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Author Topic: Sound Spectrum Vizualizations do not show up under "Display"  (Read 388 times)

sharok

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I'm using MC 26 and I just downloaded MC 32.0.58 trial version to see if it has all the features from MC 26.

One question:

How can I change the DSD (DSF) format to 24/192 for all my DSF files at once in MC 32?

Many Thanks.
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Re: Sound Spectrum Vizualizations do not show up under "Display"
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2024, 05:43:53 pm »

Did you check for a newer version from Soundspectrum?

You can choose Output Format in DSP Studio when you play.  DSP Studio is documented on the wiki.
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sharok

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Re: Sound Spectrum Vizualizations do not show up under "Display"
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2024, 06:15:39 pm »

Hi Jim and many thanks for your help.

Andy from Sound Spectrum is working on a new release of his visualizations to work with JRiver.

I just saw the post and it seems like I need to wait for that.

I found the DSP Studio and I have a question regarding that.

I'd like to change anything higher than 192KHz to 192, but what happens to the bit when I convert the DSF to PCM?

DSP Studio only shows the frequency conversion, does it convert the DSF bits to 24 bits?


Sorry, I'm not a tech savvy, that is why I ask those questions. Also, is there any way to change the sample rate for anything higher than 192 to 192?
It seems like DSP Studio changes the sampling rate for all or none.

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Re: Sound Spectrum Vizualizations do not show up under "Display"
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2024, 06:53:48 pm »

If you're converting DSD to PCM you should probably do this before attempting playback and play the converted files instead. Reason I say that is because DSD to PCM (or PCM to DSD) conversions on-the-fly using DSP Studio are resource intensive tasks and if your PC isn't fast enough to handle it, you may encounter issues during playback like playback stopping and glitches.

To pre-convert files, right click on the file(s), Library Tools > Convert Format... and in the bottom of the tree you can pick the format to convert to along with the DSP settings (for Output Format set all to whatever you want) along with the bit-depth.

For DSD64 (from a SACD ISO or downloaded from sites like HDTracks and Acoustic Sounds) most tend to convert that to 176.4 kHz, 88.2 kHz or 44.1 kHz instead of 192 kHz, 96 kHz, etc. Do know though, DSD to PCM (and PCM to DSD) conversions are lossy and there is data/audio loss during conversion which is unavoidable. Some users don't like that it's a lossy conversion in which cases I do tend to recommend to people to avoid DSD content completely if they don't have a DSD-capable DAC or device capable of DSD playback without conversion and just stick with PCM content.
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Re: Sound Spectrum Vizualizations do not show up under "Display"
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2024, 07:03:30 pm »

Many Thanks.

All issues resolved.
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