Dirac Live Active Room Treatment Expands to PC & Mac

For the past few years, Dirac has steadily expanded the reach of its flagship Dirac Live Active Room Treatment (ART) technology beyond high-end processors and into more mainstream home theater products. We first covered Dirac's new Active Room Treatment in 2023 where ART promised a fundamentally different approach to room correction by using every speaker in the system to actively reduce room resonances instead of simply equalizing frequency response. More recently, we reported on Dirac Live ART – Active Room Treatment Available on Denon/Marantz AVRs!, marking the technology's arrival on select consumer AV receivers. Now, Dirac is taking another major step by making ART available directly on Windows and macOS computers through its newly renamed Dirac Live Processor, allowing virtually any compatible computer-based playback system to benefit from its most advanced room correction technology without requiring dedicated hardware.

Swedish audio technology company Dirac announced that Dirac Live Active Room Treatment is now available as part of Dirac Live Processor, the software formerly known as Dirac Live Room Correction Suite. The rebranding reflects the software's expanded capabilities, as it now serves as the central platform for Dirac's complete room optimization ecosystem on PC and Mac.

Unlike hardware-based implementations found in AV receivers and processors, Dirac Live Processor operates as a virtual audio processor that corrects audio before it reaches the playback system. Compatible with VST, VST3, AAX, and AU plug-in formats, it can integrate into digital audio workstations, music players, and other software-based playback environments, making it attractive for both audiophiles and studio users.

With this release, Dirac Live Processor now supports the company's complete suite of room optimization technologies:

• Dirac Live Room Correction
• Dirac Live Bass Control
• Dirac Live Active Room Treatment (ART)

The addition of ART is particularly noteworthy because it extends beyond traditional room EQ. Rather than treating each loudspeaker independently, ART analyzes the entire speaker system as a cooperative acoustic array. The technology uses all available speakers to help suppress room resonances and reduce sound decay, producing tighter bass, improved imaging, greater clarity, and a more focused soundstage.

Active Room Treatment is the most advanced room acoustics work we've done, and Dirac Live Processor is how we bring it to PCs and Macs. Starting today, anyone can install it on their PC or Mac and hear the difference Dirac Live Active Room Treatment can make in their own sound system, in their own room.

- Nilo Casimiro Ericsson, Product Manager for Dirac Live

Over the past year, Dirac has steadily expanded ART support across a growing list of premium audio manufacturers including AudioControl, Denon, Marantz, miniDSP, Monoprice, and StormAudio. By bringing the technology directly to Windows and macOS, users who rely on computer-based playback no longer need to purchase compatible hardware to experience Dirac's flagship room correction platform.

Setup remains straightforward. Users connect a calibrated measurement microphone to their computer, perform a guided series of room measurements, and allow the software to analyze speaker performance and room acoustics before generating correction filters customized for the listening environment.

With Active Room Treatment now available, Dirac Live Processor becomes a powerful way to experience our most advanced room acoustics technology in any system.

- Nilo Casimiro Ericsson, Product Manager for Dirac Live

Audioholics Take

While ART has already generated considerable excitement among home theater enthusiasts through compatible AVRs and processors, bringing the technology to PC and Mac significantly broadens its appeal. Many two-channel audiophiles, studio professionals, and computer audio enthusiasts already use their computers as the primary source component in their systems. With this release, those users gain access to the same sophisticated acoustic optimization without replacing existing electronics.

For anyone who has followed ART since its initial announcement in 2023, this represents another important milestone in Dirac's effort to make one of the industry's most advanced room correction technologies accessible across a much wider range of audio systems.

Dirac Live Active Room Treatment became available June 30, 2026, as part of Dirac Live Processor for Windows and macOS. Existing users of Dirac Live Room Correction Suite will automatically transition to the new Dirac Live Processor with their current licenses and settings intact. New licenses are available directly from Dirac, with a 14-day free trial offered for new users.