Plug-in upsampling on playback

SONAR Fobxoro (Update 5) introduced support for plug-in upsampling on bounce/freeze/export (see Plug-in upsampling on bounce/freeze/export). SONAR Jamaica Plain (Update 9) takes plug-in upsampling to the next level with support for real-time plug-in upsampling during playback.

To globally enable/disable upsampling during playback for a plug-in, click the FX icon in the upper left corner of a plug-in window, and select Upsample on Playback on the drop-down menu.

When selected, SONAR will upsample the incoming audio to 2x the project sample rate, process the plug-in at the new rate, and downsample the resulting output to the project sample rate.

Upsampling provides several benefits:

Allows plug-ins to process the source material at a higher level of precision.

Drastically reduces the likelihood of intersample clipping when you maximize the level.

Undesirable digital artifacts are shifted much further outside the range of human hearing.

Phase shift is drastically reduced.

Benefit from 96kHz processing without the hard disk and CPU strain that recording at 96kHz produces.

Non-linear processors, such as EQ and compressors, benefit from upsampling to lessen aliasing of high frequency components.

You can globally enable/disable plug-in upsampling for plug-ins that already have upsampling enabled. To do so, click the Enable/Bypass Plug-In Upsampling button in the Control Bar’s Mix module. Upsampling is enabled when the button is lit.

Figure 45. The Mix module.

 

See:

Plug-in upsampling on bounce/freeze/export

Plug-in upsampling global bypass

New features