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gustabo


Using a combination of  Virtual Audio Cable and VSTHost, everything runs through ARC on my DAW.
Works beautifully!

Even your headphones?

Never tried that. I hardly use headphones.
I use Virtual Audio Cable and VSTHost with my onboard soundcard which is used for everything outside of Sonar.
I use my Motu only with Sonar.

ARC is so crucial that i introduced it as a must buy for my SAE students ......

IK you can send my check where you know 


Kidding of course ;)

Hi all

I'm considering ARC, everybody seems to be so excited about it.
I can understand when mixing ARC makes a huge difference. However, what about the final result, that is, listening to the final mix without ARC. Any big difference here. (logically yes, but what's your experience here.

Thanks

Jan 

M@, winamp is just a media player like Windows Media Player (but it's only audio, not video).  but winamp allows you to use plugins, so you just set up winamp to use ARC as a plugin.

I have not personally done this, so I don't have details on exactly what to do.

I would think that Audacity and Goldwave would also function the same way since you can use VST plugins in those as well, but again, I haven't tried it.  I will likely try some of those options soon and if someone else doesn't report back for the details, I'll report back when I get a chance to work on it.

Thanks Beagle, I'll keep my eye on this thread. ----------------- Yes jrom, you are right... Mix with ARC in your studio, export the mix with ARC bypassed, listen to the mix outside of your studio. Playing that mix in your studio will be like bypassing ARC in your DAW.

I'm telling you, try Virtual Audio Cable and VSTHost.

thanks, gustabo, I might try that.

Tim - read the instructions!    there are 2 MAIN things you need to know:

take a LOT of samples for your set up - as many as you can.  I think it wants you to take a dozen or something - take 2X whatever that number is.

2nd thing - don't do like some folks have done and export with ARC ON.  it's not meant to be on during export, it's a tool to help you mix to a flat room, you turn it OFF before export.

Routing :

Master Bus output : headphone 
Master Bus send to a bus ARC (with arc on it ;) , this bus output : Monitors
Bounce or export mixes : simply like always , your master bus ;)

Ok, I got it. Not starting off too good though. Lots of questions.

First off, apparently there are 2 versions:
http://www.ikmultimedia.com/arc/versions/

One for Pro Tools TDM and one for the rest of the world. The PT is an orange box which is what I got. However, the link above shows both descriptions as being compatible with PC/Mac VST. I'm confused. 
Also, on my box, Sweetwater (or someone else) put a red sticker covering the "TDM" logo on the box to hide it. 
I just don't wanna crack the seal on the software if it's not right. 

uh oh.. The ARC calibration needs my card (which also means my digital mixer) set to 48khz.
I've always worked in 44.1 and if I change, my Digital mixer won't like that (I think).
I can probably set it up to do the calibration. But, Do I have to remain at 48khz to use the ARC system from then on with my mixes?? 
All my tunes are at 24 bit 44.1 khz.

Also:
This might be a stupid question but just so I don't have to think to hard,

Installation instructs as follows:
To ­measure ­your ­room, ­just­ connect ­the ­ARC­ Measurement ­Microphone ­to­ 
any ­phantom­powered ­MIC­ input­ in ­your­ audio ­interface,­puter.­

I use a digital mixer as my front end. I assume I plug into my mixer, yes?
Or, do I have to figure out getting to an analog input on my RME AIO?
Thanks

Thanks Reece.

Page 17:  
3.1.1  Audio Interface required features
http://download.ikmultimedia.com/html/arc/download/ARC-1.3-User-Manual.pdf

Thanks M@B..

Regarding 44.1 vs 48, I use my MOTU at 44.1 but when I ran the standalone ARC program, it switched the MOTU to 48 for the duration of the readings and switched it back to 44.1 after it was done.

timidi


Yea Jerome. 
i think I'm getting a little anal on the 44.1 vs the 48. I can run the calibration at 48 and hopefully use the plug at 44.1.

Is that what you do?

Yup

he can measure at 48 then go back 44 when it's done !

I went to jump on this bandwagon today, but stupid me, I found out you can't use jampoints to purchase ARC.  To be honest I had been saving my jampoints for that last three years toward the much delayed ST3, but my jampoints will expire very soon--in the next couple of months.  So, since I saw the high appraisals given to ARC on this thread, I thought I would pick it up, but when I went to check out it says something like Jampoints are not allowed toward the purchase of this item.  What do you buy with your jampoints when you already have almost all of the IK collection?  Answer, not the ARC.