This portable hardware device from IK Multimedia corrects your headphone’s response to replicate the soundstage of professional studio monitorsIK Multimedia has launched ARC ON·EAR, a hardware device that corrects the response of your headphones so you can “mix, master, and produce with total confidence anywhere.”
This new device comes with control software that allows users to easily set up and fine-tune their listening experience. Once configured, the ARC ON·EAR operates completely standalone for up to four hours on a charge. It has both USB-C and analogue audio inputs, and supports hundreds of headphone models.

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ARC ON·EAR uses precision calibration profiles, measured with state-of-the-art reference rigs, for “accurate, transparent, and reliable sound”. Unlike plugins or impulse-based ‘virtual rooms,’ this device utilises advanced physical modelling to recreate the behaviour of real studio monitors in an acoustic space.
According to IK Multimedia, there are no artificial reverbs or timbral colouration, just the natural depth and clarity of a real control room. The device is powered by a 32-bit ESS SABRE converter, a high-damping-factor, ultra-low-distortion power amplifier, and a digitally controlled analogue volume stage.
Users can test mixes on a wide range of playback systems, with over 20 virtual studio monitors and more than 15 multimedia playback systems available at release. Find out more in the videos below:

Continuous firmware updates are to be expected, offering an expanding headphone database and a growing collection of virtual monitors. ARC ON·EAR will reach full availability in all territories by mid-November, and it has an introductory priced of $/€249.99 (regular price $/€299.99).
In other IK Multimedia news, it recently launched an AI-powered voice modelling plugin called ReSing, which captures the “timbre, tone and expression of real artists, sourced ethically”. ReSing enables producers and vocalists to take scratch vocals (unpolished takes) and replace them with “expressive, professional-quality voices”.
Find out more or locate a dealer over at IK Multimedia.
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