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Which version of MC for OSX has best synch for linked zones?

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emailists:
I believe I am running MC 23 and now just started using linked zones to be able to play one speaker with built in Dac for mids/highs and a second Dac feeding a sub.  Both systems have their own crossovers and delays, it’s just they fall out of sync quite quickly. 

The only time I have to use linked zones is playing DSD files, since the bass Dac doesn’t support DSD, and it just get converted (I think osx is converting) 

When playing PCM files I just have osx’s multi channel output in midi/audio handle feeding both dacs and it’s doesn’t fall out of sync. 

My second issue is that when using linked zones with PCM, I tried inserting a delay I  one zone in MC but for some reason no matter what delay time I chose I never is able to actually get the right timing.  When I insert the delay on my Dac control software (RME totalmix) it works perfectly.  I’d prefer to have MC  do the delay on the sub. 

Awesome Donkey:
Try giving the latest MC33 version a go and see what happens. Just make sure you do a library backup in MC23 then restore that library backup in MC33.


--- Quote from: emailists on March 22, 2025, 01:27:20 pm ---The only time I have to use linked zones is playing DSD files, since the bass Dac doesn’t support DSD, and it just get converted (I think osx is converting)
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MC would be converting the DSD to PCM for playback. You can verify this by looking at the Audio Path.

emailists:
Thanks - I was actually running MC31 but upgraded to 33 as per your suggestion. 

One album I played in DSD stayed in synch well, but then other single tracks were way out.  I have to investigate a bit more. 

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