diff --git a/Sources/AudioKitEX/AudioKitAU.swift b/Sources/AudioKitEX/AudioKitAU.swift
index eec6eca..166417b 100644
--- a/Sources/AudioKitEX/AudioKitAU.swift
+++ b/Sources/AudioKitEX/AudioKitAU.swift
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ open class AudioKitAU: AUAudioUnit {
         }
         
         if let outputFormat = outputBusArray.first?.format {
-            allocateRenderResourcesDSP(dsp, outputFormat.channelCount, outputFormat.sampleRate)
+            allocateRenderResourcesDSP(dsp, outputFormat.channelCount, outputFormat.sampleRate, maximumFramesToRender)
         }
     }
     
diff --git a/Sources/CAudioKitEX/Internals/DSPBase.mm b/Sources/CAudioKitEX/Internals/DSPBase.mm
index cd837e6..42d717b 100644
--- a/Sources/CAudioKitEX/Internals/DSPBase.mm
+++ b/Sources/CAudioKitEX/Internals/DSPBase.mm
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ void setBufferDSP(DSPRef pDSP, AudioBufferList* buffer, size_t busIndex)
     pDSP->setBuffer(buffer, busIndex);
 }
 
-void allocateRenderResourcesDSP(DSPRef pDSP, uint32_t channelCount, double sampleRate)
+void allocateRenderResourcesDSP(DSPRef pDSP, uint32_t channelCount, double sampleRate, AUAudioFrameCount maxFramesToRender)
 {
+    pDSP->setMaximumFramesToRender(maxFramesToRender);
     pDSP->init(channelCount, sampleRate);
 }
 
diff --git a/Sources/CAudioKitEX/include/DSPBase.h b/Sources/CAudioKitEX/include/DSPBase.h
index ede76f5..c65693a 100644
--- a/Sources/CAudioKitEX/include/DSPBase.h
+++ b/Sources/CAudioKitEX/include/DSPBase.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ size_t inputBusCountDSP(DSPRef pDSP);
 bool canProcessInPlaceDSP(DSPRef pDSP);
 
 void setBufferDSP(DSPRef pDSP, AudioBufferList* buffer, size_t busIndex);
-void allocateRenderResourcesDSP(DSPRef pDSP, uint32_t channelCount, double sampleRate);
+void allocateRenderResourcesDSP(DSPRef pDSP, uint32_t channelCount, double sampleRate, AUAudioFrameCount maxFramesToRender);
 void deallocateRenderResourcesDSP(DSPRef pDSP);
 void resetDSP(DSPRef pDSP);
 
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ struct DSPBase {
 
     int channelCount;
     double sampleRate;
+    AUAudioFrameCount maximumFramesToRender = 0;
 
     bool isInitialized = false;
 
@@ -134,6 +135,12 @@ struct DSPBase {
     std::atomic<bool> isStarted{true};
     
     void setBuffer(AudioBufferList* buffer, size_t busIndex);
+
+    /// Set by AudioKitAU from AUAudioUnit.maximumFramesToRender before init().
+    /// Subclasses may read `maximumFramesToRender` in their init() override to
+    /// pre-size scratch buffers to the worst-case render size.
+    void setMaximumFramesToRender(AUAudioFrameCount frames) { maximumFramesToRender = frames; }
+    AUAudioFrameCount getMaximumFramesToRender() const { return maximumFramesToRender; }
     size_t getInputBusCount() const { return inputBufferLists.size(); }
 
     virtual AUAudioFrameCount framesToPull(AUAudioFrameCount requestedOutputFrameCount) { return requestedOutputFrameCount; };