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2nd March 2008, 02:51 PM
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| The ARC System an EYE Opener I will admit , slowly but surely as an "amateur" mix engineer, I had read every forum imaginable, hung out at GearSlutz like a rabid dog waiting for that one morsel of advice that would set me, in my little bedroom mix-studio over the edge. Little by little buying monitors, slightly better interfaces etc. Then I start reading and studying posts on "rooms" and their pitfalls. What I gleaned from the debates was, basically you have to either have a 15 by 15 control room with better than 12 foot high ceilings , to eliminate or severely reduce buying bass traps or diffusors. In this state of mind in my practical closet of a studio, I would have to Bass Trap and diffuse until the cows came home. This is so you can achieve as flat as possible listening experience. I chose IK Multimedia's ARC system and the results have been mind boggling. You measure your room, up to 32 measurements. Slap it on your master-buss mix. De-Activate it when you bounce down. Watch the instruments and voices come to life!! Here are some recently mixed songs from my brothers band Wicked Society: 4shared.com - online file sharing and storage - download FORGOTTEN SON.mp3 4shared.com - online file sharing and storage - download PIECES.mp3 And a licensed Led Zeppelin cover: 4shared.com - online file sharing and storage - download IMMIGRANT SONG.mp3 These were mixed without ARC: 4shared.com - online file sharing and storage - download FORGOTTEN SON.mp3 4shared.com - online file sharing and storage - download IMMIGRANT SONG.mp3 4shared.com - online file sharing and storage - download PIECES.mp3 Your comments are welcomed and appreciated!!  |
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2nd March 2008, 04:11 PM
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| I myself am very keen to know everything about the arc system. I really want to like it but I have to say that I really like all your mixes without the arc system better. Sorry to say that. I like them because they are kind of rawer better suited for this type of music. The arc mixes have a certain 'tubby' sound - the non arc mixes are fatter and more direct. I only listened to them over powerbook speakers though! |
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2nd March 2008, 06:09 PM
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2nd March 2008, 06:35 PM
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| I liked the demo of ARC I was given at the last AES show. That and those recoil pad monitor pads from Primacoustic. Both seemed V good products.
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2nd March 2008, 07:22 PM
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| Listening to forgotten. The arc version is more filled/busy in the low end - on the other version without the arc the low end is a little too distracting with the kick etc - but have nicer high end. I think you should try to find something in between... I do think the arc version have too much low end - Hard to know cos both mixes are not perfect - but on the other hand I love the rawness... And, I ****ing love the music - this is giving me a hard on... Rock on guys! Is it your song?
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2nd March 2008, 08:06 PM
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| The ARC System an EYE Opener As to why you "ARC System" mixes might sound a little tubby check out: studiotips - tips on studio design, acoustics, and wiring and choose the Understanding RTA link... I personallly do EQ my space, but I'm using mid-field monitoring. I found this tip to be the solution to getting my room sounding right! |
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2nd March 2008, 08:35 PM
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2nd March 2008, 08:36 PM
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The band "Wicked Society", it is all there original music. I am the hunch-backed cotton eared Mix AE.  | |
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2nd March 2008, 09:09 PM
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| No need to bend your back brother! I think you done a good job keeping the vibe - and man there are no good mixes anymore since they killed analog tape for digital. My best advice to you my sweet brother is to start a fire and forget about that plugin on the master... Cos your ears are unique... I want to hear the music from your ears not a retarded plugin... Just shine brother you are one of the good guys!
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2nd March 2008, 10:42 PM
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IK ARC exposed my room, can anyone help? i posted lot's of links to reviews of users and shared my personal thoughts. no matter what the bass trap sellers say: the ARC did help me a lot! maybe you wanna check out that thread too. | |
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2nd March 2008, 11:09 PM
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| I Love ARC too myself. I noticed Mr. Winer tries hard to shoot down anything that threatens his lively hood. That is to be expected though, I don't think ARC is going to put Bass Traps and Diffusors out of business yet, even KRK has come out with hardware for their speakers. JT |
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2nd March 2008, 11:26 PM
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| Screwed up my gain-staging.  new mixes coming.  ----- |
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3rd March 2008, 12:59 AM
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| NEW Links in first Post. Here they are repeated: 4shared.com - online file sharing and storage - download FORGOTTEN SON.mp3 4shared.com - online file sharing and storage - download IMMIGRANT SONG.mp3 4shared.com - online file sharing and storage - download PIECES.mp3 Jmix |
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3rd March 2008, 01:22 AM
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my room was treated before i used arc: i tried to get the basic things done (reflections, 6 bass traps and so on). but i was not satisfied at all. it was ok but still far from professionall. the only thing the sellers said: you need more bass traps! but i don't think that i want a room with like 25 bass traps. so i tried arc and it worked very cool. imho arc does a great job and only get's better when the room is somewhat treated! there is no need to bash stuff like arc. it's just another cool tool someone can use. the funny thing is that people still get the product wrong. just like the member greatgreatriver - he said: Quote:
 arc will not turn shitty mixes into great ones. and it won't change the sound of your mix. it just let's you hear stuff more flat. therefore you will mix different to get the result YOU want. arc is just another "bass trap" in your room. so it is more likely that mixes translate better on another system. that said i sure would like to spend 10k $ to pay a professional to tread my room. but i simply can't ... so arc will help me till i can ;-)  | ||
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3rd March 2008, 03:02 AM
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| Neither can I, your post, the YouTube video's and Craif Anderton's review sold me!! |
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3rd March 2008, 05:56 PM
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| how do they ever manage mixing all those classics without the ARC SYSTEM!  |
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3rd March 2008, 06:47 PM
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 maybe they have very well treated rooms, better skills and better ears ... so what's the point? | |
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3rd March 2008, 09:31 PM
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3rd March 2008, 10:10 PM
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| You should have stayed with the music - The band rocked anyways... Be cool!
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