IK Multimedia ARC System

One of the most critical factors influencing the quality of music production is the accuracy of the monitoring system. In fact, the combination of speakers and room acoustics prove to be the weakest link in the music production chain. When monitors are placed in a room, the surrounding walls, ceiling, furniture and other objects reflect and absorb their sounds; creating complex distortions specific to the room- causing them to lose the accuracy they have been designed for which can result in you hearing more of the sound of the room than the music actually being produced.

IK Multimedia has teamed up with the leading provider of sound equalization solutions, Audyssey, for the production of an innovative, low-cost and mobile solution to correct the distortion problems caused by room acoustics: ARC system.

ARC System delivers the most advanced solution to acoustical problems for any DAW-based studio. Combining a professionally calibrated microphone, standalone software that captures sound information and calculates proper room correction and a multi-platform plug-in: this technology will improve how your studio sounds forever.

ARC features the revolutionary Audyssey MultEQ® technology, which measures acoustical information throughout the listening area in your studio. It then combines this information to provide an accurate representation of the room’s acoustical problems. The equalization solution then corrects for both time and frequency response problems more effectively and efficiently than any other room correction EQ on the market. The result is a clear and reliable representation of your mix. Regardless of the acoustical issues in your studio, what you are recording, mixing or mastering becomes immediately clear and reliable and your studio sound will improve forever.

The first and only room correction system in a plug-in for DAW-based studios

Includes a calibrated measurement microphone, measurement software and multi-platform correction plug-in

Improves clarity, stereo imaging and frequency response, for faster, more reliable mixing

Revolutionary Audyssey MultEQ® technology corrects frequency and phase response not only for the engineer’s ‘sweet spot’, but also multiple points in the room

Step by step setup measurement wizard will have you up and running in minutes

A convenient, unique, mobile correction solution for the traveling engineer

Sonically 'treat' your room so you can finally trust the sound of your studio

Automatic, wizard based, multi-point room measurement system, based on Audyssey MultEQ technology

Measurement precision when used with ARC System microphone: +/- 1.5 dB

Requires 48 kHz operation (only for measurements)

Requires ASIO Audio Hardware on Windows Vista or XP, CoreAudio on Mac OS X

Saves Measurements sets to be opened on the ARC System Correction Plug-In

Multi platform high quality Frequency AND Time correction processor based on Audyssey MultEQ technology

Correction precision when used with ARC System microphone: +/- 1.5 dB

Correction processor resolution: 32 bits floating point

Correction processor supported sampling rates: 32 kHz to 96 kHz

Four target curves

Graphic Frequency response display

Related Links:

View all IK Multimedia Products