Are the Acoustics in Your Control Room Perfect?

If you said yes, you're either fooling yourself or just foolish. With the exception of a slim few multi-million dollar control rooms on Earth, no one can say yes with a straight face. Reflections, rooms dimensions, room modes - these are the enemy. Acoustic treatment is always key, but even with great treatment, there's more to tuning your room. So how can you keep these funky frequency phenomena from fouling up your sound? Check out IK Multimedia's ARC (Advanced Room Correction) software. This is one of the coolest and most effective solutions for imperfect acoustics. ARC acts as a plug-in in almost any DAW software. You use a special measurement microphone and analysis software (both included) to figure out which frequencies are unnaturally boosted or cut in your room, and the ARC plug-in simply corrects for these problems. ARC is really simple to use and incredibly effective - a real must-have if you're at all serious about your music.

IK Multimedia ARC Room Correction Software and Measurement Microphone Features:

Professional Measurement Microphone:

• Type: 1/4" precision measurement condenser microphone
  
• Polar pattern: omnidirectional, free field
  
• Capsule frequency response: 20-16,000Hz
  
• Calibrated frequency response when used with ARC: 16-20,000Hz, +/- 1.5dB
  
• Output: transformerless, electronically balanced, 200 ohms output impedance
  
• Sensitivity: 50 mV/Pa
  
• Noise Equivalent Level: 22dB
  
• Max SPL: 130dB for 3% THD

ARC System Measurement Software:

• Automatic multi-point room measurement system, wizard based, based on Audyssey MultEQ technology
  
• Measurement precision when used with ARC System microphone: +/- 1.5dB
  
• Requires 48kHz operation (only for measurements)
  
• Saves Measurements sets to be opened on the ARC System Correction Plug-In

ARC System Correction Plug-in:

• Multi platform frequency and time correction processor based on Audyssey MultEQ technology
  
• Correction precision when used with ARC System microphone: +/- 1.5dB
  
• Correction processor resolution: 32 bits floating point
  
• Correction processor supported sampling rates: 32kHz-96kHz
  
• 4 target curves
  
• Graphic Frequency response display
  
• RTAS (PT 7 and up), AU, VST format