VAC virtual audio cable seems to work in a simple test experiment with what I am doing. However VB virtual audio cable causes a "picket fence" sound with the audio. Not sure what would cause it and what the difference would be. Messing with any settings doesnt seem to help. Anyone else experienced this?
with VB audio cable
Interesting..
I have noticed a similar effect with DSDPlus, but hadn't considered attributing it to VB Audio Cable as I had assumed that this was just another weird characteristic of recovered DSDPlus audio.
I will check today to see if DSDPlus sounds the same with VAC.
Interestingly, I don't get the 'Picket Fence' effect with the original DSD when running either VB Audio Cable or VAC and actually, I prefer the original DSD audio anyway as it is nowhere near as harsh to listen to.
DSDPlus seems to compress the recovered audio to the point where the audio has almost no dynamic range to it.
To me, DSD sounds much more natural, even though the audio bandwidth is slightly less (0-3.5Khz) compared to DSDPlus (0-4Khz).
I have compared the recovered audio of both DSD and DSDPlus to several 'real' radios here listening to the same signals, including an XTL5000 and a Tait TM9155 P25 mobile and to my ear, the original DSD more closely matches what the real radios sound like. P25 audio on a real radio, doesn't sound all compressed with accentuated top end response like DSDPlus..
Don't get me wrong, DSDPlus decodes great, but the recovered audio processing leaves a lot to be desired!
Hopefully, this can be fixed in a subsequent release.
Will report back.... Stay tuned