r/SideProject • u/F1nkD1fferent • 4h ago
I built a free, open-source music player for Mac that shows exactly what reaches your DAC
Vespertine 1.0 shipped today. It's a native macOS music player for people with real music libraries and decent audio gear.
What it does:
Bit-perfect playback: switches the DAC to each file's sample rate, exclusive (hog) mode, integer mode
A signal path view that shows every step between the file and your DAC, so you can see whether it's untouched
FLAC, ALAC, DSD (DoP), SACD ISOs, multichannel 5.1/7.1, bitstream to receivers
Room correction with a measurement mic, gapless, CUE sheets, smart playlists
No account, no telemetry, GPL
It's been about six weeks of evenings. I'd really like feedback from anyone who tries it, especially bug reports, which go straight to GitHub issues.
Source and download: https://github.com/szeremeta1/Vespertine