IK Multimedia ARC Studio Advanced Room Correction System

Elevate your sound and improve your monitoring accuracy with the IK Multimedia ARC Studio Room Correction System. This room correction software and hardware bundle allows you to measure, analyse, and apply surgical EQ corrections to your speakers for more accurate monitoring. Because the ARC Studio functions as a standalone external DSP box, it can be used with any setup without having to worry about plugins/software slowing down your computer! This system helps minimise guesswork allowing your mixes to translate better so you don't have to jump between systems applying countless tweaks.

Your Room is Lying to You

Every studio has acoustic problems: room modes, flutter echo, bass buildup in corners, early reflections off hard surfaces. We have to learn to compensate for these in our mixes while checking mixes on multiple systems and guessing what's real. The IK Multimedia ARC Studio evens out these problems to eliminate any guesswork! This system measures the room precisely, corrects only the offending issues, and gives you monitoring you can actually trust. Tape Op Magazine's reviewer discovered a 6dB dip between 120Hz and 150Hz in their home studio after installing the ARC Studio, a problem they'd been compensating for without knowing it for years. "Installing the ARC Studio has literally flattened the problem. I feel so much more comfortable and happier with how my room sounds now."

Hardware Correction, Not a Plug-in

The key difference between the ARC Studio and software-only room correction systems is that the ARC Studio works as a standalone hardware processor sitting between your interface and your monitors, correcting all audio passing through it regardless of source. Streaming, vinyl, gaming consoles, DAW playback: everything benefits from the correction, not just your DAW sessions. There's no plug-in to insert on the master bus, no driver conflicts, no latency issues, and no need to bypass the processor before bouncing mixes. Once calibrated it runs completely computer-free, and updateable firmware means it stays relevant as your studio setup evolves.

Audiophile-Grade Conversion

Because the ARC Studio sits directly in your monitoring path, the quality of its conversion matters. IK Multi selected AKM Velvet Sound converters after extensive research and listening tests, describing them as simply the best sounding among all the high end solutions tested. The result is a 120dB dynamic range, 0.5Hz to 40kHz frequency response, totally transparent so it doesnt change the colour of the audio.

Measuring Your Room in Ten Minutes

Setup is straightforward. Simply choose between a 7-point quick scan or a 21-point high-precision measurement with the MEMS measurement microphone set up and the software will build a 3D snapshot of your listening position, identifying and fixing problematic frequencies and timing issues. The correction can be fine-tuned with selectable natural or linear phase modes, adjustable upper and lower correction limits to preserve your monitors' natural voicing, and nine factory target curves for different room types and preferences. The process can be repeated for multiple monitor pairs or different listening positions.

Monitor Emulation

ARC X also includes a monitor emulation function with over 20 profiles covering iconic studio monitors, hi-fi speakers, and mobile devices. Rather than heading to your car or buying a second pair of monitors to check how your mix translates, you can audition it through different reference systems without leaving your chair. For broadcast and streaming applications, you can also check how audio will sound on multiple consumer playback systems in real time.

An Instant Upgrade to Any Room

The ARC Studio works in any studio environment: home studios, project studios, professional studios, broadcast, or post-production, or even just your own room for gaming. DAW-based, console-based, Pro Tools HDX: it doesn't matter. It's works great in untreated or partially treated rooms where physical acoustic treatment alone isn't enough, but also makes a meaningful difference in professionally treated spaces by correcting the residual issues that bass traps and diffusers haven't been able to fix. As Tape Op put it: "I would never suggest skipping physical room treatment, but ARC Studio is an excellent final touch for your studio space."

IK Multimedia ARC Studio Features:

• Standalone hardware room correction processor
• Includes ARC MEMS measurement microphone and ARC X software
• AKM Velvet Sound AD/DA converters deliver more than 120dB of dynamic range.
• 0.5Hz to 40kHz frequency response
• 32-bit AD/DA conversion, 96kHz internal sampling rate
• Ultra-low THD and jitter, ultra-stable clocking
• Balanced XLR inputs and outputs
• Power-safe relay-based hard bypass to avoid monitor popping when bypassing
• 7-point quick scan or 21-point high-precision room measurement
• Natural and linear phase correction modes
• Adjustable upper and lower correction frequency ranges
• Nine factory target curves
• 20+ monitor emulation profiles via ARC X
• No need to bypass before bouncing mixes
• Runs completely standalone once calibrated
• USB-C connection for profile transfer and firmware updates, includes USB-C to A and USB-C to C cables
• Retains zero-latency monitoring configurations for studios with Pro Tools HDX systems
• Updateable firmware for future-proof operation
• Designed and manufactured in Italy
• Includes ARC Studio processor, ARC MEMS microphone, PSU 5V, USB-C to USB-A cable, USB-C to USB-C cable