Pine Player ~ MacOS HQ Up Sampling Max 32bit 768kHz


Pine Player is an exclusive listening digital music player for music lovers who use the OSX operating system. It can play almost all existing digital audio forms such as MP3, FLAC, APE, AAC, M4A, WAV, AIFF, OGG, WMA, DSD, SACD ISO etc. and it also has a strong playing capability for listening to CUE files in the most convenient way.

1.     Maximum 32Bit 768kHz Up Sampling Function

Pine Player supports various kinds of PCM formats, so it can play sound sources from 16 to 32 bit; it can also reproduce clear and abundant sound quality by supporting a maximum of 768kHz.

Pine Player’s unique Over Sampling Filter is a technique that upconverts an ordinary MP3 file into a 32bit, maximum of 768kHz, and high sound quality sound source and sends it to the DAC for it to be played in best performance. Ordinary MP3 files’ sound quality can actually be heard more clearly and plentifully. Obviously, HD audio files such as MQS and DSD can be upconverted to a maximum of 768kHz as well.

2.     Convenient and Strong Playlist & Prevention of Text Cracking

Pine Player has a very convenient playlist because users can save and manage the music they wish to listen to, change the order of the music being played by simply dragging, and express any kind of language or text encoding perfectly because of its flawless decoding function. There is no Korean code cracking.

3.     Cross Fade and Gapless set-up

Cross Fade function, which is a technique that decreases the gap between songs when listening to files on the playlist or overlaps the songs for no gaps at all, can be set into seconds.

4.     Mass Storage of Audio Queue for Real Time Converting

Pine Player prevents damage of sound quality by having a high-powered Audio Queue for processing excessive amount of digital data. Therefore, it takes a considerable amount of memory compared to other music players.

5.     Automatic Isolation of Damaged Sound Sources

Pine Player has an automatic isolation function for damaged sound sources called Vault. If a damaged sound source is detected while playing the music, the music is stopped and taken to the Vault file for isolation. Through this convenient function, users can easily figure out which sound source is damaged and restore it.

Even with all these functions, Pine Player is a free app. Moreover, there are not any marketing or advertising material. Especially, no information including personal ones are sent to the outside or the Internet.

www.digipine.com/index.php?mid=pineplayer

Album Player ~ Cross-platform Audio Player


Album Player is designed for composing and listening to compilations of music albums on your hard drive and CD/DVD. The Album Player plays audio files of popular formats, such as WAV, FLAC, APE, WavPack, ALAC, AIFF, TAK, MP3, MP4, OGG, MPC, Audio-CD, SACD and DVD-A. Playlists are built based on information read from .cue files.

The Album Player supports modes of direct output from a sound decoder to an output device. The elimination of intermediate processing and mixing provides the most accurate sound reproduction. The Album Player’s supported output modes are ASIO, Kernel Streaming and exclusive WASAPI.

The player displays a list of albums located on a selected drive or directory, content of a selected album, album art, artist name, and the year of release of the album. If an album’s folder contains more than one picture, they are displayed as a slide show.

No installation is required, just right-click on the player to configure it.

albumplayer

albumplayer.ru/english

foo_input_sacd ~ Foobar2000 Super Audio CD Decoder


Super Audio CD Decoder input plugin for foobar2000. Decoder is capable of playing back Super Audio CD ISO images, DSDIFF, DSF and DSD WavPack files. Direct DSD playback for compatible devices.

Separate DSD Processor/DSD Converter plugins for track extraction into DSD/DST encoded files.

sourceforge.net/projects/sacddecoder
Foobar2000:Components/Super_Audio_CD_Decoder_(foo_input_sacd)
Sony: How to install a Super Audio CD Decoder component

I’ve successfully followed these steps to get DSD (.dsf filetype) and SACD (.iso filetype) playing at high bit rate using foobar2000 on my S.M.S.L M500 DAC.

This has been adapted from “SECTION II” of this page, thanks to “sirblew” for the tip!

Introduction

DSD stands for Direct Stream Digital and it is a high-definition lossless audio format with a twist. PCM signal solutions (like FLAC, TTA or APE) measure a set of bits multiple times per second to capture the audio data, hence the 16/24-bit parameter. On the other hand, DSD uses only one bit but samples it 2.8 million times a second to capture the audio signal.

ASIO Output (Required)

Download and extract foo_out_asio – ASIO Output

Install the asio component:

  • File > Preferences > Components
  • Click Install.
  • Select “foo_out_asio.fb2k-component”.
  • Click OK, then OK again to restart Foobar2000.

Set the asio component as the output device:

  • File > Preferences > Playback > Output
  • Device: “ASIO : USB DAC ASIO” (or name of your device)

Optionally, disable all other devices:

  • File > Preferences > Playback > Output > Devices
  • (uncheck all but “ASIO : USB DAC ASIO”, for example)

SACD (ISO) Playback

Download and extract foo_input_sacd – Super Audio CD Decoder. This decoder is capable of playing back Super Audio CD ISO images, DSDIFF, DSF and DSD WavPack files.

Install DSD SACD component:

  • File > Preferences > Components
  • Click Install.
  • Select only “foo_input_sacd.fb2k-component”.
  • Click OK, then OK again to restart Foobar2000.

Set plugin for “PCM” as output mode:

  • File > Preferences >Tools > SACD
  • Output (per device)
    • Type: “DSD+PCM” (was PCM). Note: DSD+PCM will send a converted to PCM stream to Foobar so graphic add-ons like VU-meters, spectrographs and so on will work as they do when playing regular PCM files.
    • Samplerate: 384000 (was 44100)
  • Converter
    • DSD2PCM Mode: “Direct (64fp, 30kHz lowpass)” (was “Multistage (32fp)”). 30KHz low pass filtered means all DSD noise above that frequency is removed and does not reach the amp.
  • Input
    • Preferable Area: “Stereo” (was “None”). Only stereo tracks are displayed.
    •  Editable Tags (was unchecked).
    •  Store Tags With ISO (was unchecked). Stores tag info in the plugin folder.
    •  Linked 2CH/MCH Tags (was unchecked). Tags added to a SACD ISO will be shared between stereo and multichannel tracks.
  • Click OK

DSF Extraction (optional)

This can be useful if you open an ISO file and want to extract the contained files to DSF.

Download and extract foo_dsd_converter.

Install DSD Converter component:

  • File > Preferences > Components
  • Click Install.
  • Select only “foo_dsd_converter.fb2k-component”.
  • Click OK, then OK again to restart Foobar2000.

Ensure “Convert” menu item is enabled:

  • File > Preferences > Display > Context Menu
  • Ensure “Convert” (and child items) are checked.

Now right click a file in the playlist an choose “Convert > DSD Convert”.

  • Output format: DSF
  • Path:
  • Output style: “…” then choose file name: “nn. title” and close dialog.
  • Click “Convert”.

Foobar2000 DSD & SACD Support

Foobar2000 ~ DSD & SACD Audio Resources


Compressing DSD files with WavPack 5:

D.I.Y. Audio Heaven:
Compressing DSD files with Wavpack 5

Hydrogen Audio:
How to properly pack DSF files into WavPack?
DSD, WavPack and Foobar SACD Decoder

Foobar2000 DSD and SACD support:

I’ve successfully followed these steps to get DSD (.dsf filetype) and SACD (.iso filetype) playing at high bit rate using foobar2000 on my S.M.S.L M500 DAC.

gist.github.com/milnak/c3b4148e574fa7828cc7d24e46d6dbe9

Resources:

foo_input_sacd ~ Foobar2000 & SACDs


DIY-AUDIO-HEAVEN: Playing SACDs with Foobar2000

Foobar2000 for Dummies (Part 1) – General Setup
Foobar2000 for Dummies (Part 2) – Playing DSD – New SACD plugin (0.9.x & 1.x.x)
Foobar 2000 for Dummies (Part 3) – Playing DSD – Old SACD plugin (0.7.x & 0.8.x)