The recommendation for adding extra underlayment/plywood is to STIFFEN the existing subfloor up. NOFMA's minimum recommendation for 3/4" SOLID strip flooring is 5/8" plywood over joists spaced 16" OC. AND to run the flooring at right angles to the joists. The reason for that is if one were to run the flooring parallel, you could have flex between the joists, which could cause problems. If your existing subfloor is very stiff and has no deflection between the joists, you could probably get away with running the wood parallel to the floor trusses/joists. With the joists/trusses spaced 12" OC and 3/4" plywood subflooring, you existing subfloor MAY be stiff enough or it may NOT. I cannot tell from here. Another option would be to install blocking between the trusses but being that they are engineered trusses and not solid lumber joists, attaching them to the trusses would be difficult and probably not work.
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