 GB of RAM, macOS 10.15 or newer (macOS 11 or newer required for Apple Silicon Processors)
• Supported Plug-in formats: Audio Units, VST 2, VST 3, AAX
• Works with any audio interface with a phantom powered XLR microphone input and a pair of outputs for monitoring
• 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz sampling rate is required for the measurement process
• One free USB port required

WINDOWS (64-BITS)

• Minimal: Intel Core i5 Processor or equivalent, 4 GB of RAM, Windows 10 (64 bit) or newer
• Supported Plug-in formats: VST 2, VST 3, AAX
• Works with any audio interface with ASIO drivers, a phantom powered XLR microphone input and a pair of outputs for monitoring
• 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz sampling rate is required for the measurement process
• One free USB port required

Requires an OpenGL 2 compatible graphics adapter.