Skipping with format/bit depth/sample rate change

[john (John Iburg)]

Hello @crummwoody,

We have been able to reproduce this error with Dirac Live on MacOS with exclusive mode enabled, and there has been a ticket filled with the development team for further investigation.

In the meantime, there are two things you can do to maximize the sound quality of your setup.

1. If you are playing to system output, use “Audio MIDI Setup.app” on your Mac to match the sample rate of the media you are playing in Roon. This should avoid any resampling done by the operating system.
2. Use an audio re-routing tool to link Roon with the Dirac virtual sound card. I’ve linked below a post from a Dirac representative explaining how to do this. As far as we are aware, the Dirac virtual sound card is set to be depreciated with the launch of Dirac Live 2.0, and this is their current recommendation on how to use Dirac with applications that do not have VST plugin support.

Roon features we lose with Dirac Live (software)

Roon can be used with Dirac AU plugins, I’ve configured Roon to use them in their current beta DL 1.x version and used them with success. (the upcoming Dirac Live 2.0 will feature AU and VST plugins as well) As you can see in the image linked here: http://diracdocs.com/Roon&Dirac.png one can use Audio Hijack so that the music stream from Roon is routed to the Dirac plugin first and from that to the DAC, or any output device. (by the way Audio Hijack can be used for a number of other purposes…

-John