09) Oversampling Made Simple with ORANGE CLIP 3
Both Gold Clip and Orange Clip are designed to deliver a consistent sound, regardless of your DAW's sample rate. To achieve this, the oversampling rate dynamically adjusts based on the session's sample rate. This ensures that High, Pristine, and Extra Pristine modes sound identical, no matter the sample rate you’re working with. Let me explain how it works.
OVERSAMPLING RATE
OFF - 0x (44.1kHz & 48kHz sessions), 0x (88.2kHz and 96kHz sessions)
High - 4x (44.1kHz & 48kHz sessions), 2x (88.2kHz and 96kHz sessions)
Pristine - 8x (44.1kHz & 48kHz sessions), 4x (88.2kHz and 96kHz sessions)
Extra Pristine - 16x (44.1kHz & 48kHz sessions), 8x (88.2kHz and 96kHz sessions)
Orange Clip also lets you to select separate sample rates for real-time processing and offline bouncing. This allows you to work in real-time with a lower hit to your CPU but render/bounce with extreme oversampling.
OVERSAMPLING TYPE
Linear Phase
Perfectly aligns the phase response between the wet and dry signals, ensuring clean and accurate parallel processing.
Ideal when using the parallel mixer within Orange Clip.
Comes with a negligible amount of pre-ringing, which is unlikely to be audible in most scenarios.
Minimum Phase
Optimized for transient response, delivering a slightly more natural feel in low-frequency transients.
Introduces a slight high-frequency phase shift, which can sometimes enhance certain material.
Both options are high-quality, mastering-grade implementations, and the sonic differences are subtle. We included both so you can choose the best option for your needs—but don’t overthink it. Stick with the default, make some hits, and let Gold Clip work its magic.
ANTI-OVERSHOOT TECHNOLOGY
Beyond the oversampling type and rate, Orange Clip incorporates advanced anti-overshoot technology. Our anti-overshoot technology ensures your audio remains below 0.0 dBFS at all times, preventing any peaks from shooting above the clip ceiling after downsampling.
Oversampling is a dense and often over-debated topic. We chose to make our oversampling as robust as possible, while still keeping it simple. Nerd out and try all the options or just leave it at its default and let it do its thing.
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Be well,
Ryan Schwabe
Grammy-nominated and multi-platinum mixing & mastering engineer
Founder of Schwabe Digital
