Sound Magic Serenade DSD User manual

Serenade DSD: Affordable and Portable Audio Interface/DAC/Headphone Amp
Serenade DSD
Affordable and Portable 32Bit/384KHz and
DSD Audio Interface/DAC/Headphone Amp
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Serenade DSD: Affordable and Portable Audio Interface/DAC/Headphone Amp
Operational Manual
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Version 1.0

Serenade DSD: Affordable and Portable Audio Interface/DAC/Headphone Amp
Introduction
Serenade DSD utilizes a Reference Grade Digital to Analog Converter which has a
Dynamic Range of 123dB and THD+N of -105dB, which is rarely seen in this price
range. In order to achieve this superb sound quality, Serenade DSD applies Minimum
Path, 32Bit DAC Architecture and Jitter Elimination Circuit.
Minimum Path: This technology uses the shortest possible signal path for
your audio creating an extremely efficient circuit, lowering the possibility of
distortion and reducing jitter.
32bit DAC Architecture: Compared to the more commonly used 24bit
technology, 32bit processing inside Serenade DSD's DAC brings lower
distortion and noise, a purer sound with less artifacts.
Jitter Elimination Circuit: Our Dual Oscillator design further reduces jitter
by providing a more accurate clock source.
Our design philosophy with our entry level audio interface is to focus on the most
important feature: sound quality. With an open, warm and transparent sound with
an amazing balance between bass, mid and high frequency, you can be sure your
sound quality is good enough - detailed enough - to survive in today's demanding
market. In order to achieve superb sound quality at an affordable price, we even
have to cut the Analog to Digital
We commonly see some high-end audio interfaces support a resolution and sample
rate at 24 Bit/192KHz, which is the standard of digital audio these days. But Serenade
DSD aims at the future and supports playback at 32 Bit/384KHz, which also covers
the newest DXD (Digital Extreme Definition) format at 24 Bit/352.8KHz. Serenade DSD
supports the DSD format inverted by Sony and Philips, which has been used on SACD
for years. Serenade DSD fully supports 4 kinds of DSD with Native playback:
1. DSD64 (2.8MHz)
2. DSD128 (5.6MHz)
3. DSD256 (11.2MHz)
4. DSD512 (22.4MHz).
With this extended support of high resolution audio, Serenade DSD will greatly
enhance your music listening experience.

Serenade DSD: Affordable and Portable Audio Interface/DAC/Headphone Amp
Index
Connect Hardware ………………………………………………………………….5
Top Panel …………………………………………………………………..……………6
Front Panel ……………………………………………………………………………..7
Activate Software …………………………………………………………………….9
Serenade Headquarter ……………………………………………………….10
Issues & Trouble Shooting ….………………………………………………… 14

Serenade DSD: Affordable and Portable Audio Interface/DAC/Headphone Amp
Connect Hardware, Serenade DSD Audio Interface
Please note if you need Serenade DSD work, you have to make sure
Serenade DSD Audio Interface is connected and for windows users, you
need to install the right driver.
Steps to connect Serenade DSD Audio Interface
1. Connect Serenade DSD Audio Interface to your USB port; please note
you need to connect Serenade DSD Audio Interface to USB 2.0 or
above port.
2. For Mac users, you do not need to install any drivers, OSX will
automatically done that for you.
3. For windows users, please install the right drivers for Serenade DSD
Audio Interface. You can also find latest driver here in this page
4. During driver installation, it may request you to connect Serenade DSD
Audio Interface.

Serenade DSD: Affordable and Portable Audio Interface/DAC/Headphone Amp
Top Panel
A. Mute button
This is a mode button and can select between mute and
un-mute for headphone out.
B. Headphone Volume +
+: turn up headphone output volume
C. Headphone Volume -
-: turn down headphone output volume

Serenade DSD: Affordable and Portable Audio Interface/DAC/Headphone Amp
Front Panel
A. LED indicator
Light up indicates power is on
Go out indicates power is off
B. Headphone output
1/4" stereo headphone output connector
Rear Panel
Outputs
A. Analog output
One pair of RCA connectors, red for right channel and white for left
channel.

Serenade DSD: Affordable and Portable Audio Interface/DAC/Headphone Amp
B. Digital output
One RCA unbalanced connector for connecting external DAC.
Inputs
C. USB: connect to PC via USB and Serenade DSD will work as an USB
sound card
Power
D. Power connector
5VDC input, please use bundled power adapter
E. DC IN power switch
Right position: ON
Left position : OFF

Serenade DSD: Affordable and Portable Audio Interface/DAC/Headphone Amp
Activate all software.
Please note Current Version of Serenade Headquater does not need
activate to use
To activate the software for Serenade DSD, we need the following
information from you
1. Your valid Email address, so we can email you the code and other
information to you
2. Your purchasing order number if you are not purchasing Serenade
from us directly. E.g. you buy it on Amazon.
3. Your Machine I.D for the plugins
To get Machine I.D you need to open Serenade Headquarter. Machine I.D
are often seen at INFO subpanel inside the plugins. Like below graphics
Then we can contact us by visiting this page
http://www.supremepiano.com/contact.html
Or email us directly to [e-mail]

Serenade DSD: Affordable and Portable Audio Interface/DAC/Headphone Amp
Use Serenade Headquarter
Please note Serenade Headquarter maybe marked by some Anti-Virus
program as Virus. That’s false positive. Serenade Headquarter runs as a
VST plugin, no execute program inside.
You can load Serenade Headquarter in any DAW/VST Host as a VST plugin
Headphone Mix Sub-panel
HRTF Set: Load HRTF file here by clicking HRTF Set on the left bottom of
main panel. These files will be installed into Serenade Headquarter default
folder so after you click load file button, you will first go to default folder
and see them in first place.
EnvSet: Load Environment Set file (often simulate a certain type of space)
here by clicking Env Set on the bottom of main panel. These files will be
installed into Serenade Headquarter default folder so after you click load

Serenade DSD: Affordable and Portable Audio Interface/DAC/Headphone Amp
file button, you will first go to default folder and see them in first place.
In order to prevent failure to load Env Set file and HRTF Set file, we have an
indicator on the Headphone Mix Sub-panel. If the Both Files actually load,
it will show Green Light. If not, it will show Red
Blend: the blend rate of lest and right channel signal. It is very useful
when you simulate the natural blending of human ears.
Reverb Depth: How your environment affects the speakers’ sound. This
could be used to generate added reverb when the sound travelling on air.
Soundfield: How big is the sound field? Some headphones have sound
field issue that is they represents a larger or smaller sound field than
actual size. This setting is to solve this issue.
A.I.R.C: controls the amount of compensate on high frequency. Usually,
after the signal passed through HRTF, the high frequency will be decayed
so you may not familiar with this kind of sound. This control is useful if you
want to get more clear highs.
Space: the Size of your listening Environment

Serenade DSD: Affordable and Portable Audio Interface/DAC/Headphone Amp
Low: Frequency compensate on low frequency
Mid: Frequency compensate on Middle frequency
High: Frequency compensate on High frequency
Virtual Preamp Sub-panel
Gain: in dB.
Respond: The respond speed of the dynamic, measured in milliseconds.
Sustain: Sustain amount for the amp, the larger, and the smoother of the
sound.

Serenade DSD: Affordable and Portable Audio Interface/DAC/Headphone Amp
Range: The Non-Linear Range of the Dynamic.
Harmonic: The Amount of even Harmonic distortion.
Algorithm: Choose different curves for clipping
Advance Sub-panel
Style Designer: Choose the style you want
Amount: control how much the style you want, value from 0 to 10 (max)

Serenade DSD: Affordable and Portable Audio Interface/DAC/Headphone Amp
Issues & Trouble Shooting
If you meet any issue may relate with hardware or other issues for
warranty please contact us for assistance.
Then we can contact us by visiting this page
http://www.hdta.info/contact.html
Or email us directly to [email protected]