I have used core audio drivers with no problem in DAPS. Usually DVS running in 64 channel mode, plus the Dante controller app. It is a virtual sound card, but you will need a physical ethernet port to assign it to followed by the appropriate ethernet cabling into your Dante network -
https://www.audinate.com/products/so...tual-soundcard
From there - Select HDX as your playback engine in Pro Tools. You will need to create/assign your 64 channels of physical outputs for Atmos (beds + objects + 1 channel for LTC).
In DADman you need to route the 64 digilink inputs to 64 Dante outputs.
In Dante Controller, route 64 channels of MTRX Studio "Transmitter" to 64 channels of DVS "Receiver".
In DAPS, select DVS as your audio input and output. Configure the appropriate LTC channel number.
That gets 64 channels from Pro Tools & HDX into DAPS. From there you need to configure your monitoring chain.
In DAPS setup your room/speaker configuration.
In Dante Controller, route the required number of speaker channels from DVS "Transmitter" to MTRX Studio "Receiver". If you are using a standard 7.1.4 monitor setup, it is probably Dante channels 1 through 12.
In DADman, create a monitor profile called "Renderer" or "DAPS" or whatever, and choose the Dante inputs that reflect the returns from DAPS.
The same process can be applied when using a second dedicated computer with DVS for DAPS.