I think the oversamplig story is actually very weird if you think what happens inside a processing chain inside a DAW
Think of a linear plugin chain of plugins A -> B -> C ... -> F
If you have oversampling sensitive plugins in this chain, i.e such that need oversampling in order to not destroy the sound, then multiple opersampling computations happen in this chain.
Let's aasuume in the example all from A to F need oversampling. This ends up in a chain with multiple (U)psampling and (D)ownsampling operations: (U-A-D) -> (U-B-D) -> (U-C-D) ... -> (U-F-D)
If these plugins are from different vendors then the Us and Ds might even be different in terms of algorithm and quality. I can oversample most Melda plugins up to 48x. I don't know though, how good the algorithm is.
Are these multple Us and Ds really necessary?
Why can't we simply have something which would fit the DNA of Bitwig: An Oversampling-Container which does U and D exactly once and then runs everything inside with out further Us and Ds... like
U -> (A -> B -> C ... -> F) -> D
I think such a thing would perfectly fit each mastering chain if you master in the DAW.
Think of a linear plugin chain of plugins A -> B -> C ... -> F
If you have oversampling sensitive plugins in this chain, i.e such that need oversampling in order to not destroy the sound, then multiple opersampling computations happen in this chain.
Let's aasuume in the example all from A to F need oversampling. This ends up in a chain with multiple (U)psampling and (D)ownsampling operations: (U-A-D) -> (U-B-D) -> (U-C-D) ... -> (U-F-D)
If these plugins are from different vendors then the Us and Ds might even be different in terms of algorithm and quality. I can oversample most Melda plugins up to 48x. I don't know though, how good the algorithm is.
Are these multple Us and Ds really necessary?
Why can't we simply have something which would fit the DNA of Bitwig: An Oversampling-Container which does U and D exactly once and then runs everything inside with out further Us and Ds... like
U -> (A -> B -> C ... -> F) -> D
I think such a thing would perfectly fit each mastering chain if you master in the DAW.
Statistics: Posted by ] Peter:H [ — Sun May 05, 2024 12:30 pm