IK-Multimedia ARC X - Software

[cclarry]

$77.86

https://www.bestservice.com/en/arc_x_software.html

[LittleStudios]

If you have the ARC Studio hardware ARC X is free.  Make sure your hardware is registered.  Then open the IK Product Manager and install ARC X.

Edited September 9 by LittleStudios

[IK Multimedia]

Also if you have ARC 4.  And the speaker line from iLoud Micro Monitor Pro and up get ARC X free and those monitors now take advantage of the updated ARC tech.

[LittleStudios]

one thing to note, with ARC X I had to do a firmware update on my ARC Studio for compatibility.  This firmware update made it incompatible with ARC 4.  Be certain you want to move forward to ARC X before doing the firmware update.

[Moon OverSea]

Also if you have Total Studio MAX 5, you can get ARC X for free, check the IK product mananger.

[Nitrate Audio]

1 hour ago, LittleStudios said:

one thing to note, with ARC X I had to do a firmware update on my ARC Studio for compatibility.  This firmware update made it incompatible with ARC 4.  Be certain you want to move forward to ARC X before doing the firmware update.

oh boy. thats no good. what if one decides they want to revert to arc 4? 

[LittleStudios]

I can say that after using ARC X... I'm glad I've upgraded.

[IK Multimedia]

1 hour ago, Nitrate Audio said:

oh boy. thats no good. what if one decides they want to revert to arc 4? 

Recovery.  But I'm doubting there are use cases where the measurements are wonky or similar that can be fixed where people would want to revert.  See above

[Nitrate Audio]

24 minutes ago, IK Multimedia said:

Recovery.  But I'm doubting there are use cases where the measurements are wonky or similar that can be fixed where people would want to revert.  See above

Thanks. I don't have a particularly complex setup or a big studio, just two speakers, so in my case I am sure i will be fine. But not sure about others with bigger setups. Reverting firmware can be a bugger. it would be handy if IKM added a detailed doc on their site on how and where to get the old firmware from, and the exact procedures to revert firmware to older version. 

[IK Multimedia]

That's a pretty edge case and the software would walk you through it.  From the ARC X User Manual:

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SETTINGS - Contains all the global configurations, firmware management and recovery

From there it should take you through the steps, I believe the ARC Studio (or compatible monitors) manuals instruct you on how to put the hardware into DFU/Recovery mode but the software should guide you as well.

[mibby]

ARC Studio with the ARC software has easily been one of my BEST purchases over the years. Seriously!