User manual

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1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Thank you for purchasing a miniDSP DDRC-88A audio processor powered by Dirac Live®, the world’s premier
room correction solution. We are delighted to offer you this software and hardware combination, the fruit of
extensive research and development and years of experience in sound system tuning.
The DDRC-88A is an 8-channel digital audio signal processor (DSP) running the Dirac Live® room correction
algorithm. The onboard floating-point SHARC processor provides time and frequency correction of a 7.1
monitoring, home theater or multichannel audio system. Inputs and outputs are analog, available as both single-
ended signals connected via RCA jacks, and as balanced signals via Phoenix terminal blocks.
The DDRC-88A is a member of the miniDSP Dirac Series of audio processors. Deploying a DDRC-88A will:
 Improve imaging and immersion
 Improve clarity of music and dialog
 Produce a tighter bass
 Reduce listening fatigue
 Remove resonances and room modes
The DDRC-88A can be used anywhere an 8-channel room correction processor is required, such as in home
theaters, recording and mastering studios, performance venues, places of worship, and so on.
1.1 TYPICAL SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS
The DDRC-88A is inserted between line-level analog sources and power amplification. In home theater
applications, signal to the DDRC-88A typically comes from an A/V receiver or A/V processor with one or more
source devices, and the amplification is typically a multichannel power amplifier. A source such as a Blu-ray
player with multichannel analog outputs can also be connected directly to the DDRC-88A.