[gongos]

I just started using ASIO with Foobar. When I play my FLAC files the sound is all garbled and slowed down. WHen I play WAV files it sounds perfect.

When I play the FLAC files w/o using ASIO the sound perfect.

Any ideas?

 

[Bones13]

so are you "kernal streaming" for the "perfect sound" - why bother with ASIO then?

 

[gongos]

I meant it plays without any issues. Not that it's perfect audio.

 

[gongos]

Any ideas?

 

[Scrith]

That sounds very strange to me. The only thing I can think of is that, somehow, your WAV and FLAC files are at different sample rates, so the FLACs don't sound right at whatever frequency your sound card / DAC is expecting for its ASIO input.

Another possibility is that the FLAC files are corrupt, somehow...maybe not encoded with the latest version of FLAC (although it is my understanding that all FLAC files are compatible with all FLAC decoders, even if they were encoded with a newer version of the library than the decoder uses).

 

[gongos]

If the flac files are corrupt, would they work without ASIO and on my MP3 player and sound fine?

 

[Revliskciuq]

Make sure that you have the proper device selected in your ASIO settings in Foobar, also make sure your thread priority is high enough.

How many bits are you using for output? Are you using dithering?

 

[gongos]

Where are the number of bits being used and the dithering option located in foobar? The correct device is selected, and I'll up the priority.

 

[gongos]

Upping the priority made no difference.

 

[Revliskciuq]

Quote:

Where are the number of bits being used and the dithering option located in foobar? The correct device is selected, and I'll up the priority.

Under the main playback tab.

Make sure your drivers are up to date.

 

[gongos]

I disabled resampling at 24/96 and the FLAC files played fine. Must be some problem with FLAC files and resampling. What do you think offers more SQ; resampling or enabling ASIO?

 

[gongos]

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Originally Posted by Revliskciuq Make sure that you have the proper device selected in your ASIO settings in Foobar, also make sure your thread priority is high enough. How many bits are you using for output? Are you using dithering?

No Dithering, 24 bits.

 

[Revliskciuq]

So you only experience problems with 24-bits w/ASIO. 16-bit w/ASIO works fine? What kind of soundcard/DAC are you using?

 

[NightWoundsTime]

Try selecting the extended bit depth options next to the drop down box. Set to 24bits padded to 32 option. This is the setting I have to use with my Emu 1212M. Not sure what card you're using but it's worth a try.

And to answer your question, I personally don't hear a difference between resampled and non-resampled foobar output. But then I don't hear a difference between Kernal Streaming and ASIO output either. At some point you've just got to stop worrying about it, once you get your FLACS to play right.

 

[gongos]

I'm not sure about the soundcard, it's a cheaper dell unit. The DAC is a Ack! Dack!, which can accept a 24/96 signal.