Are high sample rates better for DSP? Options

[Ethan Winer]

I've read many times that audio plug-ins such as equalizers work better at higher sample rates, even if audio generally doesn't benefit. It seems unlikely that there's a practical advantage to up-sampling all your files, or recording at 96 KHz in the first place, but is there a potential theoretical improvement? Or is this just another Internet myth?

--Ethan

[greynol]

As for the "it's best to record at 96kHz because of post-processing," unless you're playing around with the pitch (to make it slower), like the rest of you, I have a hard time believing that there is any audible benefit.

I read the initial post as whether there can be any audible differences for the operations themselves to be at a higher resolution. I think the safe bet is on "yes".