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I had tired turn on and off the Software Volume Control, but the software was always able to control both D90's and the M2's volume (with or without Dirac running), so I thought this setting made no difference. Mystery solved! The Software Volume Control on Audirvana has to be turned on! I wonder what's in the D90 that the M2 doesn't have. Same settings on My MacBook and Audirvana for both DACs, yet the D90 never has a problem and the M2 always has. I can rule out Audirvana as the cause because using a different host (Audio Hijack) makes no difference. I then tried to redo the measurement and create new filters in Dirac Live application, but the sweeps became really long, and the process always ended in error reports of low SNR or lost connection with DLP, and I could not proceed beyond the measurement step. When the Dirac Live Processor is running, the existing filters (created when using Topping D90) have little effect on the frequency response (confirmed by REW measurements). (It's quite baffling how inconsistent these problems are.) Rather, it sounds as if Dirac's filter is not working. Instead, it shows a different problem than what I described in the original post.
#AUDIO HIJACK AND BACKGROUND MUSIC DRIVER#
After I re-uninstalled the Motu driver for the second time and started using the M2 with the Mac's CoreAudio, The clippings and pauses are magically gone. With the Motu driver Dirac produce no sound. I have contacted Dirac and asked this in the Motu community, haven't got a diagnosis yet. On the PC, you can try installing the Dirac plug-in in a VST host as an alternative in the simplest chain possible to the USB driver preferably in exclusive mode.ĭirac support should be able to guide you through trouble-shooting but having the results of the above tests might help them diagnose. Other possibilities include some kind of buffering or sample rate conversion issue in the chain. Modify the device driver parameters if any in sample rates and depth to see if it makes a difference. If the above did not change the symptoms then it isn't likely a digital volume issue. Reduce the volume control associated with the USB device. This should reduce the volume and give more head room for filter correction. To verify further, slide the gain in the Dirac Plug-in settings panel lower. If this still has the problem then it isn't a Dirac induced clipping issue downstream.Ģ. Try using Dirac plug-in with NO filters installed (or selecting a preset with no filters installed). Using room correction aggressively can create 0db peaks in digital.ġ. Some DACs can behave badly with inter-sample peaking with content that has 0db peaks. Make sure you use the same piece of audio content over and over for each test, to eliminate issues with different sample rates, different loudness levels, etc. The way to debug these things is to keep eliminating variables until the problem disappears. Hard to make a diagnosis remotely but one thing to eliminate would be digital clipping. So, How do I make them work together? Please help me troubleshoot this issue. However, Dirac is not the cause because it works with my other DAC.
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As long as I remove Dirac from the signal path, the problem seems gone. Other things I have tried: switching between using Audirvana's library and Music (iTunes) Integrated Mode, line-out vs headphone out, using Dirac with Audio Hijack and without Audirvana, turn on-off software volume control.
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Uninstalling the Motu driver and using the driver came with macOS, the Motu can sometimes produce normal music with Dirac, but more often than not, it has a weird effect on the music as if it was playing mono or 8bit. It either produces a fragmented, randomly paused sound, or a mono clipping signal. With the Motu driver, the Motu M2 simply cannot produce a normal sound with Dirac. I have installed (and later uninstalled) the Motu driver for Mac. Sometimes it works, but it is a hit or miss, and I am getting more misses than hits. The digital signal path is Local Files->Audirvana hosting Dirac Live Processor->USB->Motu M2. It functions normally as a DAC but not so well with Dirac Live Processor on my MacBook. Socials: on Twitter), Instagram and Facebook.I received the Motu M2 yesterday. () (to help people who can't spell Amoeba to find RA online - which is everyone, haha) The creation and evolution of Audio Hijack. Paul and his team have created, supported and advanced some of the most useful (and powerful) audio apps for creating Podcasts on a MAC.įounding Rogue Amoeba and their early (non-podcasting) user base.
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Paul Kafasis is the CEO and co-founder of MAC based audio company, Rogue Amoeba. About (p1/2) Rogue Amoeba CEO Paul Kafasis discusses Audio Hijack, Fission, and Audio on the MAC Episode