Vmware mac audio input crackling driver#
Īs you can see its a rather old driver, the latest XMOS USB Audio driver as of the time of this post is 3.2.0 and the one provided is 2.19.
Vmware mac audio input crackling install#
Since I am on Windows 10, I was told to install these drivers from a seller on Aliexpress, it was the same driver linked on the Taobao listing I bought the DAC from. Even so I think it does not show up under Sound > Playback Devices but it does not necessarily mean 32/384 is not being processed when it should. And as for 32/384 not showing up, its probably because Windows does not natively support that high of a sampling rate, you need special drivers and the hardware for it.
Just tried installing the drivers via your method, and its the same. Try running it on 24/192 and let me know if that helps with the popping. They sometimes even flag the port as defective due to giving off more power than required for the specific scenario (Had this issue with my EVGA X79 Classified motherboard a few years ago, Thank God I switched back to Z97). Have you tried to use the same USB connection on 24-bit/192Khz? Since some devices are just partially compatible with anything higher and require WASAPI to work properly.Īdditionally, some motherboards go all wacky when connecting typical USB 2.0 devices via USB 3.0 ports due to the amperage diferences (0.5A for 2.0 and 0.9A for 3.0). In my experience it's either grounding, a faulty USB entry point, an issue with the PSU, the power cable or the USB cable or bad grounding (this isn't limited to hubs, this could very well be your whole electrical system, though I doubt it, usually happens with very old buildings that have not changed their installations in years).Īnother possibility is the unit faulty, but I don't really want to consider that as the first option. Could it also be due to wrong drivers?Īlso I see several variants of XMOS drivers with the same version number out there so I'm kinda lost as well. Isolating the DAC by itself without anything touching it also did not help one bit. I doubt its a grounding issue because I am not using a USB hub, instead I have the USB going straight into my motherboard, I even tried different ports including a USB 3.0 port. I'm pretty new to desktop audio so I did some Googling and found out that crackling over USB is a very common problem with many possible reasons for the popping. Sure I can run it just fine via optical, but XMOS USB supports up to 384k 32bit playback and I want my DAC to run at the best it can. Optical works perfectly fine (no surprise there) regardless of whether its connected to my Sound Blaster Z or motherboard audio. Selecting it plays audio as it should, but I get some very bad crackling/popping sound the moment I switch over to USB mode on my DAC. The driver installs just fine, and I see my USB XMOS device show up after rebooting my PC. Now the amp works perfectly fine, but the DAC has serious popping/crackling issues whenever I run it on XMOS USB. Possibly if i can get some more adept people to assist me, together we can provide a workaround for all the Audio Stutter woes that envelop the forums (at least from extensive googling past few days hello 150 tabs >.I just acquired a Breeze SU4 AK4490 DAC to pair with my SMSL sAP II amplifier. If not is there some way to figure out the difference at boot/loading etc thats allowing Virtualbox to properly play audio, view USB connected items, and mounted CD Images? There has to be a way.after audio most every problem is solved and the install is flawless (USB/Mounted can be ignored because of VMware shared folders) Is there possibly a way to use VMware additions on a virtual machine in Virtualbox or use Virtualbox Audio device in VMware? and quite a few other things don't work properly. The problem is however, in Virtual box i have non of the benefits of VMware Additions for OSX (Video Drivers, Shared Folders About This Mac, etc. I've been scowering the forums for a fix for a couple weeks now, installed all forms of VoodooHDA, Ensoniq audio to fix the audio stuttering issues in Snow Leopard 10.6.8 on VMware, I ended up taking a break for a bit, and attempted to start the VM in Virtualbox, the audio works flawlessly without lag.