64bit vs 32bit. Mac M2 Vi Major audio glitching with HI track count!

[Phil_Pendlebury]

@st10ss

64bit precision is “doubled” precision with doubled system load

This is absolutely not the case. There are many factors involved. It’s a huge subject tbh but certainly 64 bit precision does not mean it will double your system load.

There’s a nice (lengthy) discussion on it here if you want fine details:

Cubase Processing Precision, 32 Bit or 64 Bit?

Under the hood, there is very little difference between a VST instrument, and a VST effect. Whatever holds for one, usually holds for the other. There is a small effect in performance, but it’s unclear which direction the effect will have in each case! On the one hand, 64-bit means more bytes in each buffer, meaning the L1 cache will see higher pressure, meaning large sweeping processes may run slower. On the other hand, 32-bit may mean that plugins that prefer 64-bit, have to convert to 64 b…