I am trialling Audirvana and I am enjoying the much improved sound. However, I was using the Creative E-MU 0404 USB as a DAC which worked OK until I noticed that Direct Mode could not be enabled. It turns out (according to the FAQ) MacOS Sierra kernel extension IOAudioFamily.kext is ‘broken’ in that respect. So I followed the instructions and installed IOAudioFamily.kext from the El Capitan Installer. The Installation went OK and audio that doesn’t go though Audirvana is fine. However when I try to play anything through Audinirvana it plays at half-speed. This happens whether Direct Mode is enabled or not. Can you help? I am using the Built-in Line Out for now but sound is a bit coarser.
Debug Info:
Audirvana Plus rev. 3.0.6 (3010) debug information:
running on Mac OS X 10.12.5 with 32768MB RAM
User preferences:
Remote control: IR: on, Media Keys: on (with volume control: on)
Playlists
Use UTF-8 for all: on
Start playback at launch with audio file: on
Volume knob control in rotation axis
Sample rate converter
iZotope 64bit SRC with no forced upsampling
Polarity inversion: global=off, per track=on
Volume control
DAC only
Max volume limit = 100.0%
AudioUnits not in use
SysOptimizer enabled:
Priority: Extreme
Spotlight: on
TimeMachine: on
iDevices USB: on
iTunes settings:
iTunes integrated Mode: off
Completely deactivate iTunes playback: on
iTunes volume control: active
iTunes play position control: active
iTunes safe factor: 1
Library settings:
Sync list : 4 folders
Auto: /Volumes/Acquired/Music
Auto: /Users/norm/Music
Auto: /Volumes/iTunes/Classical & Serious Music
Auto: /Volumes/iTunes/ITunes/iTunes Media/Music
Database path: /Audivarna
iTunes Synchronization: inactive
Audio settings:
Hog Mode: on
Direct Mode: on
Integer Mode: on Mode 1
Max Mem for audio buffers: 29696MB
Max Sample rate limit: None
Sample rate switching latency: None
Direct Mode audio path
Currently playing in standard 32bit float mode
Device: 2ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32bits little endian Float, 8 bytes per frame 192kHz
Active Sample Rate: 192kHz
Hog Mode is on
Devices found : 8
List of devices:
Device #0: ID 0xde Built-in Output Manufacturer:Apple Inc. Model UID:AppleHDA:66 UID:AppleHDAEngineOutput:1B,0,1,3:0
Device #1: ID 0xd5 Built-in Line Output Manufacturer:Apple Inc. Model UID:AppleHDA:66 UID:AppleHDAEngineOutput:1B,0,1,4:1
Device #2: ID 0xd1 Built-in Digital Output Manufacturer:Apple Inc. Model UID:AppleHDA:66 UID:AppleHDAEngineOutput:1B,0,1,5:2
Device #3: ID 0xe5 DisplayPort Manufacturer:Apple Inc. Model UID:AppleHDA:66 UID:AppleHDAEngineOutputDP:0,1,0,1,0:0
Device #4: ID 0x27 Display Audio Manufacturer:Apple Inc. Model UID:Display Audio:05AC:1105 UID:AppleUSBAudioEngine:Apple Inc.
isplay Audio:9D031C16:2,1
Device #5: ID 0xf0 E-MU 0404 | USB Manufacturer:E-MU Systems, Inc. Model UID:EMUUSBAudioDevice:E-MU 0404 | USB UID:EMUUSBAudioEngine:E-MU Systems, Inc.:E-MU 0404 | USB:fa230000:2
Device #6: ID 0xbe Soundflower (2ch) Manufacturer:ma++ ingalls for Cycling '74 Model UID:com_cycling74_driver_SoundflowerDevice:Soundflower UID:SoundflowerEngine:0
Device #7: ID 0x37 Soundflower (64ch) Manufacturer:ma++ ingalls for Cycling '74 Model UID:com_cycling74_driver_SoundflowerDevice:Soundflower UID:SoundflowerEngine:1
Preferred device: E-MU 0404 | USB Model UID:EMUUSBAudioDevice:E-MU 0404 | USB UID:EMUUSBAudioEngine:E-MU Systems, Inc.:E-MU 0404 | USB:fa230000:2
Selected device:
ID 0xf0 E-MU 0404 | USB Manufacturer:E-MU Systems, Inc.
Model UID:EMUUSBAudioDevice:E-MU 0404 | USB UID:EMUUSBAudioEngine:E-MU Systems, Inc.:E-MU 0404 | USB:fa230000:2
6 available sample rates up to 192000Hz
44100
48000
88200
96000
176400
192000
Audio buffer frame size : 512 to 12288 frames
Current I/O buffer frame size : 512
Physical (analog) volume control: Yes
Virtual (digital) volume control: Yes
Auto-detect MQA devices: No
Not a MQA device, user set to not MQA
DSD capability: Unhandled
Preferred stereo channels L:1 R:2
Channel bitmap: Ox3, layout:
Channel 0 mapped to 0
Channel 1 mapped to 1
Number of channels: 2
Use as stereo device only: No
Simple stereo device: No
1 output streams:
Number of active channels: 2, in 1 stream(s)
Channel #0 :Stream 0 channel 0
Channel #1 :Stream 0 channel 1
Stream ID 0x1 4 channels starting at 1
10 virtual formats:
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Float 44.1kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Float 48kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Float 88.2kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Float 96kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Float 176.4kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Float 192kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Float 44.1kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Float 48kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Float 88.2kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Float 96kHz
10 physical formats
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 24bit 44.1kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 24bit 48kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 24bit 88.2kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 24bit 96kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 24bit 176.4kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 24bit 192kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 24bit 44.1kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 24bit 48kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 24bit 88.2kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 24bit 96kHz