Swedish audio technology company Dirac has announced that Dirac Live Active Room Treatment, its most sophisticated room acoustics solution, is now available through Dirac Live Processor — the newly rebranded successor to Dirac Live Room Correction Suite. The update gives PC and Mac users a fully software-based way to measure, correct, and optimize room acoustics, even in systems where Dirac Live isn’t natively built in.
A New Home for Dirac’s Full Room Correction Suite
With this release, Dirac Live Processor becomes the single platform housing Dirac’s entire room acoustics portfolio: Dirac Live Room Correction, Dirac Live Bass Control, and now Dirac Live Active Room Treatment. Rather than requiring dedicated hardware support, the virtual audio processor applies correction directly on a user’s computer before audio reaches the playback system.
The software supports VST, VST3, AAX, and AU plug-in formats, making it compatible with a wide range of digital audio workstations (DAWs) and media players. This opens the door to studio environments and computer-based playback setups, not just traditional home theater or hi-fi systems.
What Active Room Treatment Brings to the Table
Dirac Live Room Correction works by analyzing how sound interacts with a room’s geometry and the speaker setup, then correcting for timing, phase alignment, frequency response, imaging, and tonal balance. Dirac Live Bass Control further refines low-frequency output, smoothing bass response across speakers and subwoofers.
Active Room Treatment goes a step further, treating the entire speaker array as a single, coordinated acoustic system. Instead of just correcting for a room’s acoustic flaws, it actively manages resonances and sound decay, aiming to produce a more controlled, focused soundstage with improved clarity and detail.
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, said Nilo Casimiro Ericsson, Product Manager for Dirac Live. 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.
Expanding Beyond Hardware Partnerships
Over the past year, Dirac has steadily expanded access to Active Room Treatment through partnerships with brands including AudioControl, Denon, Marantz, miniDSP, Monoprice, and StormAudio. Until now, accessing the technology typically meant purchasing compatible hardware. Dirac Live Processor changes that, offering a software path to the same room acoustics technology without requiring new equipment.
“With Active Room Treatment now available, Dirac Live Processor becomes a powerful way to experience our most advanced room acoustics technology in any system,” Casimiro Ericsson added.
How Setup Works
Getting started requires connecting a measurement microphone to a computer running Dirac Live Processor. The software then walks users through the room measurement process, analyzes how the room and speaker system behave acoustically, and generates correction filters tailored to that specific listening environment.
Availability and Upgrade Path
Dirac Live Active Room Treatment is available within Dirac Live Processor starting June 30, 2026. Current users of Dirac Live Room Correction Suite will be automatically migrated to Dirac Live Processor, retaining their existing licenses and settings without additional setup.
New licenses are available with an optional 14-day free trial. More information, along with trial access, can be found at www.dirac.com.
About Dirac
Dirac develops digital audio software designed to enhance sound performance across a wide range of systems. Its customer base spans automotive manufacturers, sound system makers, streaming services, and individual consumers. Headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden, Dirac also operates R&D centers in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Bangalore, India, with additional representation across Greater China, Germany, Japan, Korea, and the United States.
