This may be out in left field but does anyone know of a way that ARC can be loaded in a standalone host so I can send the main outs of Sonar into the standalone host of ARC and ARC into my sound device?
This way any sound off the internet, media players, etc. can run through ARC.
(Yes I know about foobar2000 and the vst capabilities of it)

OK, it's not elegant but I can do it with VSTHost.
Any other suggestions?

So this thing is a VST plug?  How is it on CPU usage? 

Is it possible to run muliple instances of it on say.. different busses?

just read thru this...

seems that most of the folks that actually own and use it, really like it, and believe it has helped their mixes.

and everyone else who doesn't own it, but voiced an opinion on it, had lots and lots of practical questions about it, but since they've never used it, don't offer much to the discussion.

interesting, to say the least.

any newcomers to this software care to chime in?

or


folks that have been using it for a year or more, how do you feel about it now?



are their cheaper alternatives that work just as well?
say, pink noise captured by your actual vocal mic, analysed wav file by something like waves paz or harbal, and a hardware parametric on the output of the soundcard, between the card and monitor amplifier?
other?

I don't think you can use a parametric to duplicate what ARC does, because I believe ARC also performs phase correction.  I'm not totally sure about that, since I don't know it's inner workings, but I do know that ARC has improved my mixes.

Before ARC, I'd take what I thought was a killer mix to a client, and it would sound wrong on their system. With ARC, my mixes sound like I expect them to on just about any system.

In a nutshell, ARC compensates for what your room is doing to the sound coming from your speakers. It truly lets you hear the music, and not what the room is doing to the music.

A little but i just widen it back out a bit.And it is still the best plugin i have

It's just a thing that sit on my master bus at all times. I've really forgotten all about it.

I've been running it since the day I installed it and did the first calibration and that was 18 months ago.

I don't see any reason why you can't run it on another bus going to some other amp and speakers but of course you'll have to calibrate it. Then agfain its been 18 months since I spent any time with ARC. It's sort of like my speakers they are just there and after I set them up I haven't had to make any changes.

following up on this I spent about a day shooting the new studio room. I've got 4 GIK tri traps and some auralex wedges in the corners and need to get some stuff overhead treatment for the mix position. Working the ARC alongside acoustic treatment is an incredibly handy tool to have, it is a bit disconcerning at first after re-listening to finished projects but I have found that my mixes are becoming more consistant in playback on other systems. I kind of wish there was a plugin for itunes for listening back but even then I'm happy with what I've produced.

ON the vst plugin side I've not had any issues with it, when changing speakers i load up the impulse for that in about 2 clicks and I'm done and doesn't seem to be a resource hog on either my old or new PC

If you're using itunes for wav or mp3 playback, try foobar2000.
There is a component available for foobar2000 that will host vst plugins so you can listen through ARC.

sweet nice one for that