# Setting up Dirac Live

**URL:** <https://arcam.discourse.group/t/setting-up-dirac-live/1071>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 28, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://arcam.discourse.group/t/setting-up-dirac-live/1071 "2022-12-28T13:10:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![NoiseFloor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9de0a6/32.png) [@NoiseFloor](https://arcam.discourse.group/u/NoiseFloor)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://arcam.discourse.group/t/setting-up-dirac-live/1071/1 "2022-12-28T13:10:19Z")

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I only just yesterday started messing around with Dirac Live. I’ve had the unit a good month and a half but just hadn’t put the effort into the home correction program. So while trying to navigate thru the set up I quickly realized I didn’t exactly know what I was doing…mostly with the Volume set up. Even without properly setting Dirac up I could see the benefits and the improvements it made. I found a video on YouTube, and even though it is for Emotiva’s home theater processor’s it gave me some good insight as to how to set up Dirac properly.

I will post the link if anyone is interested, but mostly I was looking for any tips that us Arcam users may have. The Emo video says to set the Mic volume to where when the room is quiet to -40db, and set the Master volume to where the Main speaker output is around -20db I believe. Is this similar to what others here do? Thank you in advance to anyone that has any input on the subject.

[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/arcam/original/1X/be5186cc2567032d990c54ec25cf1e004597f6ac.jpeg "Emotiva Dirac Live 3 Room Correction Tutorial Redux") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVrjMFFjQq0)

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**Author:** ![Turkleton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e68b1a/32.png) [@Turkleton](https://arcam.discourse.group/u/Turkleton)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://arcam.discourse.group/t/setting-up-dirac-live/1071/2 "2022-12-28T20:12:43Z")

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i use the play buttons under the left and right speakers when configuring dirac to figure out a moderate volume with the white noise. once i put the volume way too high without testing and i was afraid it blew my speakers up. didnt, got lucky, but those buttons help to figure out a moderate volume level. then go for a good setup (i like narrow focus since i have a distinct listening position) and measure.

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**Author:** ![WelshMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@WelshMike](https://arcam.discourse.group/u/WelshMike)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://arcam.discourse.group/t/setting-up-dirac-live/1071/3 "2022-12-31T16:34:26Z")

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Thanks for sharing that, and you are not alone I had to do several before I got anything working well enough and even then I feel like I had no idea what I was doing 😆

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**Author:** ![PeterParker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@PeterParker](https://arcam.discourse.group/u/PeterParker)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://arcam.discourse.group/t/setting-up-dirac-live/1071/4 "2023-01-06T15:30:13Z")

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My first improvement so far was to replace the power cable included in the box, incredible change, then Dirac and sounds great. Not a fancy cable, I made myself using Mogami cable or Canare.