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3
S
OFTWARE
I
NSTALLATION
If you purchased your product directly from miniDSP, your software will be available from the
User Downloads
section of the miniDSP website when your order ships. You will need to be logged into the website with the
account you created when purchasing to access the download.
If you purchased your product from a miniDSP dealer, you will receive a coupon together with the product.
Redeem this coupon and select the Plugin Group
“Dirac Series”
at the link below:
•
https://www.minidsp.com/support/redeem-coupon
The User Downloads link is visible from the dropdown menu at the top right of the website page:
Navigate to the
Dirac Series
section and then to
DDRC-88BM Software
. There you will find a single download
containing all software. Download this file and unzip it on your computer (on Windows, right-click and select
“Extract All...”; on Mac, double
-click). The folder containing the software has a name like
DDRC-88-BM_v1_4
and will contain the following folders:
Dirac Live
This folder contains the installers for
Dirac Live Calibration Tool for miniDSP
(DLCT)
multichannel version, which is used to perform the Dirac Live calibration, including taking
measurements, generating correction filters, and loading them into the DDRC-88D. There are
separate Windows and Mac versions.
Plugins
This folder contains the installers for the
DDRC-88BM plugin,
used to set up non-Dirac signal
processing, configure remote control codes and perform various other maintenance operations
on the DDRC-88D. There are separate Windows and Mac versions.
firmware
This folder contains the firmware for the DDRC-88D. miniDSP may occasionally provide updated
firmware to improve functionality and performance
–
see Section 9.2 MCU Firmware update for
the upgrade procedure.
3.1
D
IRAC
L
IVE LICENSE ACTIVATION
As of version 1.2.0 of Dirac Live Calibration Tool, license activation is done automatically when DLCT recognizes a
valid Dirac Live license code in the hardware unit itself. No separate manual activation step is required.
