Danny Danzi

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Hey Danny I appreciate you taking the time to give me a detailed explanation. It's very insightful. I'm going to look into ARC. The area I mix and record in is fairly big. It's a little over 35 feet long by 18 1/2 feet wide with 9 foot high ceilings. I think my monitors and sub are decent. I assume arc can handle any size room. I'm sure it's worth trying. As far as room treatment I have some in the area where my monitors are on the sides behind and above. The floor is carpeted. The treatment I have has tamed the room some. There are definitely area's that are boomy, tiny etc. What is the most recent version of ARC?

Hey Bob, not a problem. Just to cover both our butts....sincere apologies to the OP for somewhat getting a bit off track. Sometimes this stuff comes up and we/I seize the moment.
 
Bob, that's a big room...so to me that doesn't fall into the basic format. So you'll definitely need room correction plus something that flattens your monitors. You already have some, so that's great. ARC is going to make your monitors flat. If you get it, do the corrections with the sub on. Actually, if you DO get it, read this article I did on it. I've done several on ARC but this is definitely the most detailed. It will help you every step of the way if you decide to purchase it.
 
http://issuu.com/Wusik/docs/wsmapr201296dpi/37
 
The latest version is ARC 2. To me, it's very close to ARC 1 but a bit different. The majority of users prefer ARC 2 to ARC 1. Me, I'm still in the ARC 1 camp due to having such wonderful results with it. I'm one of those guys that believes in leaving a well-oiled machine alone. Like, I'll never upgrade my operating system on a pc. I'll go buy another pc with that OS on it and new hardware before I'll mess with something that works perfectly. Because of that, I still have just about every pc I've ever had. No more Win 95 boxes, but I got one with Win 98 SE that still purrs like a kitten with Sonar 2.2 on it and Pro Audio 9! LOL! :)
 
Anyway, ARC is really killer. In some cases, it MAY even help with room issues (so it claims) but I've never put too much stock into that because I don't know for sure what it really does. I don't believe what I read. I believe what I hear and how something works and let me tell you, for me it works. The one thing it HAS done for me is it's flattened out my monitors better than any guy with an analyzer and I can do this myself without worrying about if it was done right. If you mess up the ARC corrections, you'll know it. Best of luck. :)
 
-Danny