macuniverse Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 v3.5b Audio Units Presets window cannot be resized. I'm able to do it in v3.2. Presets side window is very narrow and it's impossible to read the full preset name and make any sense of it. It's not usable as it is unless you use cryptic short names. Link to comment
macuniverse Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 1 hour ago, beajuju said: @damien78, Does it means there is no convolution possible in UPnP with Audirvana 3.5.2? Am I wrong ? I use Reverberate Core 2.0 by LiquidSonics. Yes, you can use it with uPnP; I do it with Reverberate Core as well. Just don't enable real-time control of Audio Units. If you need to test the effect of DSP on audio you need to find another way. I use JRiver (Mac) on a Macmini locally connected to my DAC. Unfortunately Audirvana does not allow the plugin to be by-passed (on local playback) as it cuts the audio to the DAC if you by-pass Reverberate Core. @damien78, it would be convenient to add selection check boxes next to the audio unit drop-down lists. This way one can enable or disable any audio unit effect without removing it from the list first. It's very inefficient to re-enable the previous audio unit and find the correct settings again. Link to comment
macuniverse Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 On 8/6/2019 at 4:01 PM, ansouv said: I can not configure AU in audio settings. +1 v3.5.16 It was working in previous version. Can I revert back to 3.5.15? Link to comment
macuniverse Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 1 minute ago, damien78 said: There is no change on AU configuration between these two versions. But is there anything else that may have changed on your system? AU plug-in update? Is it the same after a reboot? Thanks Damien. Yes, after I deleted Preferences file and reboot. It must be my PC then. I have been playing with Dirac Live beta recently. It installs its own plugin. I will look into it and report back. Link to comment
macuniverse Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 26 minutes ago, macuniverse said: Thanks Damien. Yes, after I deleted Preferences file and reboot. It must be my PC then. I have been playing with Dirac Live beta recently. It installs its own plugin. I will look into it and report back. Update: I have deleted Dirac plugin and rebooted PC. No change, it still locks the plugin settings. I can pick but cannot modify them. I also have A+ 3.2.16 still installed. I tested the same scenarios on 3.2.16 and, to my surprise, it works as expected. So my conclusion is the MacOS audio sub-system is OK. Damien, hope this helps. Link to comment
macuniverse Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 On 8/9/2019 at 11:08 PM, macuniverse said: I will look into it and report back. I can edit Audio units now (.17) but an old bug is back. I'm streaming to a DLNA renderer (MicroRendu) and if I enable "Realtime Control" audio units are disabled (audio plays but no effects). I realise we cannot "Realtime Control" DLNA streaming yet but, at least, I was expecting the app ignore the setting under these conditions (Inc DSD playback). Also, @Damien, is it possible to put a "Check Box" next to the Audio Unit dropdown pick lists? This way we can enable/disable certain audio units without setting them up again next time we change our audio chain; something similar to JRiver. Another benefit is some of the plugins' internal enable/disable switches do not work as intended. For example, I use LiquidSonics Reverberate Core convolution engine and when turned off it cuts off the audio completely. Link to comment
macuniverse Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Just a quick question. My search did not return a clear answer. What's the processing order of Audirvana if you're doing DSP and resampling together? DSP filters first (AU Units) then resampling or resampling first DSP second? Link to comment
Popular Post macuniverse Posted January 26, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 26, 2020 8 minutes ago, jos said: I wish to have some kind of room correction in Audirvana, others too? +1 jos and Giacomino 1 1 Link to comment
macuniverse Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 On 1/26/2020 at 8:44 PM, biosailor said: Don't you have this already? In Audio Settings How about starting with simple fixes? Something like channel balance, time delays, speaker distance settings , crossovers, etc. Plugins you guys mention are quite expensive (more expensive than Audirvana itself) and, in most cases, they are overkill. Their key market is audio mastering/mixing, studio/DAW users. A good example to have a look is JRiver room correction options. Something similar would be most appreciated. My 2c Giacomino 1 Link to comment
macuniverse Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 3 minutes ago, Jud said: REW is free. With that and a $75 calibrated microphone you can optimize your room setup. I don’t know whether you can do equalization for Audirvana with it - anyone know the answer to that? Yes, you can do that. I, actually, do it myself. REW+Umik-1 USB mic to measure the room FR & IR, DRC Designer Software (Win) to generate FIR filters. You also need a convolution engine to apply the DRC filters in Audirvana. I use Reverberate Core ($39) for this. Very good plugin. I get easily identifiable significant SQ improvements. However, what you cannot do is your specific channel balance/distance fixes (for example, speaker placement difficulties or if you have some unbalanced L/R hearing issues). JRiver has options to fix these problems (in case Damien is curious). Jud 1 Link to comment
Popular Post macuniverse Posted January 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2020 15 minutes ago, biosailor said: You can‘t do equalization in REW. REW suggests a target curve that can then be tailored in a plugin. There are numerous plugins available, some are free, others are expensive. The more expensive ones usually allow for individual control of all parameters such as frequency, gain and filter Q. Yes, you can actually. There is an option (EQ) to auto generate FR (Frequency Domain) PEQs for L/R speakers individually. You need to define a house target curve yourself (Preferences --> House Curve) to match your room and your speakers. Mind you this is only to fix FR domain anomalies, not to fix TD (Time Domain) issues. The reason I use DRC designer instead of REW to produce EQ filters, DRC Designer: applies mic calibration selects sample rate(s) allows you to customise a target/house curve interactively allows you to select the degree of correction you need (I always stop at SOFT. If stronger it introduces digital side effects in my case) Attempts to fix both FR and TD produces standard format filters that can be used in most audio players provided you have a convolution engine BTW, I also tried REW+rePhase route but I was not happy with the results. Mostly due to my inability to equalise excess phase deviations properly. 30 minutes ago, biosailor said: On a personal note: I fiddled around a lot in trying to do room EQ. Whatever I did, I liked the sound best without any corrections. Far too much hype in room EQ! Sounds like you have a decent enough room to start with. Yes, DSP can be tricky and counter productive in some cases. My speakers are in the family/living room.It's a difficult room. DSP is my only option. I'm lucky that it makes a positive difference. I've attached before/after FR for L+R speakers combined. Top curve room FR, bottom one room+DSP FR. It also fixes some time domain issues too; I get better ETC values after DSP applied. BTW, Var Smoothing applied to both graphs. Jud and jos 1 1 Link to comment
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