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Blackclassic

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Mac and Korg DS-DAC 100
« on: April 18, 2016, 06:00:07 pm »
I am very happy with my Korg DS-DAC 100, using the latest Korg Audio Gate Software. Playing wonderful music in DSD 64 and 128 mode. But Audio Gate has no functionalities in using playlists and organize music. So I bought JRiver MC which has all what I am searching for to organize music.
But unfortunately it does not play the Korg DS-DAC 100, no idea why. Tried a lot of different settings but the only I get are crazy error notes, no music. No difference trying to play DSF-Files or AIF-Files via DoP.
MC finds the Korg DS-DAC 100 in the settings using Core Audio.
Can you help me?
(OS X Yosemite, MC 21)
Thanks a lot in advance ...

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blgentry

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Re: Mac and Korg DS-DAC 100
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2016, 06:07:06 pm »
Do other music programs play to the DAC, besides the one included with it?  For example can you play songs with VLC, itunes, or quicktime player and hear them through the DAC?

Brian.
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Re: Mac and Korg DS-DAC 100
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2016, 01:05:40 am »
Please try a search.  You will find others talking about Korg.  Here, for example:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=96578.0
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Blackclassic

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Re: Mac and Korg DS-DAC 100
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2016, 10:22:11 am »
@ Brian
yes, other programs play to the program, no problem with itunes or quicktime
@ JimH
I found this post, but it does not help. They used the Korg with windows and Asio driver. I have mac and the Core Audio driver. Maybe it's a problem of the driver, but Asio is not working with Mac, or?
Is anybody here using the Korg DAC 100 successfully with a mac-machine?
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blgentry

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Re: Mac and Korg DS-DAC 100
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2016, 10:32:06 am »
What kinds of music files are you trying to play with MC?  Regular FLACs, MP3s, etc?  Or are you only trying to play DSD files?

You should probably start by getting some regular files to play, then move on to DSD once that works.  Unless you're only using this for DSD?

In any case, you should probably start with some basic settings:

Tools > Options > Audio > Audio Device > Device Settings:

Exclusive access > (unchecked)
Integer mode > (Unchecked)
Channel offset:  0

Buffering:
Software:  250 mS
Hardware:  hardware default

Make sure to quit and restart MC after you make these changes.

Good luck.

Brian.
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Blackclassic

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Re: Mac and Korg DS-DAC 100
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2016, 11:30:41 am »
Hi Brian,
made all the settings you wrote ... no music!
Seems like MC21 is not working with Korg DAC ...
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Re: Mac and Korg DS-DAC 100
« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2016, 01:12:19 pm »
Are you playing JUST DSD, or regular PCM audio files also?  Do you have any FLACs or MP3s you have tried to play ?

Brian.
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Re: Mac and Korg DS-DAC 100
« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2016, 10:52:15 am »
I have one too.
The Korg Dacs only work with AG Software.
(That’s on Mac , w/Korg Driver installed.)
AG Software is very useful for editing and exporting my own DSD Live Recordings.
I can play the exports on MC 21, or any Software player that I have.
I have no experience with Windows Computers…

Thanks for the Link.
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blgentry

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Re: Mac and Korg DS-DAC 100
« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2016, 10:59:32 am »
According to the FAQ, this DAC does not support DoP.  It only supports native DSD via an ASIO driver.  Which means that it can't work in DSD mode with a Mac and JRiver Media Center.

http://www.korg.com/us/products/audio/audiogate3/page_5.php#part2

PCM playback should still work for other file types.  DSD can also be converted on the fly to PCM by JRiver, very easily.  But this might not be desirable.

Brian.
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Re: Mac and Korg DS-DAC 100
« Reply #9 on: May 20, 2016, 10:22:51 am »
A new Mac driver for ElCapitan came out in late April.  I have both FLAC and DSD files and they all play without hassle using a Korg DS-100
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Re: Mac and Korg DS-DAC 100
« Reply #10 on: November 17, 2018, 07:25:31 pm »
Quote from: chrisc on May 20, 2016, 10:22:51 am
A new Mac driver for ElCapitan came out in late April.  I have both FLAC and DSD files and they all play without hassle using a Korg DS-100

Sorry for resurrecting this old thread. Are you able to play the DSD files natively on your DS-DAC-100 on Mac ?
I'm having issues on Windows with the portable version of this DAC (DS-DAC-100m). It won't play DSD files natively in MC, only converted to PCM.

See https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,118240.msg817952.html#msg817952 .
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