I know this is a bit of a tangent, but I went on a hunt a while ago to get a decent sound out of my basement studio. I think I already had ARC but my concern was that the room itself wasn't that great etc. There's a free piece of standalone room testing software called Room EQ wizard, https://www.roomeqwizard.commikehalloran wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:49 pm Revisiting this...
I'd never gotten satisfactory results from ARC 3. Inexpensive calibrated measurement mic or the MEMS didn't make much difference—results were terrible. I came to the conclusion that my sub was the issue. Because of the strange shape of my desk, the microphone cannot handle my room if the sub is engaged.
Last week, I decided to wade back into this. Since I have a reliable way of balancing my sub with the rest of the system, I decided to disengage it and run ARC 3 again—much, much better. Then I added the sub back in and I like the results.
Ten years ago it was a PITA to use on Mac, but now it's dead easy. Reading it isn't "fun", but you get all kinds of information on what is out of balance in your room, like echoing high end, and feedbacking sub frequencies etc. It had me build bass traps in the corners etc. Anyway getting some things solved in the room first most definitely led to massively better results with ARC.