Sound burst between tracks

Studio
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Not sure what’s causing this but, in the silence between tracks, I seem to be getting a split second of noise from an unrelated piece of music, at a louder volume level than the preceding and successive tracks. I am runnning a new install win 10 & AS on a Lenovo tiny pc (I think it’s an M83 with Intel I5, 240Gb SSD, 8 Gb ram, with local files fed from a 1 Tb USB SSD.
I had this problem with the trial version of AS when it first came out. Then, it ran directly into a Rega DAC-R via USB from the pc. I appear to be hitting the same problem with a Topping D10S which is doing conversion from USB to S/PDIF before being sent on to the same Rega DAC. I was hoping that it might be some early version glitch that would have been ironed out in later ones, but the issue still persists. Until recently, I have been using Volumio which sounds great but the user interface is clunky and unreliable. Hence why I came back to Audirvana.

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HI @walriley,

Can you send us a copy of the “Debug Info” when you have this issue? You can get it in Audirvana Settings>My account

Note: By clicking on the Debug Info button, Audirvana automatically copies all its content, all you have to do is paste it in response to this message

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only using this up to 24/192 as the Rega doesnt do DSD.

Audirvana Studio 2.4.0 (20400)

Windows 10 (19045) with 8GB physical RAM

Connected account of : walter riley

SIGNAL PROCESSING:

Polarity Inversion:
	Globally: OFF
	Per track: ON
Effects plugins NOT ACTIVE

UPSAMPLING:
r8brain with Power Of Two upsampling
r8brain filter parameters
Bandwidth = 99.5%
Stop band attenuation 218dB
Phase linear

AUDIO VOLUME:
Max allowed volume: 100
Replay Gain: None
SW volume control: OFF

LIBRARY SETTINGS:
Sync list: 1 folders
AUTO: F:
Library database path: C:\Users\PC\AppData\Local\Packages\Audirvana.Audirvana-4118-9684-d80dbb7827cd_q3nymrkmej12j\LocalCache\Local\Audirvana\Audirvana\AudirvanaDatabase.sqlite

Local audio files fingerprinting
Tracks with no MBID: 398

Remote Control server:
Listening on 192.168.0.198 on port 49673

ACTIVE STREAMING SERVICES
Qobuz: Connected as Qobuz Studio

=================== AUDIO DEVICE ========================

Active method: Local

Max. memory for audio buffers: 4096MB

Local Audio Engine: KernelStreaming

Preferred device:
Speakers (TOPPING USB DAC)
Model UID:TUSBAUDIO_ENUM\VID_152A&PID_8750&REV_0104&KS
UID:\?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{efaa6ead-b5ca-472e-9255-3a7407650d83}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}

Currently playing in Integer Mode:
Device: 2ch 24bits Integer, 8 bytes per frame 176.4kHz

Active Sample Rate: 176.4kHz

Bridge settings:
Sample rate limitation: 192kHz
Sample rate switching latency: none
Limit bitdepth to 24bit: OFF
Mute during sample rate change: OFF

Selected device:Speakers (TOPPING USB DAC)
Manufacturer: Topping
Model name: D10s
Model UID: TUSBAUDIO_ENUM\VID_152A&PID_8750&REV_0104&KS
UID: \?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{efaa6ead-b5ca-472e-9255-3a7407650d83}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}
USB Vendor ID: 0x152a
USB Product ID: 0x8750
Kernel Streaming capable

8 available sample rates up to 384000Hz
44100
48000
88200
96000
176400
192000
352800
384000

Volume Control
Physical: Yes
Virtual: No
Max volume alert: Disabled

MQA capability
Auto-detect MQA devices: Yes
Not a MQA device, user set to not MQA
DSD capability: Unhandled

Device audio channels
Preferred stereo channels L:0 R:1
Channel bitmap: Ox3, layout:
Channel 0 mapped to 0
Channel 1 mapped to 1

Audio channels in use
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
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 44.1kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 48kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 88.2kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 96kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 176.4kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 192kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 352.8kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 384kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 44.1kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 48kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 88.2kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 96kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 176.4kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 192kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 352.8kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 384kHz

Local devices found : 2
Device #0: Speakers (TOPPING USB DAC)
Manufacturer: Topping
Model UID: TUSBAUDIO_ENUM\VID_152A&PID_8750&REV_0104&KS
UID: \?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{efaa6ead-b5ca-472e-9255-3a7407650d83}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}
USB Vendor ID: 0x152a
USB Product ID: 0x8750
Model name: D10s
Device #1: R50B7120UK (Intel(R) Display Audio)
Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation
Model UID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_2807&SUBSYS_80860101&REV_1000
UID: \?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{b7cced7c-e6b9-4cd3-bc30-0c2392357d8d}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}
Model name: Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus

UPnP

UPnP devices found : 0

Chromecast

Chromecast devices found : 0

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Can you try without upsampling enabled?

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Tried without upsampling. There is still a slight jump between tracks that should be gapless. Seems to be on both CD and HD tracks.

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I would like to add that the upsampling really does seem to lift the music, hence why I have it switched in.

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Ok then do you have the same behavior using WASAPI or ASIO?

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Seems to be behaving itself on the two options you requested. Plays fine on WASAPI and ASIO. No stutter or noise burst between gapless tracks.

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But I have Audirvana 3.5 to play in those formats.

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Are there any settings in either AS or Win 10, that will allow me to utilise the Kernel Streaming option?

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Can you go in your device settings in Audirvāna Studio and change the Kernel Streaming level from Standard to Extreme or the contrary depending on your setting? You still have your issue after doing this?

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I will give it a go as soon as I can. Also, looking into whether the USB connection for the music library is causing a problem and if the ASIO driver for the Topping DAC is causing interference.

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Had a limited test, with no drivers for the Topping DAC installed, and with all the music on the main computer drive. Kernel mode was on and set to extreme. It initially appears that the issue is sorted, but don’t have enough time to figure out which change cured it. Will soak test it tonight and report back once I’ve narrowed it down.

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It seems that if I am running Audirvana in Kernel Mode, then any WASAPI or ASIO drivers installed for their respective DACs will conflict with that mode. I have tried Audirvana with both internal and USB music folders and both work fine as long as the DAC drivers are not installed. Audirvana worked flawlessly for hours last night. It did fall over at one point and generated a .dmp file. If that is of any use to the forum moderators then let me know and I will forward it on.

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Hi @walriley,

Please send it at support@audirvana.com and we will review it as soon as possible.

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Apologies for the delay. I will forward all the mini dump files now.

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