diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 89d8b740e..d91b6581c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -637,6 +637,8 @@ SBSMS_LIBS
 SBSMS_CFLAGS
 LIBMAD_LIBS
 LIBMAD_CFLAGS
+SAMPLERATE_LIBS
+SAMPLERATE_CFLAGS
 SNDFILE_LIBS
 SNDFILE_CFLAGS
 WIDGETEXTRA_LIBS
@@ -729,6 +731,8 @@ enable_universal_binary
 enable_dynamic_loading
 with_libsndfile
 with_libsoxr
+with_libresample
+with_libsamplerate
 with_expat
 with_libvorbis
 with_libmad
@@ -765,6 +769,8 @@ WIDGETEXTRA_CFLAGS
 WIDGETEXTRA_LIBS
 SNDFILE_CFLAGS
 SNDFILE_LIBS
+SAMPLERATE_CFLAGS
+SAMPLERATE_LIBS
 LIBMAD_CFLAGS
 LIBMAD_LIBS
 SBSMS_CFLAGS
@@ -1430,7 +1436,12 @@ Optional Packages:
   --with-lib-preference   whether to use local and/or system libraries, in
                           order of preference (default="system local")
   --with-libsndfile       which libsndfile to use (required): [system,local]
-  --with-libsoxr          use libsoxr for sample rate conversion: [yes,no]
+  --with-libsoxr          use libsoxr for constant-rate resampling: [yes,no]
+  --with-libresample      use libresample for variable-rate resampling:
+                          [yes,no]
+  --with-libsamplerate    use libsamplerate instead of libresample for
+                          variable-rate resampling. Do not use in conjunction
+                          with VST plug-in support!
   --with-expat            which expat to use for XML file support:
                           [system,local]
   --with-libvorbis        use libvorbis for Ogg Vorbis support
@@ -1467,6 +1478,10 @@ Some influential environment variables:
               C compiler flags for SNDFILE, overriding pkg-config
   SNDFILE_LIBS
               linker flags for SNDFILE, overriding pkg-config
+  SAMPLERATE_CFLAGS
+              C compiler flags for SAMPLERATE, overriding pkg-config
+  SAMPLERATE_LIBS
+              linker flags for SAMPLERATE, overriding pkg-config
   LIBMAD_CFLAGS
               C compiler flags for LIBMAD, overriding pkg-config
   LIBMAD_LIBS linker flags for LIBMAD, overriding pkg-config
@@ -5813,7 +5828,7 @@ BUILD_LDFLAGS="$BUILD_LDFLAGS $WIDGETEXTRA_LIBS"
 CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $WIDGETEXTRA_CFLAGS"
 LIBSRC_BUILD="$LIBSRC_BUILD widgetextra"
 
-LIBRARIES="LIBVORBIS LIBMAD LIBSNDFILE LIBFLAC LIBID3TAG LIBSOXR LIBSBSMS LIBSOUNDTOUCH LIBNYQUIST LIBVAMP LIBEXPAT LIBTWOLAME FFMPEG PORTSMF PORTAUDIO LAME"
+LIBRARIES="LIBVORBIS LIBMAD LIBSNDFILE LIBFLAC LIBID3TAG LIBSOXR LIBRESAMPLE LIBSAMPLERATE LIBSBSMS LIBSOUNDTOUCH LIBNYQUIST LIBVAMP LIBEXPAT LIBTWOLAME FFMPEG PORTSMF PORTAUDIO LAME"
 
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Determining what libraries are available in this tree and on the system" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: Determining what libraries are available in this tree and on the system" >&6;}
@@ -5970,8 +5985,71 @@ $as_echo "#define USE_LIBSOXR 1" >>confdefs.h
    fi
 
 
+   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for soxr_create in -lsoxr" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for soxr_create in -lsoxr... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_lib_soxr_soxr_create+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+LIBS="-lsoxr  $LIBS"
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
 
-   LIBSOXR_SYSTEM_AVAILABLE="no"
+/* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error.
+   Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC
+   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+#endif
+char soxr_create ();
+int
+main ()
+{
+return soxr_create ();
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_cxx_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_cv_lib_soxr_soxr_create=yes
+else
+  ac_cv_lib_soxr_soxr_create=no
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_lib_soxr_soxr_create" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_lib_soxr_soxr_create" >&6; }
+if test "x$ac_cv_lib_soxr_soxr_create" = xyes; then :
+  libsoxr_found="yes"
+else
+  libsoxr_found="no"
+fi
+
+
+   soxr_h_found="no"
+
+   ac_fn_cxx_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "soxr.h" "ac_cv_header_soxr_h" "$ac_includes_default"
+if test "x$ac_cv_header_soxr_h" = xyes; then :
+  soxr_h_found="yes"
+else
+  soxr_h_found="no"
+fi
+
+
+
+   if test "x$libsoxr_found" = "xyes" && test "x$soxr_h_found" = "xyes" ; then
+      LIBSOXR_SYSTEM_AVAILABLE="yes"
+      LIBSOXR_SYSTEM_LIBS="-lsoxr"
+      LIBSOXR_SYSTEM_CPPSYMBOLS="USE_SYSTEM_SOXR"
+      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Soxr libraries are available as system libraries" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: Soxr libraries are available as system libraries" >&6;}
+   else
+      LIBSOXR_SYSTEM_AVAILABLE="no"
+      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Soxr libraries are NOT available as system libraries" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: Soxr libraries are NOT available as system libraries" >&6;}
+   fi
 
 
    as_ac_File=`$as_echo "ac_cv_file_${srcdir}/lib-src/libsoxr/src/soxr-lsr.h" | $as_tr_sh`
@@ -6000,7 +6078,7 @@ fi
 
    if test "x$soxr_h_found" = "xyes" ; then
       LIBSOXR_LOCAL_AVAILABLE="yes"
-      LIBSOXR_LOCAL_LIBS="libsoxr-lsr.a libsoxr.a"
+      LIBSOXR_LOCAL_LIBS="libsoxr.a"
       LIBSOXR_LOCAL_CXXFLAGS='-I$(top_srcdir)/lib-src/libsoxr/src'
       LIBSOXR_LOCAL_CPPSYMBOLS="USE_LIBSOXR"
 
@@ -6022,6 +6100,210 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: libsoxr libraries are NOT available in the local tree" >&6;}
 
 
 
+# Check whether --with-libresample was given.
+if test "${with_libresample+set}" = set; then :
+  withval=$with_libresample; LIBRESAMPLE_ARGUMENT=$withval
+else
+  LIBRESAMPLE_ARGUMENT="unspecified"
+fi
+
+
+   if false ; then
+
+$as_echo "#define USE_LIBRESAMPLE 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+   fi
+
+
+
+   LIBRESAMPLE_SYSTEM_AVAILABLE="no"
+
+
+   as_ac_File=`$as_echo "ac_cv_file_${srcdir}/lib-src/libresample/include/libresample.h" | $as_tr_sh`
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for ${srcdir}/lib-src/libresample/include/libresample.h" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for ${srcdir}/lib-src/libresample/include/libresample.h... " >&6; }
+if eval \${$as_ac_File+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  test "$cross_compiling" = yes &&
+  as_fn_error $? "cannot check for file existence when cross compiling" "$LINENO" 5
+if test -r "${srcdir}/lib-src/libresample/include/libresample.h"; then
+  eval "$as_ac_File=yes"
+else
+  eval "$as_ac_File=no"
+fi
+fi
+eval ac_res=\$$as_ac_File
+	       { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_res" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_res" >&6; }
+if eval test \"x\$"$as_ac_File"\" = x"yes"; then :
+  resample_h_found="yes"
+else
+  resample_h_found="no"
+fi
+
+
+   if test "x$resample_h_found" = "xyes" ; then
+      LIBRESAMPLE_LOCAL_AVAILABLE="yes"
+      LIBRESAMPLE_LOCAL_LIBS="libresample.a"
+      LIBRESAMPLE_LOCAL_CXXFLAGS='-I$(top_srcdir)/lib-src/libresample/include'
+      LIBRESAMPLE_LOCAL_CPPSYMBOLS="USE_LIBRESAMPLE"
+
+      if test ! -f lib-src/libresample/Makefile ; then
+         LIBRESAMPLE_LOCAL_CONFIG_SUBDIRS="lib-src/libresample"
+      fi
+      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: libresample libraries are available in the local tree" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: libresample libraries are available in the local tree" >&6;}
+   else
+      LIBRESAMPLE_LOCAL_AVAILABLE="no"
+      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: libresample libraries are NOT available in the local tree" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: libresample libraries are NOT available in the local tree" >&6;}
+   fi
+
+
+
+
+# Check whether --with-libsamplerate was given.
+if test "${with_libsamplerate+set}" = set; then :
+  withval=$with_libsamplerate; LIBSAMPLERATE_ARGUMENT=$withval
+else
+  LIBSAMPLERATE_ARGUMENT="unspecified"
+fi
+
+
+   if false ; then
+
+$as_echo "#define USE_LIBSAMPLERATE 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+   fi
+
+
+
+pkg_failed=no
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for SAMPLERATE" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for SAMPLERATE... " >&6; }
+
+if test -n "$SAMPLERATE_CFLAGS"; then
+    pkg_cv_SAMPLERATE_CFLAGS="$SAMPLERATE_CFLAGS"
+ elif test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
+    if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG" && \
+    { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"samplerate >= 0.1.2\""; } >&5
+  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "samplerate >= 0.1.2") 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  test $ac_status = 0; }; then
+  pkg_cv_SAMPLERATE_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags "samplerate >= 0.1.2" 2>/dev/null`
+else
+  pkg_failed=yes
+fi
+ else
+    pkg_failed=untried
+fi
+if test -n "$SAMPLERATE_LIBS"; then
+    pkg_cv_SAMPLERATE_LIBS="$SAMPLERATE_LIBS"
+ elif test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
+    if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG" && \
+    { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"samplerate >= 0.1.2\""; } >&5
+  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "samplerate >= 0.1.2") 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  test $ac_status = 0; }; then
+  pkg_cv_SAMPLERATE_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs "samplerate >= 0.1.2" 2>/dev/null`
+else
+  pkg_failed=yes
+fi
+ else
+    pkg_failed=untried
+fi
+
+
+
+if test $pkg_failed = yes; then
+
+if $PKG_CONFIG --atleast-pkgconfig-version 0.20; then
+        _pkg_short_errors_supported=yes
+else
+        _pkg_short_errors_supported=no
+fi
+        if test $_pkg_short_errors_supported = yes; then
+	        SAMPLERATE_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --short-errors --print-errors "samplerate >= 0.1.2" 2>&1`
+        else
+	        SAMPLERATE_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --print-errors "samplerate >= 0.1.2" 2>&1`
+        fi
+	# Put the nasty error message in config.log where it belongs
+	echo "$SAMPLERATE_PKG_ERRORS" >&5
+
+	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+                samplerate_available_system="no"
+elif test $pkg_failed = untried; then
+	samplerate_available_system="no"
+else
+	SAMPLERATE_CFLAGS=$pkg_cv_SAMPLERATE_CFLAGS
+	SAMPLERATE_LIBS=$pkg_cv_SAMPLERATE_LIBS
+        { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
+$as_echo "yes" >&6; }
+	samplerate_available_system="yes"
+fi
+
+   if test "x$samplerate_available_system" = "xyes" ; then
+      LIBSAMPLERATE_SYSTEM_AVAILABLE="yes"
+      LIBSAMPLERATE_SYSTEM_LIBS=$SAMPLERATE_LIBS
+      LIBSAMPLERATE_SYSTEM_CXXFLAGS=$SAMPLERATE_CFLAGS
+      LIBSAMPLERATE_SYSTEM_CPPSYMBOLS="USE_LIBSAMPLERATE"
+      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Libsamplerate libraries are available as system libraries" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: Libsamplerate libraries are available as system libraries" >&6;}
+   else
+      LIBSAMPLERATE_SYSTEM_AVAILABLE="no"
+      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Libsamplerate libraries are NOT available as system libraries" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: Libsamplerate libraries are NOT available as system libraries" >&6;}
+   fi
+
+
+   as_ac_File=`$as_echo "ac_cv_file_${srcdir}/lib-src/libsamplerate/src/samplerate.h" | $as_tr_sh`
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for ${srcdir}/lib-src/libsamplerate/src/samplerate.h" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for ${srcdir}/lib-src/libsamplerate/src/samplerate.h... " >&6; }
+if eval \${$as_ac_File+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  test "$cross_compiling" = yes &&
+  as_fn_error $? "cannot check for file existence when cross compiling" "$LINENO" 5
+if test -r "${srcdir}/lib-src/libsamplerate/src/samplerate.h"; then
+  eval "$as_ac_File=yes"
+else
+  eval "$as_ac_File=no"
+fi
+fi
+eval ac_res=\$$as_ac_File
+	       { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_res" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_res" >&6; }
+if eval test \"x\$"$as_ac_File"\" = x"yes"; then :
+  samplerate_h_found="yes"
+else
+  samplerate_h_found="no"
+fi
+
+
+   if test "x$samplerate_h_found" = "xyes" ; then
+      LIBSAMPLERATE_LOCAL_AVAILABLE="yes"
+      LIBSAMPLERATE_LOCAL_LIBS="libsamplerate.a"
+      LIBSAMPLERATE_LOCAL_CXXFLAGS='-I$(top_srcdir)/lib-src/libsamplerate/src'
+      LIBSAMPLERATE_LOCAL_CPPSYMBOLS="USE_LIBSAMPLERATE"
+
+      if test ! -f lib-src/libsamplerate/Makefile ; then
+         LIBSAMPLERATE_LOCAL_CONFIG_SUBDIRS="lib-src/libsamplerate"
+      fi
+      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: libsamplerate libraries are available in the local tree" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: libsamplerate libraries are available in the local tree" >&6;}
+   else
+      LIBSAMPLERATE_LOCAL_AVAILABLE="no"
+      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: libsamplerate libraries are NOT available in the local tree" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: libsamplerate libraries are NOT available in the local tree" >&6;}
+   fi
+
+
+
+
 # Check whether --with-expat was given.
 if test "${with_expat+set}" = set; then :
   withval=$with_expat; LIBEXPAT_ARGUMENT=$withval
@@ -8242,6 +8524,7 @@ done
 
 # In some cases the choices made above might be inappropriate.
 #   * we need to have libsndfile one way or another
+#   * we can only use one of libsamplerate and libresample
 #   * we should not use the local Redland if we're not using local SLV2 or
 #     liblrdf
 
@@ -8263,6 +8546,24 @@ if test "$PORTAUDIO_USE_LOCAL" != "yes" && test "$PORTAUDIO_USE_SYSTEM" != "yes"
    as_fn_error $? "Audacity requires portaudio to be enabled" "$LINENO" 5
 fi
 
+if ( test "$LIBRESAMPLE_USE_LOCAL" = "yes" || test "$LIBRESAMPLE_USE_SYSTEM" = "yes") && ( test "$LIBSAMPLERATE_USE_LOCAL" = "yes" || test "$LIBSAMPLERATE_USE_SYSTEM" = "yes"); then
+      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Both libresample and libsamplerate are available" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: Both libresample and libsamplerate are available" >&6;}
+   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: deciding which to use based on arguments ..." >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: deciding which to use based on arguments ..." >&6;}
+   if test x"$LIBSAMPLERATE_ARGUMENT" = x"unspecified" ; then
+            LIBSAMPLERATE_USE_LOCAL="no"
+      LIBSAMPLERATE_USE_SYSTEM="no"
+            { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Libsamplerate not explicitly requested, using libresample" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: Libsamplerate not explicitly requested, using libresample" >&6;}
+   else
+                  LIBRESAMPLE_USE_LOCAL="no"
+      LIBRESAMPLE_USE_SYSTEM="no"
+            { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Using libsamplerate as requested" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: Using libsamplerate as requested" >&6;}
+   fi
+fi
+
 
 if [ "x$LIBLRDF_USE_LOCAL" = "xyes" ]; then
    EXTRAINSTALLTARGETS="$EXTRAINSTALLTARGETS install-lrdf-data"