My music library is accessed via my iMac and iTunes. AFAIK, iTunes does not support high resolution audio files. Is there any way I can get hi rez files to pump out of the optical out of my iMac?

Yes.

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Oh all right. Quit iTunes. Type "audio midi setup" in Spotlight. Open Audio MIDI Setup. Select desired sample rate in the Audio Output dropdown menu. Close Audio MIDI Setup. Open iTunes. Play back your high rez files.

Edited July 27, 200917 yr by Hopstretch

I'm not in front of the Mac now, but is it correct that it goes as high as 24/96 or can it go moar higher?

Also, how do the hi rez files sound?

And why is the sky blue?

Edited July 27, 200917 yr by The Monkey

In theory, Core Audio (the OS X audio engine) should be cool with anything up to 24/192. In practice, sometimes things get a little weird.

And high rez files tend to sound very, very much like the source they were derived from. Ping me when you get home. I have some samples you may enjoy.

Edited July 27, 200917 yr by Hopstretch

It can be set on 192 but not for output through the optical, which is capped at 96. This is one of the wonders of Amarra because it handles the changes automatically without going back and forth with AudioMidi

It can be set on 192 but not for output through the optical, which is capped at 96. This is one of the wonders of Amarra because it handles the changes automatically without going back and forth with AudioMidi

Which in itself would be worth a fair bit to me. I'm sorry that they decided to limit the Mini version at 24/96, though. I know you have to differentiate, but I don't think that was the place to do it.

What's $600 more to a baller like you?

Shut up. My children need wine!

I was tempted to say that $600 will buy a couple or three of bottles of good whisk(e)y.

What source material over 96 do you have?

I have a fair bit piling up, but moar impotently, the files I am creating are 176.4.

What's $600 more to a baller like you?

I agree, an extra $600 is nothing to guy like Stretch. Me, on the other hand, will stick with the mini version.

Shut up. My children need wine!

;DA little bit of dinner roll just got lodged in my nostril.

Steve Jobs is a dickhead for pretending to be an "audiophile."

Steve Jobs is a dickhead for pretending to be an "audiophile."

In his defense, OS X handles audio a fair bit better than the alternative, which is one of the reasons why it's pretty much the default for pro apps.

ha ha reks make funny

GEOS does just fine, thank you very much.

Lies. The headphone out on my GEOS computer only plays the Friends theme song, nothing else.

BTW, Computer Audiophile has a little app to speed the manual MIDI changes -

Semi-Automatic Sample Rate Solution | Computer Audiophile

hy it's pretty much the default for pro apps.

It is in no way the default for pro apps. Protools is Windows most everything else is windows. Amarra and sonic studio are pretty much the biggest players in the mac world because they are one of the few to support it.

It is in no way the default for pro apps. Protools is Windows most everything else is windows. Amarra and sonic studio are pretty much the biggest players in the mac world because they are one of the few to support it.

Eat me.

You can ignore logic if you want. The pro world doesn't

Eat me.

Again? I thought it was just a Can Jam romance .....

Protools is Windows...

Incorrect. If you're going to correct someone, at least be correct in your correction. It undermines your overall believability if you start posting falsehoods, whether purposefully or otherwise.

It may not be the "default" operating system, but it has a very real, non-trivial foothold in the pro industry. Much more so than in muggle-land.

My correction was correct. It is in fact not the default. Spend some time on gearslutz and you will see that a large majority of the protools guys use windows.

The fact that protools is available for mac in no

way undermines my believeability. I guess I could have been clearer that it was available for both.

Holy overreaction bat man.

You can ignore logic if you want. The pro world doesn't

Ignore Logic? For shame!!!

assuming gearslutz is an accurate representation of working professionals