I received the Motu M2 yesterday. It functions normally as a DAC but not so well with Dirac Live Processor on my MacBook.
The digital signal path is Local Files-->Audirvana hosting Dirac Live Processor-->USB-->Motu M2. Sometimes it works, but it is a hit or miss, and I am getting more misses than hits.
I have installed (and later uninstalled) the Motu driver for Mac. With the Motu driver, the Motu M2 simply cannot produce a normal sound with Dirac. It either produces a fragmented, randomly paused sound, or a mono clipping signal. Uninstalling the Motu driver and using the driver came with macOS, the Motu can sometimes produce normal music with Dirac, but more often than not, it has a weird effect on the music as if it was playing mono or 8bit.
Other things I have tried: switching between using Audirvana's library and Music (iTunes) Integrated Mode, line-out vs headphone out, using Dirac with Audio Hijack and without Audirvana, turn on-off software volume control. As long as I remove Dirac from the signal path, the problem seems gone. However, Dirac is not the cause because it works with my other DAC.
So, How do I make them work together? Please help me troubleshoot this issue.
The digital signal path is Local Files-->Audirvana hosting Dirac Live Processor-->USB-->Motu M2. Sometimes it works, but it is a hit or miss, and I am getting more misses than hits.
I have installed (and later uninstalled) the Motu driver for Mac. With the Motu driver, the Motu M2 simply cannot produce a normal sound with Dirac. It either produces a fragmented, randomly paused sound, or a mono clipping signal. Uninstalling the Motu driver and using the driver came with macOS, the Motu can sometimes produce normal music with Dirac, but more often than not, it has a weird effect on the music as if it was playing mono or 8bit.
Other things I have tried: switching between using Audirvana's library and Music (iTunes) Integrated Mode, line-out vs headphone out, using Dirac with Audio Hijack and without Audirvana, turn on-off software volume control. As long as I remove Dirac from the signal path, the problem seems gone. However, Dirac is not the cause because it works with my other DAC.
So, How do I make them work together? Please help me troubleshoot this issue.
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