ARC Studio - Make any studio monitors sound better
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- Опубликовано: 20 фев 2024
- www.ikmultimedia.com/products... - There’s a reason all of today’s top-tier studio monitors include active room correction - it vastly enhances their performance and ensures that mixes translate flawlessly.
ARC Studio offers this same massive boost in performance and accuracy to any monitor in every studio. The system includes a standalone hardware processor; new ARC 4 software (also available separately) for analyzing and correcting the listening environment with additional controls; and a precision MEMS measurement microphone.
For the first time in the recording industry, an affordable hardware processor can be used as a correction and calibration system for any type of studio - be it home, project or professional - without the limitations of a software-only system.
Learn more at www.ikmultimedia.com/products...
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Exactly what I’ve been looking for
I already been diggin arc 3. This was a good idea, at $299 around the same price as sound id, but in hardware form... this could be really big!
nice product 😊
Bought and Love it. How do you delete previous measurements? I rearranged my listening position and can’t seem to find where to delete my old measurements.
Nice, I need and Arc 8 or more!
This is what i need (cool)
Does this product work internally with an IIR or FIR filter?
Upgraded from Arc 3, where is the “car” preset, its missing and was useful.
Finally I can upgrade my 10 year old KRK Ergo which only corrected the low end
Is the GUI scalable? Will the correction be on all audio coming from the pc? I have ARC 3 and it is very good but these two issues make it flawed. 😎
Hi, the GUI is scalable and the ARC Studio provides systemwide room correction from your DAW, to a RUclips video you're watching and everything in between.
Is it possible to create your own frequency/band-specific corrections for finer control? Or are you limited to predetermined target curves?
From the ARC Studio web page: "Adjustable correction range
By default, ARC corrects the entire frequency spectrum, but you can define limits to both upper and lower correction ranges separately. This is useful if you want to preserve the unique voicing of your monitors or are just looking to correct a certain frequency range." You can find this and more information at www.ikmultimedia.com/products/arcstudio Thanks!
We need one like this but with a great headphone amp! would be a perfect solution.
you hit the nail on the head(phone) !! LMO
I don't get it. Headphones aren't influenced by the room, so why would you want room correction hardware to have a great headphone amp? I'd still use the headphone amp of my interface for headphones.
@@akagerhard Interface headphones output are weak, and headphones needs correction too.
@@CTimaureDepends on the interface and while it can make sense to flatten out headphones, it's not room correction that is needed.
@@akagerhard of course, there is no room inside headphones, I mean eq profiles like Sonarworks.
And every audio interface struggles with some planar magnetics and even the HD6xx series, many people use dedicated headphones amps for a reason, and this could be the perfect solution for all that in the future, hope so.
Some monitors come with integrated "room calibration". So for example the iLoud MTMs from IKMultimedia can be set (without software) so that they sound flatter in the room. Would you recommend using the ARC 4 room correction ON TOP of that "lighter touch" room calibration, or would you rather recommend resetting the monitor calibration and only use the room correction software? My intuition says: Reset and use the room correction only - but I can't explain it.
I would use the ARC Studio correction only after resetting your monitors in those cases.
Bring this to New Zealand please
What if you re using expensive ADDA and 5000 euro speakers? What is the differences between hardware version and software version? Hardware is only controller or what?
This looks like an interesting option, like a junior Trinnov. What is the latency?
1.4 ms total system latency, a tiny bit more if you opt for linear phase mode. It should be noted that all linear phase processors add latency, not just ARC’s, so it is unavoidable.
with that USB C connector - is this also usable as a USB DAC?
I think usb connection is only for transferring the calibration file to the hardware unit and that's all.
If i upgrade from version 3 do I have to do a re-calibartion or will my current calibration load into the new hardware?
You would recalibrate, the software has been improved.
What about an external controller to switch monitor profiles on the fly?
That's a great point! They already have the "iLoud Precision Remote Controller" that does exactly that for their Monitors and Software. I can only hope they thought of making it work with the Arc Studio box too. Would've been quite the wasted opportunity if not. *edit* I don't think there will be such an option in the current version of the boxes - at least not with the Precision Remote Controller. The only way I see them enabling such an option is via the USB connectivity the ARC Studio offers.
So here is what I believe: I think as long as you keep the ARC Studio connected to your PC via USB and run the ARC 4 Software, you can probably switch profiles for your ARC Studio with the iLoud Precision Remote Controller. But I don't think that's a pretty option, because it requires you running the Software. So maybe they'll come up with another controller and let you store multiple profiles on the ARC Studio itself (instead of only in the Software).
@@akagerhardit can definitely be done with the USB port, but might require some R&D if they haven’t already accounted for this option.
Are there plans to release systemwide? How is the sound different from arc 3?
Since this works directly connected with your speakers, IT IS systemwide. It works whenever you use your speakers.
@@alexlykos18 i meant when you dont use the hardware. i have arc 4 and use without the hardware. would be great to not have to use 3rd party software to get systemwide playback through arc.
@@happyshadowI believe being systemwide is one of the main selling points of ARC Studio and now that it exists, I don't see them adding this functionality to the software. Many people asked for this functionality for the software for a long time. It never happened (only with workarounds and including other programs). And now it's more unlikely than ever - in my opinion.
is this the same arc found in iloud mtm?
This is ARC 4 (and the ARC 4 software is also included with ARC Studio). Read more at www.ikmultimedia.com/products/arcstudio
what is the proper way to connect? 1. interface - monitor controller - arc - monitors or 2. interface - arc - monitor controller - monitors
I would say #1. You'd want the ARC Studio to be connected to your speakers, so that anything being done to the signal by your controller (which should be flat), is also corrected before hitting your speakers. I did not see anything in the directions covering your scenario for final connection, only for capture. In the manual it shows capturing without the ARC Studio connected. All other pictures or text say to have the ARC connected to the speakers after curve capture, which would suggest your #1.
Sonically - what is the difference between this and Arc 4, what's the advantage of one over the other? If they are identical in sonics, then as long as I have enough CPU headroom to run Arc 4, why would I want additional latency from an additional analog to digital and digital to analog conversion in the Arc Studio hardware?
Are they using the same algorithms.
I can imagine a scenario - e.g where I have a standalone instrument such as a digital piano, and I do not want the round-trip through an audio interface, with added latency in and out of the audio interface, to the monitors. So I plug the piano straight into the Arc Studio.
Can this be used for a small PA system, as a kind of system EQ?
ARC Studio only adds a tiny amount of latency. You get system-wide correction without any driver/software hassle.
Is there discount for ARC 3 users ?
Yes, check out the upgrade pricing at www.ikmultimedia.com/products/arcstudio/index.php?p=versions.
@@ikmultimedia Awesome! I was hoping you'd do this. I've got tons of JamPoints too 🤓
What exactly is the latency? There is no information about this in the specifications and manual.
MiniDSP boxes with dirac live have a huge latency about 15 ms. Could we expect it to be better here?
1.4 ms total system latency, a tiny bit more if you opt for linear phase mode. It should be noted that all linear phase processors add latency, not just ARC’s, so it is unavoidable.
Same question on my mind
And for 2.1 system, i have a sub
It absolutely works with a sub. Great video showing this setup here: ruclips.net/video/-aEjPKoBTwU/видео.html
@@ikmultimedia great i have my atc 20 ASL mk2 pro with atcpro70 sub
If 2 pairs of speakers [4units] I will need 2 ARC module ?
No, you can store multiple profiles with their own corresponding curves and measurements in ARC 4 and load them up to the ARC Studio module. However, if you want to switch between them, you will probably need to keep the ARC Studio connected via USB to your PC and select the profile you want to use in the ARC 4 software.
what is the advantage of using the box rather than just the software?
All audio output will be corrected and you don't have to worry about issues with software/drivers for systemwide correction.
1. You don't have to load up the plugin on your masterbus and you don't need to remember turning it off when bouncing/exporting your project.
2. You can use it for tracking, because it has less latency.
3. When you reference songs on Streaming Platforms like Spotify or RUclips the room correction will be applied, which makes referencing a whole lot easier and better.
4. Your ears "learn" the sound of the room correction all the time, no matter what you do, it is on. This enables you to make more confident decisions in music production.
No power button, is it safe to leave on all the time?
You can or follow the same method you use for your active monitors. If you turn those off go ahead and turn off ARC Studio.
Latency! How much?
Has latency?
1.4 ms total system latency, a tiny bit more if you opt for linear phase mode. It should be noted that all linear phase processors add latency, not just ARC’s, so it is unavoidable.
@@ikmultimedia 1.4 ms is pretty good!
@@ikmultimedia That's pretty good! Does latency go away when ARC is bypassed?
@@Nullllusalso wondering this, there will still be some latency from the round trip conversion, but does it become lower when it's bypassed?
I wonder how it compares to Trinnov?
Trinnov has phase corrections I don’t think this has phase correction
We've made a video comparing this to Trinnov! ruclips.net/video/cJPvrfN7UxQ/видео.htmlsi=OFm5FNsyLdarb6O3
ARC Studio has both natural or linear phase correction. @@Chaz_r
@@ikmultimedia*correction* or just natural/linear phase EQ filters?
Does the software, as usual with IK Multimedia, requires paying again if you want to download it after like 1 year?...
No, that was previously for large sound content downloads only, but has been discontinued for a while now.
@@ikmultimedia, found and read about it already - you changed the policy around 3 months ago, cool, that’s really huge and very assuring news! You just instantly got +2 stars for at least one customer!
Will there be an iOS app?
No, this would not work for iOS.
@@ikmultimedia Please consider! Anyone with a mobile setup could really benefit from this device due to the variety of places they record.
People can now avoid sonarworks all together! They don’t know how good they have it
This is going to sell like hotcakes
Cool. But it's a pity that there is no solution for bass management here
There is. Please visit www.ikmultimedia.com/products/arcstudio where you can find more information like "By default, ARC corrects the entire frequency spectrum, but you can define limits to both upper and lower correction ranges separately. This is useful if you want to preserve the unique voicing of your monitors or are just looking to correct a certain frequency range." and more.
Finally , sonarworks was left shaking 😅
Would be cool to see this in a rack form for Dolby Atmos!!
LATENCY!?🤌🤌🤌🤌
Natural Phase mode measures 1.4 ms, Linear Phase mode will introduce additional latency of course.