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How-to configure MERGING+NADAC with HQPlayer on MacOS ?

Info

The MERGING+NADAC CoreAudio driver is installed and configured
Signalyst HQPlayer is installed http://www.signalyst.com/consumer.html

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Step-by-step guide

Start HQ player:
Click in the top left corner Menu and select HQPlayerDesktop3 - Preferences menu:
First set Backend to CoreAudio
Then select Merging+NADAC as Device :
It is recommended to keep the Buffer size to Default.
Configure PCM Defaults for PCM playback without any down or up-sampling:
Filter : None - Dither : None - Sample Rate /Limit : 384000
You can now play PCM files:
Configure SDM Defaults for DSD playback without any down or up-sampling:
Oversampling : poly-sync - Modulator : ASDM5 - Bit Rate /Limit : 11289600

Note:
"poly-sinc-ext" should be used for multiples of 44.1kHz sampling rate sources
"poly-sinc-gauss-hires-lp" should be used for multiples of 48kHz sampling rate sources
Select SDM(DSD), and you can now play a DSD file.

Note: DSD through DOP on Mac computer is limited to DSD128, however MERGING+NADAC is DSD256 capable.

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