IK Multimedia ARC Studio Upgrade

IK Multimedia ARC Studio Upgrade is a professional system for correcting the acoustics of the listening environment to achieve balanced sound monitoring.

High-resolution monitoring for all
Instantly improve the listening experience of any studio monitor system with an acoustic room correction system that anyone can afford. ARC Studio combines a stand-alone correction processor and the new ARC 4 measurement software. ARC Studio hardware is not only designed and manufactured in Italy to the highest standards of accuracy and quality, but its clever engineering makes it available at a fraction of the cost of other hardware solutions. Now anyone can dramatically improve the sound in their mixing environment: from a single pair of monitors to multiple monitoring systems to large facilities with multiple mixing and recording rooms.

Today's high-end studio monitors add active room correction to enhance their frequency balance and ensure flawless mix conversion. ARC Studio offers the same tremendous increase in presentation accuracy and affordable hardware processor as a correction and calibration system for any type of studio - whether home, project or professional - without the limitations of using a software-only system.

Improved mixing accuracy
Your room has a big impact on how you hear music. Its size, shape, materials and furniture affect the frequency and stereo balance of your monitors and, in most cases, negatively affect the sound you hear analytically as you work. ARC 4's all-new algorithm analyzes and corrects these problems in minutes. The performance of your monitors will improve and you will get more controlled lower frequency transmission, tighter transients and accurate stereo imaging. It's like an instant upgrade to your monitors. And if you trust what you hear, you'll mix faster and more confidently than ever before.

Setup in minutes
Connect the measurement microphone (not included) to your audio interface and you'll be guided through measuring different acoustic locations in your listening space. IK's award-winning ARC technology uses this 3D image to identify and completely correct any problem spots that degrade the performance of your monitors.

A whole new listening experience
ARC 4 saves the correction profile and loads it into the ARC Studio processor, which sits between your audio interface and monitors, activating a button to apply the correction to all incoming signals. A separate processor corrects the listening monitors in any studio. In DAW-based studios, ARC Studio takes the hassle out of inserting correction plug-ins on the main bus and preserves zero-latency monitoring settings, plus it lets you listen to your preferred streaming service with acoustically corrected monitoring without having to deal with system drivers.

Target curves
ARC 4 now comes with 9 factory target correction curves for most situations. The default curve offers optimally balanced results, with additional specific curves designed for different needs or settings.

Adjustable correction range
By default, the ARC system corrects the entire frequency spectrum, but you can independently define limits for the upper and lower correction ranges. This is useful if you want to preserve the unique expression of your monitors or only want to correct a specific frequency range. Set the resolution of the correction filter to use more or less frequency bands. Depending on the unique sound of your room, you can achieve a more surgical correction or a wider, smoother balance.

2 phase modes
Natural and linear phase modes ensure accurate stereo imaging. Natural mode improves phase response, while Linear Phase preserves the original inter-channel phase response, which may be more appropriate in certain rooms and conditions.

User profiles
You can create a profile for each configuration, listening position or even a pair of monitors. Whether you're in a makeshift studio or a world-class studio, tweaking your monitoring to your taste has never been easier and has never sounded so good.

More than 20 studio monitor emulations
ARC 4 emulates the frequency and phase response of the most famous studio monitors on the market, and works with the ARC setup to ensure the best possible sound in any listening environment. This makes it ideal for quick mix testing on a variety of reference systems without leaving the sweet spot and ARC calibration. Using virtual monitoring, you can also deliberately listen to the audio emulation of devices such as TVs, car audio systems, as well as many popular studio monitors. You can quickly get an idea of the sound of your mix on other "virtual" systems to ensure perfect output.