Audio Devices not enabling my DAC as output

[Bernard_Aubin]

Hi,

New problem occurred out of nowhere.

I set up the Audio Midi as I always do and when I play Roon, it sets up Sonic Stream as mu output,

instead of my Dac.
I’ve even tried to uninstall Sonic Stream, and it chooses another output, not my Dac.

Amarra says I should run it through S Stream and set up Amarra Sq+ , but I just want to play Roon through my deBussy.

Any ideas?

thanks

[john (John Iburg)]

Hello @Bernard_Aubin,

When you are playing to the “dcs” zone in Roon, are you hearing output from the dCS Debussy DAC? If this is the case, what you are seeing in Audio Midi is the operating system changing its default output because Roon has taken exclusive control of the dCS Debussy device. This is expected behavior.

-John

[Bernard_Aubin]

Hi John,
I hear no music thru my Dac when playing thru the dcs zone.
The Midi output goes from my Dac to S Stream.
It’s always been working until a week ago.

[john (John Iburg)]

Hello @Bernard_Aubin,

Please set the volume of the “dcs” zone to ‘100’ and try playback to the DAC again.

-John

[Bernard_Aubin]

OMG, it works…but output is Sonic Stream, not the dac.
Why is that?

[Greg (Greg Stratton)]

Hi Bernard,

Can you post a screenshot of your Settings > Audio screen?

Cheers, Greg

[Bernard_Aubin]

Here you are Greg;
thanks for the follow up.

Bernard

[Greg (Greg Stratton)]

Hi Bernard,

Could you Disable both Sonic Stream in Roon Settings?

Also, please post a screenshot of Device Setup of the dCS.

Cheers, Greg

[john (John Iburg)]

Hello @Bernard_Aubin,

When you say that the output is SonicStream, does this mean that you are not getting audio output from the dCS, or that the speaker icon is moved to SonicStream in Audio Midi settings? If it’s the latter, this is to be expected, the speaker icon only reflects the active “System Output” and when the dCS is in exclusive mode it is no longer tied to the Sytem Output.

-John

[Bernard_Aubin]

Hi Jon,
When S Stream is in the output, I do get audio. This is new however. I’ve always seen the output going to the dCS.
Is it because I am in exclusive mode"
Very confusing. Why, all of a sudden, is S Studio my output?thx

[Bernard_Aubin]

Hi Greg.
Done.
Here are the settings.
Music still playing thru S Studio.
thx

[Greg (Greg Stratton)]

Thanks Bernard,

I’ll leave this to @john to help you out from here on.

Just one last thing, is Amarra running while you’re trying to play from Roon?

Cheers, Greg

[Bernard_Aubin]

Thanks.
No, all other music softwares are closed.
I’ll continue with John then.
Bernard