IK Multimedia ARC 4 Room Correction Software with Measurement Mic
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Key Info
Mix faster and more confidently than ever
ARC 4 combines an ultra-accurate measurement microphone, analysis software and correction plug-in to improve the accuracy of your monitoring in any room. Work faster and more freely, confident you’re hearing your music itself and that your music will sound great everywhere.
With a faster, easier calibration process, breathtaking new more natural algorithm, and the ability to manage profiles on ARC Studio hardware, everything about ARC 4 is designed to let you focus on your music and create audio that translates to any system effortlessly.
Trust what you hear
A room can have a big impact on how you hear your music. Walls, furniture, and other objects reflect and absorb sound, creating complex artifacts that change the frequency balance and stereo imaging, and can cause your carefully balanced mix to fall apart in other spaces.
With ARC, you can detect and account for these issues without expensive room treatment. ARC precisely measures the sound of your room in moments, then generates a correction profile you can load into the ARC plug-in for your DAW or the new ARC Studio hardware, which operates independently from your computer, to ensure what you’re hearing is how your music really sounds.
An all-new listening experience
ARC 4 uses a brand-new and more natural analysis and correction algorithm that delivers results you can’t find in other digital room correction systems. By measuring your room across a 3D space around the listening position, IK’s award-winning VRM™ (Volumetric Response Modeling) technology creates a 3D snapshot of your room, identifying problematic issues without over-processing the sound.
You have the choice of going through a 21-point ultra-accurate measurement process or a 7-point quicker one. Both will sound great. The longer measurement is more adequate for fixed installations and permanent setups, while the shorter measurement is ideal for on-the-go or ad-hoc setups, making it possible to measure the room in less than a minute.
The result is an incredibly natural-sounding correction like you’ve never heard. ARC 4 recreates the feeling of working in a properly-tuned room, without sounding “corrected.”
Measure quickly and precisely
Just connect a measurement mic to your interface and launch the step-by-step room analysis software. You’ll be guided through a series of measurements across your listening position, and with ARC’s flexible placement options you can create measurements of multiple monitors and listening positions, so you can virtually adjust the sweet spot for clients or different setups.
More microphone options
ARC 4 includes a precision-manufactured MEMS room analysis microphone for the most precise measurements possible. But you can also use generic measurement microphones, and even load a mic calibration file for superior accuracy.
Instantly apply correction
Once you’ve generated your profiles, open your DAW and insert ARC 4 across the master bus. ARC applies a precise correction filter using advanced processing to compensate for your room’s acoustics with a higher level of accuracy than ever before.
Now you’re hearing your music free of the impact of room acoustics. You can work confident you’re hearing exactly what was recorded, and your work will translate to other rooms and systems better than ever.
Highlights
- Measurement mic, room analysis software and correction plug-in
- Improves frequency balance and stereo imaging in any room
- Work faster and create better mixes without expensive room treatment
- Virtual monitoring emulates the sound of common listening devices
- What’s new
- All-new more natural correction algorithm for incredible results
- Expanded virtual monitoring adds 20+ iconic studio monitors profiles
- "Quick Mode" for room processing with just 7 measurement points
- Updated graphics and user interface with dark and light mode options
- Ability to manage and switch profiles on ARC Studio hardware
Technical Specifications
- Analysis application features
- Streamlined multi-point room measurement system based on 3D VRM technology
- Measurement precision when used with ARC System microphone: +/- 0.5 dB
- Also works with any RTA microphone with or without calibration file
- Saves measurement sets to be opened with the ARC System Correction plug-in
- Correction plug-in features
- High-quality frequency and time domain correction plug-in
- Re-sizable user interface
- Natural and Linear phase modes for best L-R phase coherency
- Real-time spectrum analyzer showing how the room is affecting the sound before correction
- Adjustable Low and Hi correction range to preserve monitor voicing
- Three different resolution / smoothing options
- High precision multi standard metering derived from T-RackS 5: offering Peak, RMS, LUFS and DR
- Correction processor resolution: 32-bit floating point
- Correction processor supported sampling rates: 44.1 kHz to 192 kHz
- Virtual Monitoring feature mimics the sound of various listening devices
- Package includes
- Precision measurement microphone
- Mic clamp
- Software license
- 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.
- 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.
- 44.1kHz or 48kHz sampling rate is required for the measurement process.
- Requires an OpenGL 2 compatible graphics adapter.
- SKU:
- AC-400-HCD-IN
- Model Name:
- ARC 4
- Brand:
- IK Multimedia
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