This is quite rare, and seldom implemented in a wasapi output. This is a balance mode, it's newly implemented and can look a bit wacky, but if you tinkle with it enough it will provide a great asset for those who hearing are better (or worse) in one ear. Se More! for a link with better explanation. I personally haven't played with the mixer, so I just leave it at automate. You must close winamp and restart your browser/other music players to use them. NB! This will stop any other audio from playing (youtube etc.). If you are listening to 44,1KHz, 96KHz or 192KHz music, you should set slave mode to 44100, 96000 or 192000 to "force" the plugin to play that sample rate. The only important thing is the "Slave to sample rate". There is however one important thing to remember. Yes! Just check any of the boxes and you almost have bitperfect wasapi in exlusive mode! "This looks hard, should I just check all the boxes?" Like I said before the exlusive mode is not for a better soundquality (although in some special cases it might), but if you are like me and want full controll over your 0's and 1's, this is the way to go. You can also read more here where you downloaded the plugin:Īs you can see there are two options on how to use the plugin, shared or exclusive mode.Īs said, in most cases and for the average user you won't need exclusive mode.īut if you are a computer geek, or just need full control over everything coming out of your computer you can start looking here: This picture show how the output plugin work: It only gives better control over your bits and bytes. However, the "more" in this case will (in most situations) not ensure a better SQ. "But, but, is it just that easy? Isn't there more to it?"įor the more than average interested computer geek, there is more. Then go to output, and if you did everything right you should see the "maiko WASAPI output" -> Press "configure".Ĭhoose what device you are using for source (soundcard or DAC), and close the window.Ĭongratulations, you now have Winamp with WASAPI! In preferences go to playback, and "allow 24-bits". After download and installation you can add music in Winamp:įile -> Add media to library -> Choose the folder which you have stored musicĭownload the plugin, cut and paste it in the winamp folder named "plugins" I personally like simplicity and stick with the big bento skin. There are alot more skins and customization, but this guide will focus on setting up how to get the best soundquality out of winamp. (Sorry for the bad quality photo, that's my personal simple version) If you prefer your layout looking something like this.: You can also customize your skin and so on. One of the reason I use Winamp with this WASAPI output is that it can run in shared mode (explained later), what that means is that you can run other audio applications (like youtube, games etc.) while playing music in WASAPI mode. No really, if you already use Foobar2000 or mediamonkey with asio or wasapi, winamp won't give you any advantage in SQ, but it may do so if you use other music players without these output plugins (e.g. I have recieved alot of help here at head-fi, and wanted to give something back. You should use ASIO if WASAPI is not an option.This is a short guide to show how to use Winamp in general and as an audiophile music player. If you told us what player you're using we could offer more help. But then, maybe Music Bee (my favorite) or Media Monkey will offer a DSD/DSF plugin as Foobar does. If I continue to collect DSD/DSF files (I most likely will) I'll probably spring for the full version of tune browser as it would be nice to have one application for all my music files. I tried to get Foobar to work with DSD/DSF files but couldn't get it to work properly. As I only have two dozen or so DSD/DSF files it is all I need for now. However, I don't have any PCM files that go any higher than 96/24.įor DSD/DSF files (through the D-10) I'm currently using the trial version of Tune Browser (downloaded from Microsoft, 500 file limit). It plays and shows in the display the sampling rate up to 96KHz. Music Bee and Media Monkey are set to use WASAPI with the D-10 as the output device. I downloaded and installed the Topping drivers (not included with the DAC). I use it with a laptop (Win10) and either Music Bee or Media Monkey.
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