User manual

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1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Thank you for purchasing a 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 allows full time and phase correction of a 7.1 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 one of the products in the miniDSP Home Theater Series of audio processors. Deploying a
DDRC-88A processor in a home theater system will:
 Improve imaging and immersion
 Improve clarity of music and dialog
 Produce a tighter bass
 Reduce listening fatigue
 Remove resonances and room modes
While typical usage is for home theater, the DDRC-88A can be used anywhere an 8-channel room correction
processor is required, such as recording and mastering studios, drama theaters and performance venues, places
of worship, and so on.
1.1 TYPICAL SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
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 processor (AVP) 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.