ARC - Tell me about it

DeeringAmps


amiller,

Here's one of the threads where we discuss ARC...

http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?m=2332292

HTH,

Tom

DeeringAmps


...Then run the same tests with ARC on and you'll hear/see where things have improved.

Tom

DeeringAmps


I think it helps a lot.
Will it make your/my small room "perfect"?
Not a chance.

T

amiller


Do you guys agree with the SOS statement below?  Is it understated ... overstated?
 
From SOS:
 
"All in all, the ARC software does seem able to bestow some improvements upon less than perfect monitoring systems and rooms — although I think it fair to say that the better the room to start with, the better the end results will be. ARC is no substitute for proper acoustic treatment, but it can maximise performance and reduce minor response irregularities very well, and with negligible quality degradation. But then, you can buy an awful lot of acoustic treatment for the price of the ARC software! "

bapu

amiller


Do you guys agree with the SOS statement below?  Is it understated ... overstated?

From SOS:

"All in all, the ARC software does seem able to bestow some improvements upon less than perfect monitoring systems and rooms — although I think it fair to say that the better the room to start with, the better the end results will be. ARC is no substitute for proper acoustic treatment, but it can maximise performance and reduce minor response irregularities very well, and with negligible quality degradation. But then, you can buy an awful lot of acoustic treatment for the price of the ARC software! "

JOMO, IMHO.

amiller


So, I saw ARC mentioned in a recent thread here and I'm not familiar with it.  I've got some studio acoustics issues and ARC looks like a product that may help.  What's your experience with the product?  Pros ... Cons?
 
SOS gave it a pretty good review:
 
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar08/articles/ikmultimediaarc.htm

bapu

amiller


I've been doing the research, both here and elsewhere.  It looks like ARC addresses some acoustic issues, however, it also looks like proper bass traps will actually do a better job IN MY CASE.  I have a room that I use for my home studio and the wife could care less how it looks or what I put on the walls...short of naked women.

I found a great simple to follow DIY bass trap PDF on the web.  I'm not bad at this type of simple construction.  So, I'm strongly leaning toward making my own traps.  I figure I can make 6 48x24 4" thick traps for about $200 - $250.

If I need more acoustic adjustments after the bass traps are installed I can always consider adding ARC to the "mix."

What do you guys think?

Seems like the way most of us went.


I spent about $400 on DIY. 7 48x24 4", 2 (side panels) 42x24 2" and 3 48x24 4" portable "vocal booth" panels.


Then I got ARC.


I could have probably spent another $400 and I'm not sure I would have tamed everything anyway.

amiller


So, did ARC finish the job of taming the room for you?  How far did the DIY panels get you?

mixsit In the spirit of wanting to understand my tools I asked twice (and for what ever reason ignored IK') over at gearslutz what and or how many processes ARC might use.

mixsit

Danny Danzi

mixsit
In the spirit of wanting to understand my tools I asked twice (and for what ever reason ignored IK') over at gearslutz what and or how many processes ARC might use.

 
Processes meaning cpu usage? I'm getting about 0.5% per instance or less. My cpu with 1 instance toggles between 0% and 1% staying more at 0% than 1%. With two instances (which is what I usually use) it stays at 1% and may throttle down to 0% for a second, but is more on the 1% side. I hope that answers your question. :)
 
-Danny

Not CPU. What audio processes.
Besides eq they mention phase, and/or hints of things in the time domain IIRC.