IK Multimedia ARC Studio Acoustic Room Correction System

Introducing the IK Multimedia ARC Studio, the first out-of-the-box acoustic room correction system that allows you to supercharge the sound performance of any studio monitors, all at an affordable price. With the included correction processor, ARC 4 measurement software, and room analysis microphone, ensure your studio monitors are responding correctly in your room, making sure your mixes translate flawlessly. Whether at home or in the studio, the ARC Studio will consistently elevate your setups without the limitations of a software-only system. Order today at Bop DJ!

• Dramatically improves your mixing accuracy
• Works with any monitor system in any room
• Installs in minutes in any studio or space
• Sonically invisible, audiophile performance
• Emulates top monitors and playback systems
• Customise your monitors’ performance to taste

Your room has a big impact on how you hear your music. The size, shape, materials and furniture all work to distort the frequency and stereo balance of your monitors, degrading your sound.

ARC 4’s all-new algorithm analyses and corrects these issues in minutes. Your music snaps into focus, with more controlled low-end, tighter transients and pinpoint stereo imaging. It’s like an instant upgrade to your monitors.

And when you trust what you hear, you’ll mix faster and more confidently than ever.

Plug the mic into your interface and you’ll be guided through measuring acoustical spots within your listening position. IK’s award-winning ARC technology uses this 3D snapshot to identify and completely correct all the problematic issues degrading your monitors’ performance.

ARC 4 stores the correction profile and loads it into the ARC Studio processor, sitting invisibly between your interface and monitors to apply to all incoming signals. The standalone processor corrects studio monitors in any studio, including hardware- and console-based setups.

ARC Studio features a 120 dB(A) analogue input to analogue output dynamic range, 0.5 Hz to 40 kHz frequency response and ultra-stable clocking for vanishing low jitter, offering total sonic transparency and a level of accuracy you only find in mastering-grade audio converters.

And it connects to your studio and monitors via balanced XLRs with power-safe relay-based hard bypass – so when bypassed you’re protected from sudden power-related pops. Between the premium audio quality and ARC Studio’s all-new correction algorithm, you’ll enjoy the most natural, transparent monitoring ever.

ARC Studio hardware is not only designed and made in Italy to the highest precision and quality standards, but its clever engineering makes it available at a fraction of the cost of other hardware solutions.

Now everyone can dramatically improve the sound in their mixing environments: from a single pair of monitors to multiple monitoring systems, up to large facilities with multiple mixing and recording rooms.

For pro studios, whether in-the-box or console-based, ARC Studio allows for a sonically transparent correction and custom-tuning for any monitoring setup from nearfields to mains, preserving the inherent system’s sonic quality.

For DAW-based studios, ARC Studio frees you from the hassle of inserting plug-ins on the master bus of your work and preserves zero-latency monitoring setups, plus it allows you to listen to your preferred streaming service with acoustically corrected monitoring without messing around with system drivers.

You can create a profile for every configuration, listening position or even monitor pair. Whether you’re in a makeshift studio or a world-class one, fine-tuning your monitoring to your taste has never been easier and has never sounded so good.

Customise your setup for ideal performance no matter your preference. ARC 4 offers deep control over each profile so it always sounds its best:

• Target curves: ARC 4 now comes with 9 factory target curves for most situations. The default curve offers optimally balanced results with other specific curves for different needs or setups.
• 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.
• Variable resolution and smoothing: Adjust the resolution of the correction filter to use more or fewer frequency bands. Depending on your room’s unique sound, this lets you achieve more surgical correction, or a broader, smoother balance.
• 2 Phase Modes: Natural and Linear phase modes ensure precise stereo imaging. Natural mode improves the phase response, while linear phase maintains the original inter-channel phase response, which may be preferable in certain rooms and conditions.

Audio

• Audio conversion and internal processing sampling rate: 96 kHz
• Audio conversion resolution: 24-bit
• Internal processing resolution: 32-bit float
• Frequency Response: 2 Hz - 45.0 kHz (- 2.0 dB)
• Dynamic Range: 120 dB (A-weighted)
• THD (20-20 kHz): 0.00035%
• THD+N (1 kHz@-1dBFS): -107 dB
• Channel Crosstalk (1 kHz): -122.5 dB
• Max Phase Deviation: +7° 20Hz, +16° 22kHz
• Input Impedance (balanced): 20 kOhm
• Output Impedance (balanced): 50 Ohm
• Maximum output level: +17 dBu

Latency

• Natural Phase mode: 1.4 ms
• Linear Phase mode: 42 ms

Power

• Powered by included Power Supply Unit

Dimensions

• Size: 14.4cm / 5.6" x 12cm / 4.72" x 4.5cm / 1.77"
• Weight: 465g / 1,03lb

Package includes

• ARC Studio room-correction processor
• ARC Measurement Microphone (depending on the version)
• ARC Measurement Microphone Clamp (depending on the version)
• USB C-Type to USB A-Type cable (1.5 m / 4.92')
• Power Supply Unit
• Registration card

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.
  • One free USB port required.
• 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.
  • One free USB port required.
• Requires an OpenGL 2 compatible graphics adapter.