Dear Rooners,
I’ve been working on this project for a long time, and I’m genuinely excited to finally share it with you: rooDRC!
This project is particularly close to my heart because I believe it represents a real breakthrough in music reproduction. My goal is to help you hear what’s really in your recordings, instead of listening to the sound of your room.
We all know that our listening room has a huge impact on the sound of our audio system. Even the best speakers and electronics cannot compensate for all the acoustic problems caused by the room itself.
This is where Digital Room Correction (DRC) comes into play. With rooDRC, you can create high-quality correction filters tailored to your listening room and hear your music as it was recorded, rather than how your room makes it sound.
The goal of rooDRC is to make excellent room correction easy to achieve, without requiring you to become an audio measurement expert!
rooDRC combines the proven Acourate correction algorithms with my new acouStep© technology to create FIR filters for use with Roon’s convolution engine.
The measurements are performed using the rooDRC Roon Extension, supported by the rooDRC((A)) application, which takes care of creating the correction filters. rooDRC((A)) runs on Windows or - For MAC users - in the browser. Together with a suitable measurement microphone and USB audio interface, you have everything you need to get started.
rooDRC offers an impressive improvement in sound quality for a small investment - giving you more musical improvement per euro than any other audio upgrade.
rooDRC runs on the rooExtend-Box or on a Raspberry Pi 4 running the rooExtend image.
You find the full product description, licensing options and details about the required hardware on the product page here: Easy To Use Reference-Grade Digital Room Correction.
I’ve also prepared a series of video tutorials to guide you through the process:
This is the official support thread for rooDRC.
If you have questions about installation, measurements, filter generation or anything else related to rooDRC, please post them here. Feedback and suggestions are always welcome!
I’m looking forward to hearing about your experiences and helping you get the best possible sound from your system.
Enjoy the music!
Best DrCWO