Oversampling settings
The first menu item is used to set the oversampling. Oversampling allows the sound to be
processed at a higher sampling rate within the plugin, in return for higher latency and CPU
consumption. Oversampling is disabled by default, as all Pulsar Audio products use advanced
technologies that allow in most cases to process the sound without oversampling, with no
compromise on quality. This makes oversampling useful mainly when you saturate a lot.
The maximum available oversampling rate is not the same in all Pulsar Audio plug-ins and
depends on a trade-off between the need for oversampling and the CPU consumption induced
by oversampling in this plug-in.
Please note that Pulsar Audio products use very high-quality linear phase upsampling and
downsampling filters. This means that the x2 oversampling will generally be of higher quality
than the x2 setting in a competitor's product, but will also be more CPU intensive.
Oversampling options
The "Offline oversampling" option allows you to choose an oversampling setting for final
rendering (and other non-real-time processing) independent of the setting applied in real time.
This enables to reduce the CPU consumption during the use of the plugin, while having the best
quality during the final rendering.
Stepped Gains/Freqs
Pulsar Massive's Frequency selection controls are continuous – you can target exact frequency
and gain values of your choice and can even type them into the parameter value display fields.
Certain studio hardware units, including the original, and especially units designed for mastering,
have a fixed selection of centre/corner frequencies and gains that can be selected.
With Pulsar Massive, you can re-enable these discrete steps and choose their resolution.
For the gain knobs, you have the choice between continuous operation or 1dB / 2dB / 4dB steps.
For the frequency knobs (including the LP/HP knobs), you can choose between the following
options:
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